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The Last Word: Questions and Answers from the Popular Column on Everyday Science (New Scientist)
from: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 500
EAN: 9780192861993
ISBN: 0192861999
Label: Oxford University Press
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: February 18, 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Studio: Oxford University Press
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Why is the sky blue? Does it really get warmer when it snows? Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside of the tube? How is it possible to uncork a bottle by hitting the bottom? Can you drive through a rainbow? Why does soap make bubblebath collapse?
The leading English language science weekly, The New Scientist, runs a popular column, "The Last Word," that invites readers to write in with inquiries about everyday scientific phenomena. Providing a selection of the most interesting questions and answers from the column, this book covers a wide range of subjects, from plants and animals to the human body and gadgets and inventions. Fun and informative, it is fascinating reading for anyone who has ever found themselves asking these kinds of questions.
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Rating: - Answers to life's little (scientific) mysteries
New Scientist is one of the best science magazines available, and "The Last Word" is its most popular section.
As it says in the introduction, there are big mysteries and little mysteries. This book is devoted to the little mysteries, as celebrated in New Scientist magazine's "The Last Word" column, where readers send in their questions and other readers answer. So here you can find out things from why the sky is blue to why ice cubes have little bubbles toward the middle to why fingertips ... Read More
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