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How to Make a Tornado: The strange and wonderful things that happen when scientists break free (New Scientist)
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Product Description
Part of the 'New Scientist' series, this book investigates everything from what it's like to die, to exploding trousers and recycled urine.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #132449 in Books
- Published on: 2009-10-01
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
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Editorial Reviews
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`This playful collection...provides an absorbing commuter read...casting a light on the wackier side of science and invention' --Arifa Akbar, Independent
`Ideal for anyone fascinated by weird science' --Sunday Business Post
`witty anthology of oddities and oddballs' --Saga Magazine
'Fascinating, intelligent and funny' --Michael Jones, Independent
`fantastically dry humour... will satisfy anyone with a thirst for the excesses of scientific creativity' -- Rupert van den Broek, Independent on Sunday
About the Author
Over fifty years old, New Scientist is the bestselling and fastest growing science magazine in the world, with over 400,000 readers a week in the UK alone. How to Make a Tornado is again compiled and edited by Mick O'Hare, production editor at New Scientist and widely interviewed editor of Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? (9781861978769), How to Fossilize Your Hamster (9781846680441), Does Anything Eat Wasps? (9781861979735) and Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? (9781846681318).
