Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? [electronic resource] : And 114 Other Questions.

• Tác giả: New Scientist
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1847650849
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 500 Natural sciences and mathematics
• Thông tin xuất bản: London : Profile, 2006.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học tự nhiên
• ID: 94817
• Chủ đề: 1. Domestic science; 2. Plants and animals; 3. Science -- Miscellanea

Tóm tắt

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist , the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything eat Wasps - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - this new collection includes recent answers never before published in book form, and also old favourites from the column's early days. Yet again, many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. New Scientist's 'Last Word' is regularly vo.