What Does The Moon Smell Like?: 151 Astounding Science Quizzes

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From the surprising science behind everyday life to the mysteries on the frontiers of scientific discovery, these fun, fascinating, and little-known facts explore anything and everything in a user-friendly quiz format. This all-ages quiz book feeds your brain tasty, bite-sized tidbits of cool science trivia. Topics include the Earth, the moon, the universe, amazing cars, sports, food and drink, icky things, pets, nature, technology, science fables, inventions, the body, success, attraction, and chocolate. In as little as five minutes a day, you can boost your brainpower with more than a dozen facts that will make you smile and think.

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Moon_COVER 4/22/08 3:50 PM Page 1 EVA EVERYTHING What I like about WHAT DOES THE MOON SMELL LIKE? is that it feeds your brain without putting pounds on your waistline. The way Eva Everything presents these insights reminds me of tasty treats in a variety of delicious flavors, with twice the fiber and no calories. You can consume as little, or as much as you want in a sitting, and have fun doing it, and I’m not just saying it because I’m in the book. — Brian Wansink, Food Behavior Psychologist, Cornell University WHAT DOES THE MOON SMELL LIKE? is a contagious book. It’s packed full of more fascinating facts than there are germs per square inch on a mobile phone keypad, and it’s much easier on your thumbs. It’s not often that you come across a popular science book (in a quiz format, no less) that’s a real pageturner. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I’m not saying that because I’m in the book. — Chuck Gerba, a.k.a The Germinator, Microbiologist, University of Arizona If you want to know more about your chocolate bar eating style, this is the book for you. It’s full of questions that you may, or may not, have asked, and answers that surprise and make you think, and might even make you laugh. WHAT DOES THE MOON SMELL LIKE? is a quiz book like no other, and I highly recommend it to enquiring minds of all ages. And I’m not just saying this because I’m in it. — Krystyna Sieciechowicz, Social Anthropologist, University of Toronto what does the moon smell like? WHAT DOES THE MOON SMELL LIKE? is an easy read, but don’t forget: sometimes those things that seem the simplest are actually disguises for the complex, the strange, and especially the weird. The quiz format is nice, because if you even get one right, you can argue that you're really, really smart. Do I recommend this book? Yes, I do . . . and I’m not even in it! 151 Astounding Science Quizzes — Jay Ingram, Author, Host of Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada EVA EVERYTHING, Discovery Channel’s quiz meister and an awardwinning science writer, was once known as a music and video artist. ECW Press • $12.95 ecwpress.com a) ISBN-13: 978-155022-822-9 ISBN-10: 1-55022-822-6 b) c) The Brain Café’s ecw EVA EVERYTHING 0.71875” TRIM SIZE: 5.5 X 8.5” SPINE SIZE: TO COME d) Moon_COVER 4/22/08 3:50 PM Page 1 EVA EVERYTHING What I like about WHAT DOES THE MOON SMELL LIKE? is that it feeds your brain without putting pounds on your waistline. The way Eva Everything presents these insights reminds me of tasty treats in a variety of delicious flavors, with twice the fiber and no calories. You can consume as little, or as much as you want in a sitting, and have fun doing it, and I’m not just saying it because I’m in the book. — Brian Wansink, Food Behavior Psychologist, Cornell University WHAT DOES THE MOON SMELL LIKE? is a contagious book. It’s packed full of more fascinating facts than there are germs per square inch on a mobile phone keypad, and it’s much easier on your thumbs. It
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