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What Colour is the Sun?: Mind-Bending Science Facts in the Solar System's Brightest Quiz

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title What Colour is the Sun?: Mind-Bending Science Facts in the Solar System's Brightest Quiz
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Brian Clegg
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 35,Width 24
Category/GenreGeneral
Popular science
Trivia and quiz question books
ISBN/Barcode 9781785781223
ClassificationsDewey:523.2
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Icon Books
Imprint Icon Books
Publication Date 3 November 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Why do your fingers go wrinkly in the bath? How long can a goldfish remember things? Who thought up Newton's First Law? Science is all about finding answers to mind-boggling questions - so following the hugely successful How Many Moons Does the Earth Have?, here are another 100 brain-teasers to test yourself, discover some amazing answers, and learn a lot of stuff along the way. Where does brown belong in the spectrum? What is a Zener card? And what colour is the sun? With Brian Clegg, science has never been so much fun ...

Author Biography

Science writer Brian Clegg studied physics at Cambridge and specialises in making the strangest aspects of the universe accessible to the general reader. He is editor of popularscience.co.uk and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His previous books include Inflight Science, The Universe Inside You and Science for Life.