Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts: 3,000 Of the Most Interesting, Entertaining, Fascinating, Unbelievable, Unusual and Fantastic Facts - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0517065037 ISBN 13: 9780517065037

Casa editrice: Gramercy Books, 1991

Riassunto

Within the pages of Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts are many hours of entertaining and informative reading―little-known facts that will make you exclaim, time and again, "I didn't know that!"
Here are some of the intriguing facts you will find in this book:
-Emperor Caligula appointed his favorite horse as a consul of Rome.
-Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
-For distances of up to 150 feet, an alligator can outrace a man.
-In 1896, two men rowed across the Atlantic.
-The number of possible ways of playing just the first four moves on each side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
-Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital.

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Book by Asimov Isaac

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Gramercy Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0517065037
• ISBN 13: 9780517065037
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Redattore: Asimov Isaac