Does Anything Eat Wasps: And 101 Other Questions - Softcover

New Scientist

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473651336 ISBN 13: 9781473651333

Publisher: John Murray, 2016

Synopsis

Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Last Word' column - regularly voted the most popular section of the magazine.Does Anything Eat Wasps? is a collection of the best that have appeared, including: Why can't we eat green potatoes? Why do airliners suddenly plummet? Does a compass work in space? Why do all the local dogs howl at emergency sirens? How can a tree grow out of a chimney stack? Why do bruises go through a range of colours? Why is the sea blue inside caves? Many seemingly simple questions are actually very complex to answer. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. New Scientist's 'Last Word' celebrates all questions - the trivial, the idiosyncratic, the baffling and the strange. This selection of the best is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening.

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Review:

Fascinating (Daily Mail)

It's good bog reading. (Irish Independent)

Endlessly fascinating and an absolute treat. (Scotland on Sunday)

Witty, unexpected and imaginative. (Daily Express)

Fascinating things you never knew you wanted to know. (Daily Mirror)

Titillating (Observer)

The must have book for Christmas ... a world stranger than fiction. (Independent)

Book Description:

How long can I live on beer alone? Why do people have eyebrows? Has nature invented any wheels? Plus ninety-nine other questions answered.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1473651336
• ISBN 13: 9781473651333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224