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| Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions | 
 enlarge | Author: New Scientist
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Export
Category: Book
List Price: £7.36
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 7047
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1416541462
Dewey Decimal Number: 500
EAN: 9781416541462
ASIN: 1416541462
Publication Date: June 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful! December 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Preceding reviewer clearly has no imagination: this book is lovely.
There are range of questions: Some are those where you feel you ought to know the answer but don't (such as "why only fingers and toes wrinkle in the bath" or "why mirrors invert left/right but not up/down"), others are things you've noticed but never thought about: "Why does the escalator hand-rail often travel at a different speed to the stairs?"
The answers are universally clear and well written. They are interesting for a wide audience and not patronizing. It's definitely an easy read and fun to pick up and leaf through at random.
Highly recommended!
 A bit dull November 24, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love various trivia and mental tests like pub quizzes, Countdown and Scrabble, so thought this would be just the kind of book I'd enjoy, but I must admit to finding it rather dull.
Some of the explanations are just too scientific and some of the questions are things I'd never even bothered to think about asking, they are just so esoteric.
I guess what's probably suited to most is toilet reading. Flick through the pages, avoiding the dull bits and pick up a few facts in a 5 minute read and then go off and bore your friends and family about it for a day or two.
I appreciate some serious scientists might like it, but I'm just warning those expecting something light.
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