Can You Drill a Hole Through Your Head and Survive?: 180 Fascinating Questions and Amazing Answers about Science, Health, and Nature

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Overview

Have you ever wondered why people sleepwalk? Why LSD makes you hallucinate?

If it is possible to cut through your arm with a pocket knife? Whether animals

can be homosexual? Can You Drill a Hole Through Your Head and Survive?
tackles questions such as why giant pandas are so bad at mating, how many people the Earth can support, and how to make a nuclear bomb. Whether you’re interested in little-known facts about the human body and the natural world or just looking for a quick laugh, this book will leave you surprised and amused.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781616082819
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publication date: 6/21/2011
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 614,533
  • Product dimensions: 7.40 (w) x 5.00 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Simon Rogers edited the selections in this book from The Guardian’s

“This Week” column, which has been investigating the world’s most perplexing science questions for years. He lives in Australia.

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  • Posted September 20, 2009

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    Very interesting book full of facts about all sorts of issues that many people wonder about but might not know the correct answer to.

    I would recommend this book to school teachers and college professors alike. Due to the wide range of issues it deals with readers of all ages can enjoy the topics. Also even for the individual it is a very simple read and clearly explains the questions and answers in simple way without getting bogged down into confusing jargon or bland explanations. It's not a rainy day or vacation book for sure but as a nice book to have to pick up and read every now and then if you have a question or just wish to learn something new and interesting.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 11, 2007

    Fascinating Answers to Weird Questions

    Haven't we all asked ourselves the title question at one point or another in our life? This book provides the answer as well as a a tremendous amount of information which will make for many months of cocktail party and watercooler conversations. The book is a collection of articles from the 'This Week' section of England's Guardian newspaper and is similar to the 'Reality' column in the New York Times. The questions answered cover a wide range of topics in numerous areas of science and medicine including suspended animation, cloning, weapons technology and the natural world to name a few. The articles are written in a clear and consise manner and are understandable by any layperson. All in all this is a very interesting book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 4, 2007

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    This book's great cover is what originally attracted me to it, but once I started reading I just couldn't stop! I don't know what I did more of, learn or laugh. Pick this one up, it's fantastic.

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