Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book - Hardcover

Feldman, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060162945 ISBN 13: 9780060162948

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1991

Synopsis

The latest collection of suprising "imponderables" answers such eternal questions as "Why are there holes in saltines?" and "Why is Rhode Island called an island?"

About this title

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.

From Kirkus Reviews:

``They sure do, although they are discreetly hidden underneath their feathers,'' answers Feldman in this latest addition to his best-selling ``Imponderables'' series (Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?, etc.). ``What causes the green-tinged potato chips we sometimes find?''; ``How do they fork split English muffins''?; ``What happens to your Social Security number when you die?''-- these and 141 other brain-itching questions are expertly scratched by the author in lighthearted short-take responses, usually informed by expert advice from a manufacturer, scientist, sociologist, etc. And as in previous volumes, this congenial work, as addictive as a box of bon-bons, ends with a flurry of ``Frustables''--that is, possible unanswerables, e.g., ``Why do you so often see one shoe lying on the side of the road?'' (For those who can't wait until pub date: the green in potato chips is caused by chlorophyll; English muffins are split by being passed through two spinning wheels with Roman spear forks; and when you die, your Social Security number goes with you.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060162945
• ISBN 13: 9780060162948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 265