What If?: Intriguing Answers for the Insatiably Curious - Softcover

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9780764566578: What If?: Intriguing Answers for the Insatiably Curious
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0764566571 ISBN 13: 9780764566578
Verlag: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S., 2002

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The founder of HowStuffWorks, Inc. answers what would happen in seventy "what if" scenarios including what would happen if someone placed tin foil in a microwave, if the polar ice caps melted, and if someone stopped paying taxes. Original.

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THE AWARD-WINNING TEAM AT HOWSTUFFWORKS HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

If you?re intrigued by the world around you, you?ll be fascinated with the compelling answers to 75 What If? questions. This latest book from Marshall Brain and the team at HowStuffWorks covers everything from gravity to the Great Pyramids, oxygen to exoskeletons.

In Marshall Brain?s signature style, you?ll learn the cause and effect of such actions as swimming after eating a big meal, firing a gun at a television set, and purchasing ten shares of Microsoft stock when the company went public. You won?t be able to put down this fun and captivating book!

Have you ever wondered . . .

What if I was struck by lightning?
What if people had gills?
What if an asteroid hit the earth?
What if I put aluminum foil in the microwave?
What if the polar ice caps melted?
What if I threw a penny off the Empire State Building?

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Verlag
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0764566571
ISBN 13 
9780764566578
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
160
Herausgeber
Brain Marshall
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