Mysteries of the Cosmic Joker (Unsolved!) - Hardcover

Walker, Kathryn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0778741486 ISBN 13: 9780778741480

Publisher: Crabtree Classics, 2009

Synopsis

Is there some mysterious force of nature that has a sense of humor, causing seemingly unexplained and bizarre things to happen on Earth? Flying omelets and shoals of fish falling out of the sky may have perfectly sensible explanations, but how do we explain the way that twins separated at birth have time and again followed the same path through life? In this intriguing book, scientists use science and chaos theory to try to explain the Cosmic Joker.

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From Booklist

Budding Bermuda Triangle skeptics, alien investigators, and monster hunters take heed: the Unsolved! series is here to creep you out about all the weird things out there. A lively mix of photos and artwork is paired with straightforward text that conveys a sense of unease while working in the known facts, too. Mysteries of the Cosmic Joker is sort of the catch-all volume; it traffics in the rare (rains of frogs), the eerie (the 1898 novel that predicted the Titanic disaster), and the grim coincidences that never fail to amaze (like the two brothers killed one year apart by the same taxi). There is some topic overlap between books, but that shouldn’t hinder browsing. Vocabulary is explained on each page, and a brief index and list of further readings close. Grades 4-6. --Daniel Kraus

Edition details

• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0778741486
• ISBN 13: 9780778741480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32