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The Quirks & quarks question book [electronic resource] : 101 answers to listeners' questions / introduced by Bob McDonald.
A selection of the most puzzling questions asked in the last ten years in the popular CBC Radio One weekly science program Quirks & quarks are answered by Canadian scientists and researchers from all scientific disciplines. A question about the difference of gravity forces on the Earth and on the Moon is answered by Leah Braithwaite of the Canadian Space Agency.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781551994123 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1551994127 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 198 p.) : ill.
- Publisher: Toronto : M & S, 2002.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Rivers, rocks, and raptors : geography, geology, and archaeology -- 2. Brains, bones, and behaviour : physiology and the human body -- 3. Fur and fangs : biology and the animal kingdom -- 4. Creepers and crawlers : the insect world -- 5. Solids and surfaces : materials science -- 6. Puzzles and problems : the world of physics -- 7. Sizzling suns and magnificent moons : space science and astronomy -- 8. Hail and hurricanes : environmental science and weather. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Science > Miscellanea. Sciences > Miscellanées. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
