Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?: An Imponderables Book - Brossura

Feldman, David

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ISBN 10: 0060740922 ISBN 13: 9780060740924

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2005

Riassunto

A compilation of arcane facts and trivia about everyday objects, practices, and traditions reveals how Teflon sticks to cookware, why the sides of aluminum foil are different, and other mysteries of life. Reissue. 20,000 first printing.

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L'autore

David Feldman is the author of ten previous volumes of Imponderables®. He has a master's degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and consults and lectures on the media. He lives in New York City.

Product Description

Here are the answers to questions that have been keeping you and your loved ones up nights, questions that have driven families to feuds, questions that nag and nag just won't let go. Have you ever wondered juts what purpose those warning labels on mattresses are supposed to serve? Or what happens to the trend that wears off tires? And how many meals have you spent pondering the perennially baffling question of why hot dogs come ten to a package while hot dog buns come in eight? "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?" has the solutions to these and scores of other Imponderables. David Feldman's witty and irresistible compendium of knowledge goes where other reference books fear to trend, uncovering closely guarded secrets, revealing long-hidden facts, and, like all other invaluable works of detection, never letting well enough alone. Whether you want to settle those arguments about the difference between a kit and a caboodle, or just curious about dry cleaning, Teflon, Wayne Gretzky, or chocolate bunnies, "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?" is indispensable.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060740922
• ISBN 13: 9780060740924
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 320