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The Last Word 2

from: Oxford University Press, USA

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 500
EAN: 9780192862044
ISBN: 0192862049
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: February 01, 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA

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The leading science weekly the New Scientist runs a popular column, "The Last Word," which invites readers to share their questions and curiosities about everyday scientific phenomena. Providing a selection of the most compelling questions and answers from the column, this book covers a wide range of subjects, from plants and animals, to the human body, to gadgets and inventions. Fun and informative, it is fascinating reading for anyone who has ever asked themselves: why is the sky blue?

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- Not bad but needed to be a little longer
This book is a compilation of scientific questions written in to the "New Scientist" magazine's "Last Word" page. Other readers then sent in their replies, the questions are of a non earth-shattering nature. "Why do some people stick out there tounges while thinking", "Why are eggs egg-shaped", "Why doesn't cling wrap cling to a metal bowl as well as it does to plastic or glass bowls", "How can ants survive in a microwave". These are some ... Read More

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