Bum Breath, Botox and Bubbles
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On Sale:
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29/10/2003
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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Dr Karl gives us quirky factual details about nature, science and people in this, the latest in his excellent New Moments in Science series.
In this fifth book Dr Karl rampages on, doing what he does best - writing about scientific discovery and endeavours from an expert point of view. His ability to popularise science and clarify scientific jargon is what gives this author bestselling status. And he doesn′t just let us in on the facts behind the success stories; he sometimes lets us in on the disasters.
Previously, Dr Karl has answered the most baffling questions of all: How do you get belly-button fluff? And why is it usually blue? Why does toast always land butter side down? And how did Mike the Headless Chicken survive for 18 months without a head?
Another bestselling, block-busting, demystifying and fully sick New Moments in Science.
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Author Extras
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Never Mind the Bullocks, Here's the Science
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Science is Golden
′Nullius in verba′, The Royal Society′s motto, roughly translated, means
′Take nobody′s word for it′. Why not do the experiment
for yourself and see the reality of nature. Don′t trust authority - trust nature. Does cranberry...
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Please Explain
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Since the millennium, use of the bicycle in Britain has doubled -- and doubled again. Every day, more people take up cycling and thousands now cycle to work. Yet, cycling is more than merely a form of transport; it is a way of life, a philosophy. Companionable or...
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They have come in search of many things - nirvana, exhilaration, a sense of self. But over the course of the next week, their holidays take a terrifying turn when they become entangled in a nail-biting hostage drama that will suck them into an alien world of jihad and Islamic...
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