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Title: WHY DOES A BALL BOUNCE?
By: Adam Hart-Davis
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0091902681
ISBN 13: 9780091902681
Publisher: EBURY PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 1 September, 2005
Pages: 224
Description: Why does a ball bounce? Why does a balloon burst? How can a stone move on its own? Television scientist and historian Adam Hart-Davis brings you the answers to 100 essential questions about life, the universe and everything, fully illustrated with his own superb colour photographs.
Synopsis: Why does a ball bounce? Why does a balloon burst? How can a stone move on its own? Television scientist and historian Adam Hart-Davis brings you the answers to 100 essential questions about life, the universe and everything, fully illustrated with his own superb colour photographs. A passionate scientist, Adam's aim is to make complex ideas as easy to understand as possible, and his photographs are stunning in their simplicity: from spiders' webs to water drops, from sparks from a plug to a match igniting - you can see science in action and close up.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Ebury Press
Returns: Returnable
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