NewScientist Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? And 114 Other Questions Paperback

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Free Press
ISBN-10
1416541462
ISBN-13
9781416541462
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Book Title
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? : and 114 Other Questions
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
General, Trivia
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Yes
Genre
Reference, Science, Humor
Author
New Scientist Magazine Staff
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Perfect

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0.7 in
Item Weight
7.6 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
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5.5 in

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2006-053506
Synopsis
- What time is it at the North Pole? - What's the chemical formula for a human being? - Why do boomerangs come back? - Why do flying fish fly? - Do the living really outnumber the dead? - Why does lightning fork? - Why does the end of a whip crack? Everyone has at one time or another thought up odd questions like these, questions that are strange, intriguing, maybe even impossible to answer.Making your morning omelet, perhaps you've wondered why most eggs are egg shaped. Or maybe, the last time you walked on the beach, you felt compelled to ask why the sea is salty. Watching Polly sit on her perch, have you ever marveled at how she stays there -- even when she's asleep? Well, the readers of New Scientist's wildly popular, long-running column "The Last Word" thought of these questions, too, and weren't afraid to ask them. "Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?" is a brilliant collection of questions and answers for everyone who enjoyed the international, runaway bestseller "Does Anything Eat Wasps?" Guaranteed to amaze, inform, and delight with topics such as the human body, plants and animals, weird weather, and our wacky world, it'll stump you, enlighten you, entertain and amuse you., • What time is it at the North Pole? • What's the chemical formula for a human being? • Why do boomerangs come back? • Why do flying fish fly? • Do the living really outnumber the dead? • Why does lightning fork? • Why does the end of a whip crack? Everyone has at one time or another thought up odd questions like these,questions that are strange, intriguing, maybe even impossible to answer.Making your morning omelet, perhaps you've wondered why most eggs are eggshaped. Or maybe, the last time you walked on the beach, you felt compelledto ask why the sea is salty. Watching Polly sit on her perch, have you evermarveled at how she stays there -- even when she's asleep? Well, the readersof New Scientist's wildly popular, long-running column "The Last Word"thought of these questions, too, and weren't afraid to ask them. Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze'is a brilliant collection ofquestions and answers for everyone who enjoyed the international, runawaybestsellerDoes Anything Eat Wasps?Guaranteed to amaze, inform, anddelight with topics such as the human body, plants and animals, weirdweather, and our wacky world, it'll stump you, enlighten you, entertain andamuse you., * What time is it at the North Pole? * What's the chemical formula for a human being? * Why do boomerangs come back? * Why do flying fish fly? * Do the living really outnumber the dead? * Why does lightning fork? * Why does the end of a whip crack? Everyone has at one time or another thought up odd questions like these, questions that are strange, intriguing, maybe even impossible to answer. Making your morning omelet, perhaps you've wondered why most eggs are egg shaped. Or maybe, the last time you walked on the beach, you felt compelled to ask why the sea is salty. Watching Polly sit on her perch, have you ever marveled at how she stays there -- even when she's asleep? Well, the readers of New Scientist's wildly popular, long-running column "The Last Word" thought of these questions, too, and weren't afraid to ask them. Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is a brilliant collection of questions and answers for everyone who enjoyed the international, runaway bestseller Does Anything Eat Wasps? Guaranteed to amaze, inform, and delight with topics such as the human body, plants and animals, weird weather, and our wacky world, it'll stump you, enlighten you, entertain and amuse you., Following the immensely popular "Does Anything Eat Wasps?," this compendium from popular science magazine "New Scientist" has even more of the baffling questions, outlandish explanations, and scientific strangeness that makes this book compulsively readable., - What time is it at the North Pole? - What's the chemical formula for a human being? - Why do boomerangs come back? - Why do flying fish fly? - Do the living really outnumber the dead? - Why does lightning fork? - Why does the end of a whip crack? Everyone has at one time or another thought up odd questions like these, questions that are strange, intriguing, maybe even impossible to answer. Making your morning omelet, perhaps you've wondered why most eggs are egg shaped. Or maybe, the last time you walked on the beach, you felt compelled to ask why the sea is salty. Watching Polly sit on her perch, have you ever marveled at how she stays there -- even when she's asleep? Well, the readers of New Scientist's wildly popular, long-running column "The Last Word" thought of these questions, too, and weren't afraid to ask them. Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is a brilliant collection of questions and answers for everyone who enjoyed the international, runaway bestseller Does Anything Eat Wasps? Guaranteed to amaze, inform, and delight with topics such as the human body, plants and animals, weird weather, and our wacky world, it'll stump you, enlighten you, entertain and amuse you.
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Q173.W625 2007

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