Popular Science FYI Popular Science FYI

Popular Science FYI

229 Curious Questions Answered By the World's Smartest People

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Publisher Description

Just how old is dirt, really?

Are men or women more likely to be hit by lightning?

What do whales sing about?

Why don’t we have our jetpacks or flying cars yet?

If I had to, could I survive on cat food alone?

...and 224 more curious questions answered by the world's smartest people!


Ever wondered if you could beat a T. Rex in an arm-wrestling match? Why men get hit by lightning more often than women? Or whether you could get rich selling your organs on the black market? 

This indispensable book from Popular Science magazine answers these questions, and hundreds more. 

The editors at PopSci asked leading physicists, biologists, and other scientists a whole raft of crazy questions, and received the surprisingly detailed and fascinating answers gathered into this one impossible-put-down volume.


“Pages kept grabbing my attention and forcing me to stop and learn more about something I didn’t even know I was interested in.” – Theodore Gray, author of The Elements and Mad Science

  • GENRE
    Science & Nature
    RELEASED
    2011
    December 2
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    224
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Weldon Owen Inc
    SELLER
    Weldon Owen International
    SIZE
    60.9
    MB

    Customer Reviews

    Levanger ,

    Looks interesting but not configured for iPad

    I want to like this book - graphics are cool and the topics are fun, but it is not at all configured for the iPad so it is clumsy and difficult to scroll through, line up, etc.

    It's really unfortunate that iBooks would allow any book to be sold in its store that is not truly an iBook.

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