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Title: WHY CAN'T ELEPHANTS JUMP?
AND 113 MORE SCIENCE QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By: New Scientist
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £1.99


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ISBN 10: 1847652891
ISBN 13: 9781847652898
Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 7 October, 2010
Series: New Scientist
Pages: 365
Description: What's the storage capacity of the human brain in gigabytes? What's the farthest point on land from the sea? Why is frozen milk yellow? And why do flamingos stand on one leg? This book compiles readers' answers to these questions in the "Last Word" column of "New Scientist".
Synopsis: Well, why not? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the wrong way? Or do they just wait until no one's looking? Read this brilliant new compilation to find out.This is popular science at its most absorbing and enjoyable. That is why the previous titles in the New Scientist series have been international bestsellers and sold over two million copies between them. Like Does Anything Eat Wasps? (2005), Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? (2006) and Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? (2008), this is another wonderful collection of wise, witty and often surprising answers to a staggering range of science questions, from 'why is frozen milk yellow?' to 'what's the storage capacity of the human brain in gigabytes?'.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
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