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"Fascinating stuff. Most readers will have hours of fun just picking pages at random". -- Pittsburgh magazineCan any bird fly upside down? Is white gold really gold? In response to reader requests, this new edition of our bestselling Handy Science answers hundreds of new sci-tech questions, from the inner workings of the human body to outer space and from math and computers to planes, trains and automobiles. Nearly 1,250 answers -- compiled from the ready-reference files of the Science and Technology Department of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- including some old favorites we've updated and expanded.Science and Technology Department of the Carnegie Library is the author of 'The Handy Science Answer Book' with ISBN 9780810394513 and ISBN 0810394510.
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