Astound your friends! Impress party guests! Annoy your relatives! This book contains 101 fascinating science puzzles. The answer to each problem explains a scientific principle in easy-to-understand terms, so not only are you solving puzzles, you are having fun while you learn!
How Do You Make a Tornado in a Bottle is filled with fascinating scientific and mathematical puzzles, all based on real-world principles. Learn why birds fly in formation, how to steer a rudderless boat and why the water levels of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are not always the same.
By:
Erwin Brecher
Imprint: Carlton Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781787390553
ISBN 10: 1787390551
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 September 2018
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
This fun book takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions, and all of the posers are based on real-world science. So as you work out the answer to the puzzle, you'll also be discovering how to survive on an iceberg!
Mensan Erwin Brecher, PhD, was educated in Vienna, Czechoslovakia and London, where he studied physics, economics and engineering. He entered business after World War Two and became a Name at Lloyds of London in 1974. He has since written many books on non-fiction subjects, most of them puzzle books of high quality and wide variety. He received the Order of Merit in gold from the city of Vienna in recognition of his literary achievements.
