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3) Danger!
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
192 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose 75 of today's hottest artists onto life's vast questions, from how we got here to where we are going.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
406 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Why don't we fall off the spinning Earth? How do fireflies glow? Why is the sky blue? Fact-filled and whimsically illustrated throughout, this volume answers more than 175 questions about the world we live in.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 121 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Packed with comics, diagrams, and "secret diaries," this book is a wondrous, encyclopedic glance at a dizzying host of different things--from hearts to farts to coconuts--and makes a hilarious and informative guide for curious young readers. Join the hilarious exploration of "a day in the life" of nearly 100 things on Earth. Find out what exactly your tongue does all day long, how a Japanese knotweed destroys everything in its path, and why no two...
15) That's sneaky!
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A treasury of facts about strange science, masked history, and amazing phenomena includes entries ranging from hidden treasure stories and dangers in the animal world to the secret work of spies and tips for spotting forgeries.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
17) That's gross!
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
176 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tummy-churning treasury of lively but disgusting trivia shares historical information, cultural tidbits, and sickening scientific sidebars on everything from nose picking and insect-based foods to hairballs and digestive commonalities.
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