How Come? - Brossura

Wollard, Kathy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1563053241 ISBN 13: 9781563053245

Casa editrice: Workman Pub Co, 1993

Riassunto

For every kid who really wants to know—and for every exasperated parent who simply doesn't know—here is a lively omnium-gatherum of explanations to the most frequently asked questions about our world, from "Why do stars twinkle?" to "What are hiccups? "Taken from Kathy Wollard's popular column, "How Come?" (seen for the past six years in Newsday and recently syndicated nationally through the Los Angeles Times), How Come? explains why cats can survive high falls (because of the way their bodies can act like a "parachute") and how black holes absorb light (intense gravity—if the Earth had the same density as a black hole, it would have to be compressed to the size of a marble!). Now you can know it all.

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NOW YOU CAN KNOW IT ALL

Firefly light and the aurora borealis. Time travel and tears. Blood types, boomerangs, and black widow spiders. Explanations and investigations. A fact-filled, fun-filled, whimsically illustrated compendium, HOW COME? answers over 100 of the questions asked most frequently about the world around us.

It explains what a mirage is (an image caused by air bending light). How a cat can survive a high fall (because of the way its body acts like a parachute). And why, when someone else yawns, you want to yawn too (in primitive times, yawns may have been a way to synchronize group behavior).

So go ahead, ask it your best question.

ATTENTION PARENTS:

Can you say why the sky is blue? Or explain how an X-Ray can take a picture of your child's bones? It's not easy to be knowledgeable in all walks of science, but here's lively help for when the questions start coming.

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• Editore: Workman Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1563053241
• ISBN 13: 9781563053245
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Disegnatore: Solomon Debra