The New York Times Second Book of Science Questions and Answers: 225 New, Unusual, Intriguing, and Just Plain Bizarre Inquiries Into Everyday Scientific Mysteries - Softcover

Ray, C. Claiborne

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ISBN 10: 0385722583 ISBN 13: 9780385722582

Verlag: Anchor, 2003

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Book by Ray C Claiborne

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From the function of earwax to why woodpeckers do not damage their brains and the truth about spontaneous human combustion, a second fascinating compendium answers 225 inquiries into everyday science mysteries, culled from The New York Times's "Science Q&A" column. Original. 17,500 first printing.

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ill you if you fell into a black hole? Once people finally get to Mars, how will they get back? What makes the holes in Swiss cheese? Are there any carnivorous plants that are harmful to humans? Are there really caterpillars that scream to protect themselves? How do birds have sexual intercourse? Why don’t woodpeckers damage their brains? What is the function of ear wax? Why don’t you sneeze when you’re asleep? Do germs have germs? What is considered evidence for extra-terrestial intelligence?

Every week, C. Claiborne Ray answers questions like these from the readers of the New York Times Science section who, as this delightful second volume demonstrates, never seem to run out of things to ask about. Here, Ray gives us 225 of the most interesting answers she has gleaned from scientists in every discipline, satisfying our desire to understand some of the strangest, most curious mysteries of the natural world. Victoria Roberts’s charmingly wacky draw

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• Verlag: Anchor
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0385722583
• ISBN 13: 9780385722582
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240