Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything: Duct Tape, Airport Security, Your Body, Sex in Space...and More! - Hardcover

Editors Of Discover Magazine, The

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061435643 ISBN 13: 9780061435645

Publisher: Harper, 2008

Synopsis

How much do you know about . . .

• Obesity
• Sleep
• Meteors
• Aliens
• Bees
• Sperm banks
• Sex in space
• Duct tape
• Germs
• Airport security
• Death
• Ancient weapons
• Rats
• The Internet
• Birth
• Weather
• Milk
• Mosquitoes
• Your body
• Space disasters

DISCOVER'S 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything is the first book written by the editors of the award-winning DISCOVER magazine. Based on DISCOVER'S most eagerly awaited monthly column, "20 Things You Didn't Know About," this original book looks at many popular—and sometimes unexpected—topics in science and technology, and reveals quirky, intriguing, and little-known facts.

Whether you're just curious or think you already know everything, this book is guaranteed to expand your mind.

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[ Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know about Everything: Duct Tape, Airport Security, Your Body, Sex in Space... and More! By ( Author ) Mar-2008 Hardcover

Synopsis:

From the files of "Discover Magazine", a leading source of popular science, with over 5 million monthly readers, "Discover" is one of the foremost journals of popular science, pitched to a layman's level. One of the most eagerly awaited monthly features is the 20 Things You Didn't Know About column, which occupies the last page of the magazine. This book takes the best of these columns, but more than just that, the editors at "Discover" have expanded each one into a book-length chapter, telling the story behind the science in a lively, appealing way.The writing in the 25 subject areas is witty and chock-full of little known, quirky facts. The topics are broad, and sometimes unexpected (like sex in space). Using quotes from famous people from all walks of life, and many informative sidebars, readers will surely find out more than 20 things they didn't know about science. It is drawn from a wide variety of scientific fields, including: space disasters; garbage; sleep; meteors; death; ancient weapons; rats; aliens; bees; sperm banks; internet; birth; sex in space; weather; duct tape; germs; your body; milk; mosquitoes; and airport security.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061435643
• ISBN 13: 9780061435645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336