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From the editors that brought you Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Do Sparrows Like Bach?, an exploration of the weird and wonderful margin of science―the latest in the brilliant New Scientist series.

What’s the storage capacity of the human brain in gigabytes? Why is frozen milk yellow? Why do flamingos stand on one leg? And why can’t elephants jump? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the wrong way? Or do they just wait until no one’s looking? Read this brilliant new compilation to find out. This is popular science at its most absorbing and enjoyable.

The previous titles in the New Scientist series have been international bestsellers and sold over two million copies between them. Here is another wonderful collection of wise, witty, and often surprising answers to a staggering range of science questions.

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New Scientist magazine was launched in 1956 “for all those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery, and in its industrial, commercial and social consequences.“ The magazine's mission is no different today―New Scientist reports, explores, and interprets the results of human endeavor set in the context of society and culture. NewScientist.com receives fourteen million hits a month with over three million unique users.

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  • PublisherPegasus Books
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 160598261X
  • ISBN 13 9781605982618
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  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages240
  • EditorNew Scientist
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