Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Other Imponderables: Mysteries of Everyday Life Explained - Hardcover

Feldman, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006015781X ISBN 13: 9780060157814

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1989

Synopsis

This compilation of arcane facts about everyday objects, practices, and traditions reveals how Teflon sticks to cookware; why firehouses have Dalmatians; why "2 x 4s" don't measure two inches by four inches; why the sides of aluminum foil are different, and other mysteries

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Here are the answers to questions that have been keeping you and your loved ones up nights, questions that have driven families to feuds, questions that nag and nag just won't let go. Have you ever wondered juts what purpose those warning labels on mattresses are supposed to serve? Or what happens to the trend that wears off tires? And how many meals have you spent pondering the perennially baffling question of why hot dogs come ten to a package while hot dog buns come in eight?

"Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?" has the solutions to these and scores of other Imponderables. David Feldman's witty and irresistible compendium of knowledge goes where other reference books fear to trend, uncovering closely guarded secrets, revealing long-hidden facts, and, like all other invaluable works of detection, never letting well enough alone. Whether you want to settle those arguments about the difference between a kit and a caboodle, or just curious about dry cleaning, Teflon, Wayne Gretzky, or chocolate bunnies, "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?" is indispensable.

About the Author:

David Feldman is the author of ten previous volumes of Imponderables®. He has a master's degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and consults and lectures on the media. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 006015781X
• ISBN 13: 9780060157814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 251
• Illustrator: Schwan Kas