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	title:	Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions
	author:	New Scientist
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Simon & Schuster Export
	released:	June, 2007
	isbn:	1416541462
	isbn-13:	9781416541462

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Customer Reviews
Wonderful! - Rated Preceding reviewer clearly has no imagination: this book is lovely. There are range of questions: Some are those where you feel you ought to know the answer but don't (such as "why only fingers and toes wrinkle in the bath" or "why mirrors invert left/right but not up/down"), others are things you've noticed but never thought about: "Why does the escalator hand-rail often travel at a different speed to the stairs?" The answers are universally clear and well written. They are interesting for a wide audience and not patronizing. It's definitely an easy read and fun to pick up and leaf through at random. Highly recommended! A bit dull - Rated I love various trivia and mental tests like pub quizzes, Countdown and Scrabble, so thought this would be just the kind of book I'd enjoy, but I must admit to finding it rather dull. Some of the explanations are just too scientific and some of the questions are things I'd never even bothered to think about asking, they are just so esoteric. I guess what's probably suited to most is toilet reading. Flick through the pages, avoiding the dull bits and pick up a few facts in a 5 minute read and then go off and bore your friends and family about it for a day or two. I appreciate some serious scientists might like it, but I'm just warning those expecting something light.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful! - Rated 5/5
Preceding reviewer clearly has no imagination: this book is lovely.
There are range of questions: Some are those where you feel you ought to know the answer but don't (such as "why only fingers and toes wrinkle in the bath" or "why mirrors invert left/right but not up/down"), others are things you've noticed but never thought about: "Why does the escalator hand-rail often travel at a different speed to the stairs?"

The answers are universally clear and well written. They are interesting for a wide audience and not patronizing. It's definitely an easy read and fun to pick up and leaf through at random.

Highly recommended!

A bit dull - Rated 2/5
I love various trivia and mental tests like pub quizzes, Countdown and Scrabble, so thought this would be just the kind of book I'd enjoy, but I must admit to finding it rather dull.

Some of the explanations are just too scientific and some of the questions are things I'd never even bothered to think about asking, they are just so esoteric.

I guess what's probably suited to most is toilet reading. Flick through the pages, avoiding the dull bits and pick up a few facts in a 5 minute read and then go off and bore your friends and family about it for a day or two.

I appreciate some serious scientists might like it, but I'm just warning those expecting something light.