E-Book Overview
Get to grips with the glorious world of goop and gunk, from pus, snot, and mucus to mud, snail slime, and sticky plants, in this compendium of gunk.
If you've ever wondered how much snot you make, or how spider silk is made, this is the book for you. Full of strange but true science, The Science of Goo! explores all manner of gunge, sludge, ooze, and goo!
Awesome CGI illustrations and stunning photography will show goo in all its glory, while fun trivia and scientific explanations will make you an expert in all things sludgy. For example, did you know that sea cucumbers can vomit their sticky insides when threatened, yet still survive?
The Science of Goo! is here to give you a new appreciation of the weird and wonderful world of gooey matter, in all its many kinds and wherever it shows up.
E-Book Information
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Series: It Can't Be True
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Year: 2,020
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Pages: 64
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Pages In File: 66
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Language: English
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Topic: 178
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Identifier: 9,780,744,020,212
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Asin: B0895KJY4Y
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Org File Size: 44,594,280
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Extension: pdf
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Toc: CONTENTS
Giant slime
Devil’s fingers fungus
Slippery frog spawn
Slimy snot
Nature’s nose pickers
Squidgy eyeball
Honeydew farming
Glowing snare
Monster fatberg
Super saliva
Gourmet goo
Sinking into soil
Solid-liquid slime
Snail trail
Tongue trap
Mucus bubble
Living goo
Liquid rock
Gooey medicine
Pus-filled pimples
Seabird vomit
Mucky mud bath
High-speed sneeze
Oozing resin
History of glue
Flypaper plant
Sticky silk
Sea slime
Blooming goo
Glossary
Index