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by Roger Highfield (Author) "CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR THE CRUNCH OF SNOW, spiced wine, and tinseled trees ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Back Bay Books (Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0316366951
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316366953
  • Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fact, science and speculation - all the stuff of Christmas!, 28 Dec 1998
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This review is from: The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful gift book, even better to own (but it is clearly a seasonal read). The author is a scientist of wonderfully broad knowledge, and he puts all of it to work to examine and evaluate virtually all of the things that mean "Christmas" to the western world: from formulae for estimating the cooking time for a plum pudding, to the history and derivation of Santa, to why evergreens stay green, and beyond. Did you know, for example, that there are serious efforts to clone Christmas trees? Or that Santa's reindeer would only have had antlers at Christmas time if they were female, or castrated? The title is a little bit misleading - it is really the various sciences of Christmas, not limited to physics. This is a book for adults or teens - dense with information and fun. There is a wonderful bibliography, too, for further reading on specific subjects, and a helpful index. My only complaint is Rudolph's battery-powered blinking nose built into the hard cover, which not only raises the price of the book but results in a poor quality binding that is not durable. This book should be a "keeper", but the eccentric binding probably limits its life span. That is a shame.
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4.0 out of 5 stars This book was excellent, 31 Dec 1998
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When you first pick up this book, you think, oh welll this is going to be time wasted. Fortunately, this feeling dispels as soon as your a few pages in. This book deals with many aspects of Christmas in scientific terms. It examines many things from rudolph to how Santa delivers all his presents. I believe that this is a perfect book for anyone with any interest in science and with the interest to get to the bottom of Christmas.

Its magical and everyone should own a copy.

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