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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Profile Books; First Edition edition (9 Oct 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1846681308
ISBN-13: 978-1846681301
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm

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4.0 out of 5 stars great for those who love bizare facts!, 3 Nov 2008

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great for those who love bizare facts or those who your not really sure what to get for a present! does anything eat wasps is the best in the new scientist series though, but if your getting this for a fact lover then they will probably have that already! a great stocking filler!
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about 20,000 years! if you want to know why get the book!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and informative, 14 Nov 2008

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This book is made up from readers' answers to a broad range of questions posed in the New Scientist magazine. In many cases the questions are more intriguing than the answers (which can get fairly scientific) - one example being: if you were to eat your own body, what would be the LEAST nutritious part?! Because the answers are all written by different individuals, they vary in tone from being highly technical to very amusing. But for the most part the answer to the question "Do scientists have a sense of humour" would most definitely be yes.

It's a great book to flick through with no one answer taking more than a couple of minutes to read. I can think of several men who would consider this the perfect book to have sitting by the toilet. I bought this book for a bright eleven year old who thinks it's brilliant. Entertaining and informative.

And do Polar Bears get lonely? Apparently not. Other polar bears represent competition for food and are invading their territory. Mother bears tolerate their own offspring until they are fully grown, but then they are expected to find their own territory.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Snappy, 16 April 2009

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I found this book really intriguing. I have been reading it on and off for a while now but as the answers all come from differnt people I couldn't really sink into it, like I have done other books. Most of the answers are entertaining and informative at the same time however, and I think it was well worth the money.

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