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Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 502
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Label: Free Press
Manufacturer: Free Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: June 05, 2007
Publisher: Free Press
Studio: Free Press
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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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Rating:  - Great for Grand Kids
Fantastic book. Great for Grand Kids. Kids always have questions and now they have answers! Who says Grandparents can't stay in their kids lives?
Rating: - A fun and engaging little book
Anyone who has ever claimed that science is boring has never spent any time talking with a scientist. However, some people have done so, and in the process, they ask lots of interesting questions such as; Why don't birds fall off their perches when they are asleep? How do you make transparent ice cubes like those in Scotch advertisements? What time is it at the North Pole? Why are traffic signals arranged red over amber over green whereas railroad signals are arranged green over amber over red? If ... Read More
Rating: - why indeed
the book is one of those that answers some of lifes little questions that sometimes gets overlooked. My boy loved it, with me reading some of the factoids for him before bed. Like Karl Kruzelniski's books, they're fun as well as informative. a good read for young and old
Rating:  - Think and have fun!
Bought this after seeing it paired with PETER CAVE'S CAN A ROBOT BE HUMAN?
2 really good books geared to getting you thinking in an enjoyable way. Just don't accept things -we need the reason why! I do recommend buying them together as they use your brain in a different sort of way and Cave's book made me laugh as well!
Rating: - Buy it Just to Watch the Penguin Catch and Eat the Fish as You Flip the Pages!
This sequel stands out from its predecessor Does Anything Eat Wasps for one reason. There is a very realistic little drawing of an emperor penguin in the top right corner of the page. The penguin is has just hooked a fish and has it on the end of a fishing line that reaches the bottom of the page on page one. One each subsequent page the drawing is slightly altered so as you flip through the penguin firstly reels in the fish, the throws it up in the air, tilts its head back, opens its mouth and eats ... Read More
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