ISBN10: 0192861999, ISBN13: 9780192861993, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover 229 pages. Cover wornWhy is the sky blue? Does it really get warmer when it snows? Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside o f the tube? How is it possible to uncork a bottle by hitting the bottom? Can you drive through a rainbow? Should you walk or run i n the rain? Why does soap make bubblebath collapse? The leading s cience weekly the New Scientist runs a popular column, The Last W ord, which invites readers to write in with enquiries about every day scientific phenomena. Providing a selection of the most inter esting questions and answers from the column, this book covers a wide range of subjects,from plants and animals to the human body and gadgets and inventions. Fun and informative, it is fascinatin g reading for anyone who has ever asked themselves these kind of questions.
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1998]