An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science. Uncle Johnâs Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. Youâll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such asâyou canât âsweat like a pigâ because pigs donât sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, âBillions and Billions!â So put on your thinking cap and check out: ·     Pluto denied ·     Kitchen chemistry ·     Football gets physics-al ·     Planet Earthâs sudden hot flashes ·     Foodâs incredible journey . . .through you ·     The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding ·     How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer ·     How âdefenselessâ animals stay alive ·     Sci-fi thatâs more fi than sci ·     Ancient astronomers ·     Know your clouds And much, much more
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