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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe

Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science text books. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You’ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as — you can’t “sweat like a pig” because pigs don’t sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, “Billions and Billions!” So put on your thinking cap and check out...

Pluto denied

Kitchen chemistry

Football gets physics-al

Planet Earth’s sudden hot flashes

Food’s incredible journey... through you

The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding

How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer

How “defenseless” animals stay alive

Sci-fi that’s more fi than sci

Ancient astronomers

Know your clouds

And much, much more!

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 504
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781571458506
  • Genres
  • trivia, reference, humor
  • Release date
  • 2002