An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You'll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such asโyou can't "sweat like a pig" because pigs don't sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, "Billions and Billions!" So put on your thinking cap and check out:
ยท Pluto denied
ยท Kitchen chemistry
ยท Football gets physics-al
ยท Planet Earth's sudden hot flashes
ยท Food's incredible journey . . .through you
ยท The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding
ยท How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer
ยท How "defenseless" animals stay alive
ยท Sci-fi that's more fi than sci
ยท Ancient astronomers
ยท Know your clouds And much, much more
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe - Bathroom Readers' Institute
An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You'll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such asโyou can't "sweat like a pig" because pigs don't sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, "Billions and Billions!" So put on your thinking cap and check out:
ยท Pluto denied
ยท Kitchen chemistry
ยท Football gets physics-al
ยท Planet Earth's sudden hot flashes
ยท Food's incredible journey . . .through you
ยท The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding