Do Elephants Ever Forget?: And Other Puzzling Questions Answered

by Guy Campbell

You know those niggling, brain boggling questions that pop in to your head and you never quite know the answer...

When is the Sun going to stop shining? How many undiscovered species of animal are there? How long can I be dead and still be successfully revived? How long could I survive by eating bits of myself? How deep will the oceans be if the ice caps melt? Am I more likely to be killed by a shark, a lion or a crocodile? Do elephants really never forget? Are dogs smarter than cats? What would happen if Earth was hit by a meteorite?

...Well this book takes those puzzling questions and gives you the fascinating, fun, fact-based answers.

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Science

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

Guy Campbell lives in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

[Kinna]

3.5 Rating. Good collection of facts, interestingly written. Hope I remember them when needed!

[Iqra Fiaz]

This book contains answers to some weird and wacky questions but I enjoyed it because it featured questions that I had myself when I was younger, and even some that I have now, as an adult. It is a great 'myth-buster', particularly surrounding issues relating to science that can be hard for children to understand. I would definitely recommend teachers having a copy of this, for those times when children come to you for knowledge on perplexing ideas.

[Missy McGurk]

Fun and entertaining

[Melissa]

Who can resist a book of random facts?

[João Teixeira]

Livro interessante, mas não necessariamente memorável. O humor presente em cada artigo é uma mais valia.

[Analuabc]

Factos deveras desconcertantes para perguntas que até nos podemos fazer mas que abdicamos de ir procurar respostas. Desde a pergunta chave de se há vida noutros planetas a questionar se os gémeos têm as mesmas impressões digitais, este livro aborda temas que não devem ser só catalogados como coisas de crianças. Sempre bom de ter à mão para ir recordando de tempos-a-tempos certas questões fundamentais para o nosso dia-a-dia como: por que é que pulam os canguros!?

[Nicholas Whyte]

http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2240682.html[return][return]A nice little book of scientific trivia for the younger reader, similar to the slightly less genteel Why Is Snot Green? / How Loud Can You Burp? books. No big surprises, though it's interesting to note that nobody has yet discovered why yawns are so contagious.

[Philia]

Great book! I've also discovered the famous headless chicken that lived for 18 months was called Mike, and that cats are smarter than dogs and other interesting trivial things.

[Danielle Emmie]

*3/5 stars*
This is a brilliant book, but somewhat dull...

[Mehsi]

Heel erg leuk boek met allerlei feiten en leuke vragen. Zeker een aanrader!

[Filipa Halliwell]

Leitura normal, engraçado para esclarecer dúvidas que nos tenham passado pela cabeça.

[sahsah]

I enjoyed this book when I was a child. It's funny, smart, the pictures get you through the whole text and I could read it again.

[Emily]

A brilliantly humorous book for the information-scourging child I was!