- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Hippo (20 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439982278
- ISBN-13: 978-0439982276
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #51 in Books > Children's Books > Characters & Series > Horrible Science
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The Terrible Truth about Time will get your ticker racing! Don't wait a minute longer to discover: -What happens if you go too close to a black hole? -How do flies tell the time? -Why the years pass more quickly as you get older? If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as we clock up some terrible time secrets. Find out who was killed for changing the calendar, make your own crazy clock, meet the tortured time geniuses and check out your chances of a time-travel trip. With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, The Terrible Truth about Time is seconds to none!
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Format:Paperback
144 pages, split over 12 chapters:-
Introduction
It's about time
Terribly messed-up time
The time of your life
Killer calendars
Crazy clocks
The wrong time and place
Making good time
Terribly speedy time
Spaced-out space-time
Time travel for beginners
Epilogue - the end of time
with fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons.
Written in a variety of fonts, in the usual Nick Arnold entertaining style.
Black and white illustrations throughout, as well as `Bet you never knew' and `Science Notes' fact-boxes, e.g.:-
'The quartz inside your watch makes a high-pitched whine noise as it vibrates.
This would drive you crazy if your ears were sensitive enough to hear it.
Science has never been so horrible!'
Introduction
It's about time
Terribly messed-up time
The time of your life
Killer calendars
Crazy clocks
The wrong time and place
Making good time
Terribly speedy time
Spaced-out space-time
Time travel for beginners
Epilogue - the end of time
with fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons.
Written in a variety of fonts, in the usual Nick Arnold entertaining style.
Black and white illustrations throughout, as well as `Bet you never knew' and `Science Notes' fact-boxes, e.g.:-
'The quartz inside your watch makes a high-pitched whine noise as it vibrates.
This would drive you crazy if your ears were sensitive enough to hear it.
Science has never been so horrible!'
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