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Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions (New Scientist) Kindle Edition
by New Scientist (Author), Mick O'Hare (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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Part of: New Scientist (10 books)
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat Wasps? - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - this new collection includes recent answers never before published in book form, and also old favourites from the column's early days.
Yet again, many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. New Scientist's 'Last Word' is regularly voted the magazine's most popular section as it celebrates all questions - the trivial, idiosyncratic, baffling and strange. This new selection of the best is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening.
From the phenomenal New Scientist series, with over 2,500,000 copies sold
The second compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat Wasps? - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? includes answers to the most fascinating, trivial, idiosyncratic, baffling and strange questions in popular science.
Ever wondered why we have fingerprints? Or whether bumblebees really defy the laws of physics when they fly? And why are eggs egg-shaped? And dogs' noses black? Why do our eyes water when we cut onions? Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside of its tube?
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening.
Product details
ASIN : B002XA6IR4
Publisher : Profile Books
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : July 9, 2010
Edition : FIRST
Language : English
File size : 1.9 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 236 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1847650849
Page Flip : Enabled
Part of series : New Scientist |
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