Mick O'Hare

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

Notify me when the book’s added
To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate. How do I upload a book?
- What time is it at the North Pole?- Whats the chemical formula for a human being? – Why is snot green? – Should you pickle your conkers? – Why do boomerangs come back? The New Scientist magazines ever-popular "e;Last Word"e; column produces an endlessly fascinating array of questions and answers from its readers. For all those who relish its mixture of wit, insight and scientific curiositynot to mention those who have read and enjoyed Does Anything Eat Wasps?, the brilliantly successful previous collectionthis new volume will be irresistible. Why Dont Penguins Feet Freeze? includes recent answers never before published in book form, as well as old favourites from the columns early days. This bumper collection brings together the highlights of the Last Word in another wise, weird and wacky compendium that is guaranteed to amaze, inform and delight.
This book is currently unavailable
230 printed pages
Publication year
2006
Have you already read it? How did you like it?
👍👎

Impressions

  • Shannon Harpershared an impression9 years ago

    I hate this app because you can't read the full book aaaaahhhhh someone better fix this

Quotes

  • asanisimasalaithas quoted10 years ago
    Why do we have fingerprints?
  • asanisimasalaithas quoted10 years ago
    Why is snot green? Why does grilled cheese go stringy? Why does silver foil make tooth fillings painful? And, of course, why don’t penguins’ feet freeze?

On the bookshelves

fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)