Customer Reviews:
 Very disappointed January 19, 2006
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
Maybe I wasn't in the mood for it, but this book bored me to tears. It all sounded very interesting, but when all of the answers tend to go "heavy" extremely quickly, diving into chemical formulas and molecular structures it all gets very overpowering, even tedious. Many of the questions are indeed interesting, but when an answer goes on for several pages, sometimes even offering a number of different answers from different people, all throwing different theories into the mix, it all becomes rather bewildering and dull.I suppose I should have paid heed to the "New Scientist" label more, but I didn't expect it to be quite so scientific, more enjoyable.
 There are other similar books... January 17, 2006
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
I discovered recently that there are other books of New Scientist letters... called The Last Word, and The Last Word 2.They're both pretty funny too, and they make a great set of three.
 More books of New Scientist Q&As January 16, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book, it kept me amused for ages - one of those books you can pick up whenever you have a spare minute or two, and be sure to find something interesting.
I also found that there are two other (earlier) books in this series.... called The Last Word Vol 1, and The Last Word Vol 2. These are both really great reads as well, with questions such as 'Why are eggs egg-shaped?', 'why does lightning fork?', and 'Is midday in the right place?'.
The answers are really entertaining, and I was very pleased to find these after Wasps had whet my appetite!
An excellent bathroom book January 9, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
A friend bought me this for Christmas, and it's been in my bathroom since. It's perfect for delving into, with lots of facts and questions I'd not ever thought of.
All the things you ever wanted to know January 6, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was bought for my husband, but we've both read it and loved it. Interesting, quirky questions which have been posed by New Scientist readers in previous editions of the magazine, then the answers as provided by the readers, from all backgrounds, or by the editor.
Popularly, science has the image of being a little dry, dull,dusty, but who wouldn't want to know how the bubbles are formed in a certain bubbly chocolate bar, how one could turn oneself into a fossil (after death, obviously)or how to surf down a lava flow. Thoroughly recommended.
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