Download or read book Lightning Never Strikes Twice and Other False Facts written by Laurence A. Moore and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Test your knowledge True False Beer has more calories than milk. Every fourth year is a leap year. Turkey's can't fly. Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, was an Egyptian. They Pygmies are a tribe in Africa. The Druids built Stonehenge. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. Old Faithful erupts faithfully every sixty minutes. If you answered TRUE to any of these questions ... SURPRISE! You're wrong! And this is only a small taste of the over 900 popular delusions that are deliciously debunked in this endlessly entertaining compendium of fascinating and fun facts."--BOOK COVER.
Download or read book Everything You Know is Wrong written by Paul Kirchner and published by Gollehon Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an alphabetical collection of common fallacies and their corrections, including the belief that hair and fingernails continue to grow after death and that Mussolini made the trains run on time.
Download or read book The All New Book of Lists for Kids written by Sandra Choron and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brand new edition is packed with more than 100 lists, lively illustrations, and a new section in which kids can create lists of their own.
Download or read book written by and published by 清华大学出版社有限公司. This book was released on 2005 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 本书精选了人们最关注的与生活相关的最新科技问题1400余条,将其按照物理和化学、空间、地球、气候和天气、矿物、能源、环境、生物、植物、动物、人体、健康与药物、度量、工具和武器等分类,通过查阅权威资料,一一做答。
Download or read book True or False written by Jacqueline B. Toner and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for pre-teens and young teens in lively text accompanied by fun facts, True or False? The Science of Perception, Misinformation, and Disinformation explores what psychology tells us about development and persistence of false perceptions and beliefs and the difficulty of correcting them, plus ways to debunk misinformation and think critically and factually about the world around us. This book explores how we think and perceive and why false beliefs, superstitions, opinions, misinformation, or wild guesses can just stick around and mess things up. You’ll see how misunderstandings and misuse of scientific findings can lead people to the wrong conclusions. Readers learn how to outsmart their brain to gain critical thinking skills and find ways to identify and correct false beliefs and disinformation. Our big brains are super-efficient but glitchy. Scientists estimate that 90% of what we see, hear, smell, or sense never really sinks in. Instead, we pick up on the big things, general impressions, or important stuff and end up leaving our brains to fill in the missing info. And on top of that, people sometimes twist information on purpose. False beliefs can be shared from person to person or go viral in a flash, often by people who think the info is true. So how in the world do we know what’s real, what’s true, or who to believe? Dig in and get the facts!
Download or read book Lightning Often Strikes Twice written by Brian Clegg and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackling some of the most common scientific myths still believed today, bestselling science writer Brian Clegg blows these widely held misconceptions about the workings of our world out of the water in this engaging and entertaining book.
Download or read book Out of the Blue written by John Naylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 24-hour practical guide to skywatching.
Download or read book U X L Science Fact Finder The physical world written by Gale Cengage Publishing and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on a variety of scientific subjects as answers to frequently asked questions.
Download or read book Wonders of the Air written by Tamra Andrews and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second book in a four-book series exploring the elements, Wonders of Nature: Natural Phenomena in Science and Myth, looks at the wonder of air from both a scientific and mythical perspective. Intended for teachers and librarians to use with students in intermediate and middle school grades, the book looks at natural phenomena that occurs in the air around us—such as rainbows, snow, tornadoes, lightning, and thunder—through ancient myth, and details the explanations of modern-day science. With this interdisciplinary approach, students will be encouraged to appreciate the magic in both myth and science, and to understand the commonality of human experience with nature over time. Each book contains eight myths, each from a different culture, and accompanying scientific explanation to use with students. Included are bibliographies; recommended Web sites; ideas for field trips, student projects, discussion, and activities; and illustrations and diagrams that will enhance student interest. Grades 4-8.
Download or read book The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs written by Martin H. Manser and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
Download or read book Wittgenstein s Account of Truth written by Sara Ellenbogen and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wittgenstein's Account of Truth challenges the view that semantic antirealists attribute to Wittgenstein: that we cannot meaningfully call verification-transcendent statements "true." Ellenbogen argues that Wittgenstein would not have held that we should revise our practice of treating certain statements as true or false, but instead would have held that we should revise our view of what it means to call a statement true. According to the dictum "meaning is use," what makes it correct to call a statement "true" is not its correspondence with how things are, but our criterion for determining its truth. What it means for us to call a statement "true" is that we currently judge it true, knowing that we may some day revise the criteria whereby we do so.
Download or read book U X L Science Fact Finder The technological world written by Phillis Engelbert and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on a variety of scientific subjects as answers to frequently asked questions.
Download or read book U X L Science Fact Finder The natural world written by Phillis Engelbert and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on a variety of scientific subjects as answers to frequently asked questions.
Download or read book The Everyday Almanac written by Bob Perlongo and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to the plethora of facts, figures, and charts found in ordinary almanacs, The Everyday Almanac features games, puzzles, drawings, jokes, cartoons, confessions, recipes, money tips, and more. Its impressive contributors include P.J. O'Rourke, William Safire, Roger Angell, and Bob Dylan.
Download or read book Is Greenland Really Green written by Laurence Moore and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Lightning Never Strikes Twice and Other False Facts comes another hilarious collection of fascinating figures and little-known facts. For anyone who enjoys the pursuit of trivia, this enlightening and lighthearted new reference book is just the ticket.
Download or read book The Book of Lists for Kids written by Sandra Choron and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents more than 300 lists about everything from freckles to video games, money to amusement parks, and breakfast cereals to rock music.
Download or read book U S Geological Survey Professional Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
