The Last Word : Questions and Answers from the Popular Column on Everyday Science (Popular Science)

The Last Word : Questions and Answers from the Popular Column on Everyday Science (Popular Science)

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Book Description
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.

The Last Word: Questions and Answers from the Popular Column on Everyday Science (Popular Science),New Scientist,Mick O'Hare,Spike Gerrell,Oxford University Press, USA,0192861999,General,Miscellanea,Questions & Answers,Reference,Science,Science/Mathematics,Popular science,Reference / Questions & Answers

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