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| View Larger Image | Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask
by New Scientist
| | List Price: | $12.00 | | Price: | $4.99 | | You Save: | $7.01 (58%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 1412 | | Studio: | Free Press | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 224 | | Publication Date: | March 28, 2006 | | Publisher: | Free Press |
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- How fat do you have to be to become bulletproof?
- Why do people have eyebrows?
- Why do pineapples have spines?
- How much does a head weigh?
- What affects the color of earwax?
- How quickly could I turn into a fossil?
Have you ever thought up a question so completely off-the-wall, so seemingly ridiculous, that you couldn't even find the courage to ask it? Maybe at the sports bar you were transported by the beauty of your beer to wonder, "How long could I live on beer alone?" Or, cycling through the park, you mused, "Did nature invent any wheels?" Or looking up at the night sky, you had a moment of angst, "What would happen if the moon suddenly disappeared -- if it were vaporized or stolen by aliens?" Full of fun factlets, Does Anything Eat Wasps? is a runaway bestseller around the world. It celebrates the weird and wacky questions -- some trivial, some baffling, all unique -- and their multiple answers culled from "The Last Word," a long-running column in the internationally popular science magazine, New Scientist. Tackling the imponderables of everyday life, sparkling with humor, and bursting with delightful erudition, Does Anything Eat Wasps? is irresistibly entertaining and utterly engrossing. So, go on. Put away your lab coat and your pencil -- science is fun again. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 13 reviews)
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Very Interesting reading 
I've really enjoyed this book. So did my sister and dad when they read it. I definitely recommend this book. There are so many questions that are answered in this book that you wonder about but don't know the answers to.
October 28, 2008 | |
EDUCATIONAL
I love learning about everything and anything and this book has so much to offer for someone like me. It's Terrific!!!
September 02, 2008 | |
Interesting collection of facts 
I bought this book for my 14 year old nephew. The content looked interesting and entertaining.
May 27, 2008 | |
Fun, but limited
Well this is indeed interesting. You will leave with more tidbits of knowledge to amaze your friends. But I was expecting a little more. It did not take me very long at all to read everything of interest in this book. IT is more of a novelty gift of coffee table book, not for educational or litereary pursuits.
August 14, 2007 | |
Very Hungry Birds (and More !)
The 'New Scientist' is a weekly magazine, first published in 1956, that covers the recent happenings in the scientific world. In 1994, the magazine launched a new column called "The Last Word" in which its driven by its readers - not all of whom are geeks in white coats. Here, they could not only pose a science-related question, but also provide the answers. "Does Anything Eat Wasps" is a selection of the questions asked and answered over the column's first eleven years, and proved to be one of the UK's surprise hit of the year.
The book is divided into chapters, depending on the focus of the questions selected - our bodies, our planet and 'wierd' weather for example. While the book is informative, it is equally as likely to raise a smile - the overall tone is not that of a difficult, highbrow scientific paper. Some of the questions that are dealt with include : how long can a human being live if their sole source of food or drink is beer ? (One respondant includes in his answer it would be unethical to conduct such an experiment - though I suspect he would have plenty of volunteers). What causes the changes, in terms of colour and consistency, in earwax ? Can it be scientifically proven that your arse looks smaller in black trousers ? And just how far above the Earth's surface would you have to be before a compass stops pointing north ?
An enjoyable and informative book - though it's one I tend to dip into once in a while, rather than reading it from cover to cover.
May 26, 2007 | |
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