Truth Or Busted The Fact Or Fiction Behind Science

Author : Paul Harrison
Publisher : Truth or Busted
ISBN 13 : 9780750279147
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truth Or Busted: The Fact Or Fiction Behind Science written by Paul Harrison and published by Truth or Busted. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth or Busted's Science title explores popular myths and legends about the world of science, inventions and discoveries in a light and humorous way that kids will find simply unputdownable. Such statements as 'Sneeze with your eyes open and they will pop out' or 'A black hole in our galaxy will eventually destroy the Earth' are examined as well as where the ideas came, whether they have any basis in truth, or whether they are simply folklore, myths or legends. Each statement is given a TRUTH or BUSTED evaluation.

Author : Scientific American Editors
Publisher : Scientific American
ISBN 13 : 1466842520
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fact or Fiction written by Scientific American Editors and published by Scientific American. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths by the Editors of Scientific American Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to dogs? Does stress cause gray hair? These questions are just a sample of the urban lore investigated in this eBook, Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths. Drawing from Scientific American's "Fact or Fiction" and "Strange But True" columns, we've selected 58 of the most surprising, fascinating, useful and just plain wacky topics confronted by our writers over the years. Each brief article uncovers the truth behind everyday mythology, starting with Section One, "In the Animal Kingdom," where we examine some of the more outlandish claims about our fellow earthly inhabitants, such as whether elephants really remember everything and whether a cockroach can live without its head. Other sections cover reproduction, the environment, technology and personal and mental health. While the answers to some questions, such as whether toilets really do flush in the opposite direction south of the Equator, may only serve to raise your Trivial Pursuit knowledge, others, such as whether to pee on a jellyfish sting or wake a sleepwalker, may come in handy. Although this eBook represents a fraction of circulating folk wisdom and urban mythology, we hope that it's an enjoyable fraction and that it encourages you to do some debunking yourself.

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1406268666
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Can You Lick Your Own Elbow? written by Paul Mason and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you lick your own elbow? Could you pick up a car? Can you sneeze faster than a cheetah? This book takes a fun look at the human body by asking and answering a series of quirky yet thought-provoking questions such as these! Although primarily a recreational read, the book nevertheless contains a wealth of fascinating information and bizarre facts about the human body that readers will be sure to find captivating.

Author : Emily Krieger
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1426318839
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths Busted! 3 written by Emily Krieger and published by National Geographic Children's Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the book that will put to rest even more rumors, misconceptions, superstitions, and flat out lies that you hear every day--also known as the book your mom never wanted you to see. Think boys are better at math? Don't bet on it. Think an apple-a-day keeps the doctor away? Better buy some oranges too. Think you evolved from a chimp? You might want to check your sources on that. Be in the know on all kinds of amazing subjects!

Author : Samuel Arbesman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 159184651X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Half-Life of Facts written by Samuel Arbesman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New insights from the science of science Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing. Samuel Arbesman shows us how knowledge in most fields evolves systematically and predictably, and how this evolution unfolds in a fascinating way that can have a powerful impact on our lives. He takes us through a wide variety of fields, including those that change quickly, over the course of a few years, or over the span of centuries.

Author : Kay Barnham
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 : 9780750281553
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fact Or Fiction Behind Shakespeare written by Kay Barnham and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2014 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Truth or Busted' series explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you 'think' you know about everyday things

Author : Scientific American Editors
Publisher : Scientific American
ISBN 13 : 1466859059
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fact or Fiction 2 written by Scientific American Editors and published by Scientific American. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of Scientific American’s best-selling eBook, "Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths," return with "Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained." In it, we cast an analytical eye on another collection of urban lore and cultural myths that persist so long in our collective consciousness they acquire a ring of truth. Who hasn’t heard the “5-second rule,” which insists that food dropped on the floor is safe to eat if it’s picked up within 5 seconds? How many of us have been told by well-meaning relatives or friends to “feed a cold, starve a fever?” Each article explores whether science can back up these and 48 other long-standing claims on a variety of topics including mind and brain, health and body, food, sustainability and more. In some cases, such as whether a “base tan” protects against sunburn or people swallow eight spiders a year while they sleep, the explanation is relatively brief. Others, including whether diets work or if divorce is bad for children, require a little more digging. Either way, the science behind our mythology is surprising, fascinating and – in the case of nocturnal spider-eating – reassuring.

Author : Kay Barnham
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 : 0750293039
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind Survival Skills written by Kay Barnham and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth or Busted Survival Skills takes popular notions and ideas about how to survive in urban and wilderness environments and examines where the ideas came from, how or why they have become well known, and finally whether they are really true or false! This title looks at statements like: 'You can drink your own wee to survive!' or 'Cows are more deadly than great white sharks'. Each statement is evaluated and then awarded a Truth or Busted stamp at the end of each entry.

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Kingfisher
ISBN 13 : 9780753471067
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Think Again! False Facts Attacked and Myths Busted written by Clive Gifford and published by Kingfisher. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think Again! False Facts Attacked and Myths Busted by Clive Gifford takes readers on a wild ride through history, science, the natural world and the human body in search of-the TRUTH! Conspiracy theories, popular trivia, old wives' tales, common misconceptions, misinterpretations and other fallacies are explored to untruth exactly why they are wrong, and how and why they were adopted as fact in the first place. Thoroughly entertaining with fun typography, fast-paced text, light and fascinating side-stories, and lively, photo-montaged illustrations, this big huge compendium of curriculum-led subjects appeals to today's technological-savvy children. Fully detailing each myth and error, along with its historical or scientific background, each falsehood is debunked, and then a full explanation of its true facts are presented.

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1482442760
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fact or Fiction Behind Animals written by Paul Mason and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is full of amazing animals, but some “facts” about them often seem too strange to be true. Do goldfish really have short memories? Is cow flatulence really ruining the ozone layer? This book takes a magnifying glass to some of the wildest things people say about animals to find the truth behind the exaggerations, misunderstandings, or even lies we accidentally spread as fact. Fact boxes throughout the book help readers separate the facts from fiction, and entertaining cartoons and illustrations add to the animal fun.