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Why Does a Ball Bounce?: 101 Questions You Never Thought of Asking
Why does a ball bounce? Why does a balloon burst? How can a stone move on its own? Television scientist and historian Adam Hart-Davis brings you the answers to 100 essential questions about life, the universe and everything, fully illustrated with his own superb colour photographs. A passionate scientist, Adam's aim is to make complex ideas as easy to understand as possible, and his photographs are stunning in their simplicity: from spiders' webs to water drops, from sparks from a plug to a match igniting - you can see science in action and close up.
- GenresScienceNonfiction
224 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2005
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March 12, 2011
"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."
Q: Why was B.F. Skinner like a magician?
A: He was always pulling habits out of rats.
Q: Why was B.F. Skinner like a magician?
A: He was always pulling habits out of rats.
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