More Mind-Blowing Facts From Science, History, Life and The Universe
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Exploring intriguing questions about life and the universe, this book delves into topics like yawning, the behavior of the sun, and the science behind everyday phenomena. It offers insightful answers to quirky queries such as the reason for cheese's odor and the seasonal height change of the Eiffel Tower. With a mix of humor and knowledge, readers can enhance their IQ and impress friends at trivia nights. This enlightening read is a delightful gift for curious minds eager to uncover the mysteries of existence.
A joy for science lovers, Know It All is your ticket to a grand meeting of curious minds! New Scientist magazine’s beloved “Last Word” column is a rare forum for “un-Google-able” queries: Readers write in, and readers respond! Know It All collects 132 of the column’s very best Q&As. The often-wacky questions cover physics, chemistry, zoology and beyond: When will Mount Everest cease to be the tallest mountain on the planet?If a thermometer was in space, what would it read?Why do some oranges have seeds, and some not?Many people suffer some kind of back pain. Is it because humans haven’t yet perfected the art of walking upright? And the unpredictable answers showcase the brainpower of New Scientist’s readers, like the anatomist who chimes in about back pain (“Evolution is not in the business of perfecting anything.”) and the vet who responds, “Quadrupeds can get backache too!”
The latest in the bestselling New Scientist Last Word seriesAll science begins with questions...- Why is the night sky black, even though it's full of stars? - How do pebbles skim on water? - Why doesn't your own snoring wake you up? - And why is the Large Hadron Collider so ... er ... large? And as these intriguing, imaginative and occasionally bonkers questions and answers drawn from New Scientist magazine's archives show: question everything and you might find your way to amazing, unexpected insights into our minds, bodies and the universe, and the science behind the scenes that keeps them ticking. As you would expect from New Scientist, this is top-flight science at its most accessible, unpredictable and entertaining. This latest mind-bending addition to the No. 1 bestselling series will fascinate 'Last Word' fans and new readers alike.The New Scientist books from Profile have become sure-fire Christmas bestsellers, now selling over two million copies through bookshops. Last year's Nothing was in the bestseller lists for six weeks. This new book is sure to be at least as successful.
Warum können Elephanten nicht hüpfen? Weil sie zu groß und zu schwer sind? Oder liegt der Grund in der anatomischen Beschaffenheit ihrer Kniee? Oder warten sie mit ihrer Hüpferei immer nur solange bis keiner mehr guckt? Lesen Sie diese brillante neue Zusammenstellung ebenso faszinierender wie amüsanter Populärwissenschaft und finden Sie es selbst heraus!
Why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet? Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?, the eagerly-awaited new 'Last Word' collection, has the answers to these questions and many more. Seven years on from Does Anything Eat Wasps?, the New Scientist series still rides high in the bestseller lists, with well over two million copies sold. Popular science has never been more stimulating or more enjoyable. Like Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?, Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?, and Why Can't Elephants Jump?, this collection of wry and well-informed answers to a remarkable range of baffling questions is guaranteed to delight.
Why don't Penguins' feet freeze? Do Polar Bears get lonely? and Why can't elephants jump? (2010), this collection gives well-informed answers to a range of baffling science questions.
Haben Spinnen Durst? Wie lang braucht eine Kuh, um den Grand Canyon mit Milch zu füllen? Wie kommen die Streifen in die Zahnpasta? Warum sind manche Menschen Links- und andere Rechtshänder? Eine neue Sammlung ungewöhnlicher Fragen und verblüffender Antworten der Leser vom New Scientist Magazine, die uns ungeahnte Einsichten in unseren Alltag und in die Wissenschaft bietet. Denn die scheinbar simplen Fragen haben oft die überraschendsten Antworten, während die scheinbar verzwicktesten durch ihre einfachen Erklärungen erstaunen. Eine bezaubernde Mischung aus brillanter Wissenschaft und britischem Humor.
Well, why not? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the wrong way? Or do they just wait until no one's looking? Read this brilliant new compilation to find out. This is popular science at its most absorbing and enjoyable. That is why the previous titles in the New Scientist series have been international bestsellers and sold over two million copies between them. Like Does Anything Eat Wasps? (2005), Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? (2006) and Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? (2008), this is another wonderful collection of wise, witty and often surprising answers to a staggering range of science questions, from 'why is frozen milk yellow?' to 'what's the storage capacity of the human brain in gigabytes?'.
Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so specialised, or turn out to be dead ends. Yet researchers have given hallucinogenic drugs to blind people (seriously), tried to weigh the soul as it departs the body and planned to blast a new Panama Canal with atomic weapons.Real scientific breakthroughs sometimes come out of the most surprising and unpromising work. How to Make a Tornado is about the margins of science - not the research down tried-and-tested routes, but some of its zanier and more brilliant by-ways. Investigating everything from what it's like to die, to exploding trousers and recycled urine, this book is a reminder that science is intensely creative and often very amusing - and when their minds run free, scientists can fire the imagination like nobody else.
Bohatě ilustrovaná roztomilá kniha spisovatele Pavla Vrány čerpá z literární předlohy Boženy Němcové a její autor ji převyprávěl nejmenším čtenářům tentokrát v rýmované podobě. Poutavé barevné obrázky vytvořila známá česká ilustrátorka Vítězslava Klimtová. Ve svém krátkém úvodu ke knize hovoří režisér pohádek a filmů pro děti Zdeněk Troška: "Hezká pohádka je jako pohlazení, úsměv, voňavá náruč léta, ozvěna dětství. Čím je člověk starší, tím více se ta ozvěna ozývá. A to je moc dobré. Stačí tak málo: Otevřít knihu..."
A la cuisine, dans la salle de bains ou dans le jardin, notre cher foyer peut facilement se changer en laboratoire scientifique d'avant-garde. Rien d'autre n'est requis qu'un peu de curiosité pour fabriquer des glaçons pointus, vérifier que l'eau chaude gèle plus vite que l'eau froide, mesurer la vitesse du son avec un marteau et celle de la lumière avec un four à micro-ondes, voire extraire son propre ADN ! Les phénomènes les plus étranges se révèlent ici " sur un coin de table " : comprendre pourquoi un spaghetti tenu par les deux bouts se casse toujours en trois morceaux procure une intense satisfaction intellectuelle ; choisir entre les méthodes inertielle et centrifuge pour se servir de ketchup est plus directement utile, mais pas moins satisfaisant. Quant à l'expérience de fossilisation du hamster, elle est facultative.
Chcete znát odpověď i na ty nejzáludnější otázky? Souvisí barva alkoholu s kocovinou? Je useknutá hlava při vědomí? K čemu je obočí? Je tuk neprůstřelný? Co by se změnilo, kdyby nebyl Měsíc? Je možné přežít jen na pivu?
Zábavná publikace sestavená z otázek a odpovědí čtenářů renomovaného časopisu New Scientist. Vtipný a poučný text vysvětluje nejrůznější hádanky a přináší mnoho zajímavého o věcech, o nichž se jinde nedočtete.
• What time is it at the North Pole? • What's the chemical formula for a human being? • Why do boomerangs come back? • Why do flying fish fly? • Do the living really outnumber the dead? • Why does lightning fork? • Why does the end of a whip crack? 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.
Haben Sie etwa schon einmal einen schlafenden Vogel vom Baum fallen sehen? Und was macht eine Mücke bei einem wirklich schweren Wolkenbruch? Warum ist der Himmel blau? Und wieso sind Eier eiförmig? Für Neugierige und Interessierte hat die berühmte englische Zeitschrift 'New Scientist' eine Kolumne eingerichtet. Dort antworten Leser auf Leserfragen aus aller Welt. Die schönsten, skurrilsten und hintergründigsten Fragen und Antworten sind hier versammelt. Staunen und lernen Sie!
'Warum fallen schlafende Bäume nicht vom Baum?' und 'Was macht die Mücke bei Wolkenbruch?' in einem Band
Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Last Word' column - regularly voted the most popular section of the magazine. Does Anything Eat Wasps? is a collection of the best that have appeared, including: Why can't we eat green potatoes? Why do airliners suddenly plummet? Does a compass work in space? Why do all the local dogs howl at emergency sirens? How can a tree grow out of a chimney stack? Why do bruises go through a range of colours? Why is the sea blue inside caves? Many seemingly simple questions are actually very complex to answer. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. New Scientist's 'Last Word' celebrates all questions - the trivial, the idiosyncratic, the baffling and the strange. This selection of the best is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening.
Was macht eine Mücke bei einem wirklich schweren Wolkenbruch? Warum krähen Hähne fast immer am Morgen? Und wieso sind Eier eiförmig? Unsere Welt ist voller kleiner Rätsel, über die die Menschen staunen. Für alle, die solche Fragen bewegen, hat die berühmte englische Zeitschrift "The Scientist" eine Seite eingerichtet. Dort antworten Leser auf Leserfragen aus aller Welt. Der Herausgeber hat die skurrilsten und hintergründigsten Fragen und Antworten herausgesucht. Es gibt jede Menge zu staunen und zu lernen!
Why do boomerangs come back? Would parachutists be able to play a game of catch while falling? Why does grilled cheese go stringy? What would happen to a pint of beer in space? Why doesn't cling film cling to metal properly? Why does the wind blow in gusts? A follow-up to the highly successful The Last Word, this new paperback brings you more questions and answers from The New Scientist's popular column. Readers of the leading science weekly are invited to write in with enquiries about everyday scientific phenomena and other readers respond. Thisnew selection of the most interesting examples covers an enormous range of subjects from everyday household products, to plants, animals, the human body, gadgets, and our environment. This is a fun, fascinating, and enlightening read for anyone who asks themselves these questions.
