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Classic New Scientist Q&As - now fully illustrated
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Illustrated for the first time, with eighty full-colour photographs showing the beauty, complexity and mystery of the world around us, here is the next eagerly awaited volume of science questions and answers from New Scientist magazine. From ripples in glass to 'holograms' in ice, the natural world's wonders are unravelled by the magazine's knowledgeable readers. Six years on from Does Anything Eat Wasps? (2005), the New Scientist series still rides high in the bestseller lists, with well over two million copies sold. Popular science has never been more absorbing or more enjoyable. Like Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? (2006), Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? (2008) and Why Can't Elephants Jump? (2010), this latest collection of resourceful, wry and well-informed answers to a remarkable range of baffling science questions is guaranteed to impress and delight.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whilst not as good as the fore-running New Scientist books this book is still an excellent book, probably best as a toilet shelf book (for us men who spend a little bit of time in there each day).
The book contains excellent questions with the usual excellent explanations, views, and comment. Given that this book is a colour photographic book the paper is heavyweight bright white paper which while necessary for the photograph i feel cheapens the feel of the book and in my view lowers the quality of the overall reading experience.
Still a great book and 8/10.
The book contains excellent questions with the usual excellent explanations, views, and comment. Given that this book is a colour photographic book the paper is heavyweight bright white paper which while necessary for the photograph i feel cheapens the feel of the book and in my view lowers the quality of the overall reading experience.
Still a great book and 8/10.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
entertaining reading just like the other books from this series.
now with pictures - bonus.
can't wait for the next one.
now with pictures - bonus.
can't wait for the next one.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is another title in the range from The New Scientist.
Each one gives us interesting but little known facts on a
myriad of subjects. Would recommend it to any other fact
squirrel like my husband.
Each one gives us interesting but little known facts on a
myriad of subjects. Would recommend it to any other fact
squirrel like my husband.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
latest in series
I have all the others, and found this one less interesting: possibly because I could remember more of the entries from the magazine itself. Read more
Published 1 month ago by dave
Book for the bog!
A welcome addition to the books in the bog - Do penguins have cold feet, etc.. Full of 'good' useful/useless facts that are actually quite interesting!
Published 5 months ago by super susie
Science book
I purchased this book as a present, and bought it as the latest New Scientist publication. I have bought all the previous titles, and this was just as brilliant as the ones... Read more
Published 5 months ago by rosawoodbugs
Another excellent book by New Scientist
I buy one of these every Christmas for my husband (I swear he is like a walking Trivial Persuit board), and again they have come up with information that he never knew. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kiwi_sparkles
Disappointing
This can only be a 5 minute here, 5 minute there book, but even as that, there simply isn't enough appealing questions covered.
Published 5 months ago by D. J. PITT
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