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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Profile Books (1 Oct 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1846682878
ISBN-13: 978-1846682872
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 1.6 cm

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5.0 out of 5 stars How to make an excellent Christmas morning., 22 Jan 2010

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I bought this book for my husband - and we spent so long reading it and laughing till we were crying - that Christmas dinner at midday was missed and we had the meal in the evening.

I thoroughly recommend this book, and it's predecessors, although NOT the extra for the next day delivery. After paying the added money, the book arrived four days later, alamost missing Christmas. An e-bay purchase at the same time from San Diego arrived in three days!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good stocking filler / bathroom book, 7 Mar 2010

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An entertaining collection of science trivia. I found this less fun than the older "Last word" style of book. The editorial comments interspersing each fact/story are pretty vacuous and reminiscent of the generally irritating presenters linking clips in home-movie blooper shows. Nevertheless a gratefully received and fun stocking filler.

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2.0 out of 5 stars New Scientist changes old formula and crashes badly, 21 Mar 2010

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Previous books in this series were brilliant quirky collections excerpted from New Scientist's Last Word column - readers asked the questions and other readers answered them with wit, expertise and imagination (early 'cloud sourcing' before the popularisation of the web). What a shame that NS is now living off its laurels and pointlessly throwing away a winning formula. 'How to make a tornado' is an inferior compendium of scientific articles, interspersed with unamusing and uninsightful editorial drivel. Buy the earlier books in the series instead!

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