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Curious Folks Ask: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products, and Medical Mysteries

Curious Folks Ask: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products, and Medical Mysteries

          
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“Dr. Seethaler has written an excellent book for any interested student of science. She answers great questions about the world around us in this fascinating book. As a high school science teacher, I encounter many of these from my own students. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who has pondered questions starting with ‘how,’ ‘what,’ or ‘why.’” –Ernest James Lo, Science Teacher, Woodside High School, Woodside, CA   Prepare to Be Fascinated! Why does the flu change every year?        • What makes glue sticky?        • What causes out-of-body experiences?        • Are all brands of gas the same?        • Will adult stem cells work as well as embryonic stem cells?        • Is one “horsepower” really equal to the power of one horse?        • Why can’t you sneeze with your eyes open?        • How much does a cremated body weigh?   These are just a few of the fascinating science and health questions real people have asked top science writer and San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Sherry Seethaler. Curious Folks Ask brings together 162 of her best answers–all crystal-clear, accurate, quick, and a pleasure to read. Seethaler is one of this generation’s best science explainers, and it shows: Every answer is accurate, fun to read, and distilled to a single page or less! Want to know how canned air works…or nuclear bombs? What causes goose bumps, earwax, dandruff, headaches? Whether it’s healthy to crack your knuckles, drink decaf, eat chocolate? What it costs to run all those LED lights around your house? It’s all here–and a whole lot more! Your body’s oddities: knees to knuckles, itches to sneezes Surprising facts about how your body grows and works Our ingenious inventions The past, present, and future of our relentless human inventiveness Pesky pathogens: viruses, bacteria, and prions How they keep outsmarting us, and why it’s so hard to stay healthy Common chemical concoctions The science behind the everyday products that have transformed our lives Uniquely human: how we got here, how we’re unique New lessons from genetics, archaeology, and evolutionary biology

Table of Contents:
Preface . . . xv Chapter 1 Ingenious inventions . . . 1 Iceless icebox . . . 1 Full of cold air . . . 1 May the Force be with you . . . 2 Sci-fi science . . . 3 Catching a wave . . . 4 Out, damned spot! . . . 5 Glass stretch marks . . . 6 Seeing double . . . 7 Say what? . . . 8 On the road again . . . 9 Kooky clocks . . . 10 Lost with digital . . . 11 Era arrangement . . . 12 Let there be light . . . 12 Temperature tales . . . 14 Spying on Martians . . . 15 Otherworldly . . . 15 Earthling outpost . . . 16 Man or machine . . . 18 Play ball . . . 19 Pharaoh’s secrets . . . 20 Dense edifice . . . 22 Tiny toys . . . 23 Twinkle, twinkle . . . 24 Curly cords . . . 25 Mr. Weasley’s collection . . . 25 Electric synchrony . . . 27 In chains . . . 28 Equine engine . . . 29 Man’s best friend v. 2.0 . . . 30 Taking to the sky . . . 31 Off-kilter . . . 33 Architecture by numbers . . . 33 Chapter 2 Chemical concoctions . . . 35 Sticky situations . . . 35 Strong bond . . . 37 Black gold . . . 37 What’s in a name? . . . 38 Auto alternatives . . . 40 Sugar high . . . 41 Water fire . . . 42 Periodic-table personalities . . . 44 Jolt-free beans . . . 45 Decaf danger? . . . 46 Gently down the stream . . . 47 Water, water everywhere . . . 48 Reticent rubber . . . 49 On top of Old Smoky . . . 50 Odor eater . . . 51 Exquisite earth . . . 51 Drug disintegration . . . 53 Lone nutrients . . . 54 Rub-a-dub-dub . . . 55 Chore tech . . . 56 Chapter 3 Body parts . . . 59 Toe the line . . . 59 Surgeons’ favorite organ . . . 61 Longer and longer . . . 62 Tough tips . . . 62 Ashes to ashes . . . 63 Holey lids . . . 64 Producing peepers . . . 64 Guardian lashes . . . 65 Stopping short . . . 66 Grating habit . . . 66 Local harvest . . . 68 Cell selection . . . 68 Whiter shade of pale . . . 70 Healing potion . . . 71 Replacement parts . . . 72 Not so wise . . . 73 Chapter 4 Bodily functions . . . 75 Music of maturity . . . 75 Prune people . . . 76 Blinky . . . 78 Twitchy . . . 79 Summertime blues . . . 79 Staying cool . . . 80 Low thermostat . . . 81 Sweaty gourmet . . . 82 Impulsive impulses . . . 83 American Lilliputians . . . 84 Hair-raising . . . 85 Puny puckers . . . 86 Earplugs . . . 86 Itchy and scratchy . . . 87 Heart-stopping . . . 88 Sneeze grimace . . . 88 Photon allergy . . . 89 Sleeping beauty . . . 90 Yawning maw . . . 92 Smells good . . . 94 Tip of the tongue . . . 96 Chapter 5 Pesky pathogens . . . 99 Bundle up . . . 99 Invader individuality . . . 100 Moving target . . . 102 Bug buddies . . . 104 Laid low . . . 105 Fever favor . . . 106 Healthy as a dog . . . 107 Keep off the grass . . . 108 Vexing virus . . . 110 Cure claims . . . 112 Food zapper . . . 114 Laboratory life . . . 116 Building organisms . . . 117 Tick bites . . . 118 Oh, no–mono . . . 119 Kitchen germs . . . 120 Downers . . . 120 Mad cows . . . 122 Chapter 6 Assorted ailments . . . 125 Two-faced warrior . . . 125 Pimple food . . . 126 Much ado about nothing . . . 128 Hiccups attacking . . . 129 Attacking hiccups . . . 130 Gulp . . . 131 Knee forecast . . . 132 Brain whittling . . . 134 Head bop . . . 135 Cappuccino compulsion . . . 136 Many malignancies . . . 137 New skin . . . 138 On the mend . . . 139 Flakiness . . . 141 Charley horse . . . 142 Throbbin’ noggin . . . 143 Heart hurt . . . 144 Knowing thyself . . . 145 Halo of stars . . . 146 Hot, hot, hot . . . 147 Chapter 7 Uniquely human . . . 149 Odd eats . . . 149 Sink like a stone . . . 151 Dino breath . . . 152 Modern man . . . 153 World tour . . . 154 Tree house . . . 156 Loners . . . 157 Living link? . . . 158 Tears for fears . . . 160 Blind dreams . . . 161 Hullabaloo . . . 162 Sentiment sites . . . 163 Feeling groovy . . . 165 Mad genius . . . 166 Out of body . . . 168 Musical mind . . . 169 Chapter 8 Health nuts . . . 171 Counting calories . . . 171 Fat carbs, skinny carbs . . . 172 Combo meal . . . 174 Chugalug . . . 175 Cocoa craze . . . 176 Go the distance . . . 178 Exercise regimen . . . 179 Pounding the pavement . . . 180 Totally radical . . . 182 It’s elemental . . . 183 Color me young . . . 184 Vitamin virtues . . . 185 Fuel economy . . . 186 Fit to be sweaty . . . 188 Red and white . . . 188 Hold the sunny side . . . 190 Grain of salt . . . 191 Quicksilver . . . 193 Index . . . 195


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780137057382
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Financial Times Prentice Hall
  • Depth: 25
  • Height: 232 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Series Title: FT Press Science
  • Sub Title: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products, and Medical Mysteries
  • Width: 157 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0137057385
  • Publisher Date: 25 Mar 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 1
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 310 gr


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