...Have you ever wondered why stars are different colours, if time travel will ever be possible, or what would happen if you were sucked in to a black hole?
Written by one of the most brain-worthy members of our species, Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professo ...
Advantages: Collection of facts(providing you find them interesting) Disadvantages: Too many answers based on just opinion
I was looking for a little light reading recently to help me pass half an hour or so, as I skimmed my bookshelf I passed my usual favourites from the Dragonlance series of fantasy novels, passed all my mythological books and even my trashy romance novels ...
Advantages: Informative, funny Disadvantages: Only for those with an interest
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is actually the fourth collection of questions and answers from the Last Word column in New Scientist magazine, but while the first two passed me (and a lot of other people) by without much attention, the third (Does Anyth ...
Advantages: Amusing and enlightening. Disadvantages: Some answers are quite technical.
...time is it at the North Pole? How did Santa manage to deliver all those presents in a single night? Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside of the tube? How can ants survive being nuked in a microwave?!? Do fish fart? All these and many other e ...
Advantages: Answers all those little questions you were afraid to ask Disadvantages: Sometimes the answers are all too brief
This book is a compilation of questions taken from the back page of 'New Scientist' magazine, the famous 'Last Word' column. The answers are sent in by knowledgeable members of the public, and either offer a lucid explanation of the science behind the que ...
