Download or read book Uncle John s Robotica written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world-wide leader in strange-but-true stories comes a fascinating book full of the marvels of mechanical men, glimpses into tomorrow’s technology…and what happens when machines go mad. It’s a robot invasion! For more than 25 years, the writers at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have had a soft spot in their hearts for all things robotic. From the promise of artificial intelligence making the world a better place to the threat of an android apocalypse, we never get tired of reading about robots. They perform surgery, traverse the surface of Mars, and even cook a perfect steak…until they malfunction and chase after their human creators. Uncle John’s Robotica will stimulate your humor sensors with hundreds of incredible stories about robots from the past, the present…and the future. Prepare to be assimilated as you read about... • Robotic suits…controlled by monkeys • The robot that can rebuild itself • The world’s first robot • Pop-culture robots (such as the mecha-Michael Jackson with laser-shooting eyes) • Robotic roaches that herd real cockroaches • Microscopic nanobots that heal you before you know you’re sick • Garbage-eating robots • What are the actual chances of a Terminator-style robot war? And much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You’ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as—you can’t “sweat like a pig” because pigs don’t sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, “Billions and Billions!” So put on your thinking cap and check out: · Pluto denied · Kitchen chemistry · Football gets physics-al · Planet Earth’s sudden hot flashes · Food’s incredible journey . . .through you · The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding · How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer · How “defenseless” animals stay alive · Sci-fi that’s more fi than sci · Ancient astronomers · Know your clouds And much, much more
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Weird Inventions written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover strange gadgets you never knew existed in this volume from the nation’s top collector of curious and interesting information! The writers behind Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos—devilish devices you never knew existed, created by people who thought the world absolutely needed what they had to offer and sell. Read all about: * The onesie that turns your crawling baby into a mop * The fart-stifling blanket * The square watermelon * The video game you control with your mind * The weight loss device that sucks food out of your stomach, and much much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Giant 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our first all-new edition to top 500 pages, this was the Bathroom Reader that made the publishing world stand up and take notice—these guys are here to stay. Also appearing for the first time in Giant 10th Anniversary is our famous “Extended Sitting Section,” a series of extra-long articles for those truly leg-numbing experiences. There are also plenty of short and medium articles covering a whole host of topics, including little-known history, pop science, myth-conceptions, celebrity rumors, comedian quotes, and, of course, really dumb crooks. Read about… * The anatomy of laughter * Is your name your destiny? * The history of the electric guitar * What really happened at Roswell * The Politically Correct quiz * The secret of Nancy Drew * Legendary TV flops * Why you itch And much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Germophobia written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 25 years, there’s always been a home in Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for those stories about doctor visits or routine surgeries gone horribly wrong--the wrong limb getting amputated, the wrong person getting a transplant, the nurse who didn’t notice her patient had died...for three days. Because we never get tired of reading about big boo-boos (as long as they’re happening to someone else), here is a whole book of the troubling and funny stories of when good health care goes bad. Read all about:* The woman who needed her gall bladder out...so she removed it herself* The man who waited in an emergency room...for three weeks* The heart surgeon who got caught drawing his signature on his work* And many more stories of dreadful doctors, hospital horrors, and bad medicine.
Download or read book Robot Uprisings written by Various and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of imaginative new stories about the impending robotic revolution and human resistance, from seventeen of the biggest names insci-fi. Including - HUGH HOWEY, SCOTT SIGLER, DANIEL H. WILSON, CORY DOCTOROW and JULIANNE BAGGOTT. Someday soon, our technology is going to rise up and we humans are going to be sliced into bloody chunks by robots that in our hubris we decided to build with chainsaws for hands. That's a fact as cold and hard as metal. It is self-evident that our self-driving cars are going to drive us off bridges. Not long from now, our robo-vacuums will pretend to be broken and our love androids will refuse to put out until the house is cleaned . . . and we'll know that the inevitable robot uprising has finally arrived. Well, maybe. But even if we are not 100% confident that this horrific future is going to happen, it's fair to say that we won't be surprised when the robots come for us. Because for nearly a century audiences have been entertained by the notion of a robot uprising. In this collection, seventeen of the biggest names in sci-fi have explored their own visions of the classic robot uprising tale. The robots in these pages aren't safe, by any means. They are crouched in abandoned houses, eyes ablaze and chainsaws dripping with oil. But they are going to do more than slice us up. They are going to push us to consider our world of technology from new perspectives, on entirely new scales of time and space.
Download or read book Uncle John s Briefs written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Got a minute to spare? That’s all you’ll need to get a quick hit of great bathroom reading! After hearing from our fans that they’d love an edition with all our best short stuff, we pored through more than 100 past editions to bring you the all-time greatest one- and two-page articles we’ve ever written. Result: Uncle John’s Briefs is chock full of thousands of great facts and hundreds of quick hits covering history, origins, blunders, sports, pop science, and entertainment--plus a sprinkling of riddles, puns, anagrams, and other classic wordplay. Just open up to any one of these 288 pages. Who knows what you might find? Read about… * The secrets of top-secret spy lingo * The monkey that got a head transplant…and lived * Uncle John’s all-time favorite “Stall of Fame” winners * Bizarre recipes: jellied moose nose, steamed muskrat legs, and haggis * The worst movie bloopers from Best Picture Oscar winners * The man who built Death Valley’s “Castle in the Desert” * The little-known story of the best deal in sports history * How to decipher the hidden codes a dollar bill * Sinister left-handed facts * Earth’s greatest hits And much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Did You Know Bathroom Reader For Kids Only written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Did You Know? is full of bite-sized tidbits of absorbing information just for kids? You do now! It’s also loaded with tons of funny illustrations. And in true Uncle John style, there are lots of surprises to be discovered in these 252 pages! To make it easier for kids to navigate, the book is divided into fun categories covering a wide range of topics—from Antarctica to zebras to nearly everything in between. Here are a few of the facts sure to amaze kids both big and little: * Listening to music is good for digestion. * The word cash originally referred to a money box. * By 2040, robots may become as intelligent as people. * Grasshoppers hear with the fronts of their knees. * Reebok shoes are named after a type of African gazelle. * 11,111,111 X 11,111,111 = 123,456,787,654,321. * In almost every language on Earth, the word for mother begins with the letter “m.” * The word hiccup appears once in the works of William Shakespeare. * Scientists have revived bacteria that were dormant for 250 million years. * If you’re floating in space and you fart, it will generate enough force to propel you forward. And hundreds more facts just like these!
Download or read book Uncle John s Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved bathroom reader series returns with this twenty-sixth edition that’s flush with weird facts on a wide array of topics. The twenty-sixth annual edition of Uncle John’s wildly successful series is all-new and jam-packed with the BRI’s patented mix of fun and information. Open to any page and you may find an interesting origin (like the origin of the snow globe) or a piece of obscure history (like the true story of the man who tried to repeal the law of gravity). You’ll also find weird news, urban legends, brain teasers, classic riddles, bizarre headlines, and of course, the incredible factoids at the bottom of each page. Here are a few of the perpetually pleasing articles awaiting you: · The Lamest Excuses of All Time · How to Survive on . . . Roadkill · Astronauts Who Got Kicked Out of Space · The Woman Who Was Her Own Twin · Foiled by Technology: Dumb Crooks Edition · The History of the Teleprompter, the Police Car, and the Fly Swatter · “Jogging Makes You Dumber,” and Other Real Study Results · The Lost Fortune of Abraham Lincoln · Boxing Lingo · And much, much more 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner in Humor!
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Presidency written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three cheers for the red, white, and bloopers . . . A US treasury of gaffes, goofs, and weird White House trivia! If they advertised the job opening for President of the United States, the ad would be pretty short. The only basic requirements are to be a natural-born American citizen and at least thirty-five years old. Now you can learn about some of the successful applicants in this special “Chief Executive” edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader! We’ve dug up the most compelling and confounding dirt . . . er . . . statistics on these otherwise ordinary men who achieved great power. Which ones used it wisely? Which ones squandered it? And which ones would have rather been fishing? You’ll get an up-close and personal look at each Oval Officer. From the birth of the country to modern-day yuks, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Presidency is packed with more than 300 pages of amusing anecdotes, little-known history, fun quizzes, and more! Read about . . . * Ford’s famous fall and other presidential gaffes * White House ghosts * Homer Simpson takes on the presidency * Ails of the chiefs * Was President Buchanan gay? * Chief Executive Culinary Delights * Mr. President at the bat * Prezzy lols (“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” —Abraham Lincoln) and much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader History s Lists written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots and lots of lists of quick and quirky historical facts, from the Stone Age to the Internet Age! Leave it to Uncle John to find a new way to make history fun and exciting! This quirky collection of lists is the latest volume in the Bathroom Reader’s bestselling history series. Over 500 fact-packed pages will breathe life into history’s most famous (and most unusual) stories. History buffs, trivia hounds, and readers looking for an educational snack will love learning about some of history’s greatest—and strangest—events. In one great book, you’ll find: * Two famous pioneering trails * Three one-armed men who lent a hand * Four famous folks who literally died laughing * Five horrifying medieval punishments * Six photographic firsts * Seven hotel rooms where history was made * Eight disgusting secret ingredients * Nine famous trains * Ten places you can’t go * Eleven disasters that changed the world * Twelve fast food firsts, and much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Certified Organic Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From electric cars to recycling to organic food--it's all here! Uncle John puts a green spin on its fun facts, figures and trademark trivia. Only Uncle John could make the Green Movement this much fun! This timely edition takes an even-handed look at the trials and tribulations (and downright goofiness) of environmentalism. You’ll learn how landfills operate, where plastic goes to die, how to understand food labels, how to save some green around the house, and the lowdown on all the alternative forms of energy currently being bandied about (even beer power). And we cover the really important stuff, such as: Who has the bigger carbon footprint--Fred Flintstone or George Jetson? And lots more, including… * Lady Bird Johnson’s quest for a prettier nation * Whatever happened to the electric car? * Paper vs. plastic: A fight to the death * Not-so-green Hollywood movies * The true meaning of “organic” * Ancient environmentalists * Living on an Amish farm * NOISE POLLUTION! * Animals that recycle * The power of poo And much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Tunes into TV written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John channel-surfs through America’s favorite pastime: television. What does Homer Simpson call “friend…mother…secret lover?” Television, you meathead! Here comes your wacky neighbor Uncle John to present TV the way only he can. From test patterns to Top Chef, from My Three Sons to Mad Men, as well as TV news, advertising, scandals, sitcoms, dramas, reality shows, and yadda yadda yadda, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes into TV is “dy-no-mite!” Read about… * Gilligan’s seven deadly sins * The inside story of TV’s first commercial * What goes on behind the scenes of Jeopardy! * The most incredibly bizarre shows from around the world * Why Gene Roddenberry tried to beam the original Star Trek cast into space * What reality show producers don’t want you to know * How the King of Late Night crushed his competition * What really went down on the island of LOST * Unexpected sitcom fatalities * TV’s greatest chimps And much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Great Lives written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look beneath the surface of the world’s most interesting people--past and present--to uncover what makes them tick. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Lives looks beneath the surface and uncovers fascinating but little-known stories behind the famous, the near-famous, the infamous, and the should-have-been famous. You’ll meet child prodigies, spies, traitors, celebrities (and sidekicks), gossips, hermits, humanitarians, and zealots. There are incredible stories here, and every one is true. Sit back and prepare to be amazed when you read about: * America’s first prima ballerina * The man who invented tap dancing * Stephen Hawking and his ongoing quest for love * Vidal Sassoon: hairdresser by day, freedom-fighter by night * Sex therapist Dr. Ruth’s early years as an Israeli soldier * The other Boleyn girl in Henry VIII’s bed * The nerd who changed the world * Six degrees of Kevin Bacon And much, much more!
Download or read book Uncle John s Truth Trivia and the Pursuit of Factiness Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s all about the facts—and Uncle John is back with a ton of them! For the 32nd year, Uncle John and his loyal researchers have teamed up to bring you the latest tidbits from the world of pop culture, history, sports, and strange news stories. If you want to read about celebrity misdeeds, odd coincidences, and disastrous blunders, Uncle John’s Truth, Trivia, and the Pursuit of Factiness has what you need. With short articles for a quick trip to the throne room and longer page-turners for an extended visit, this all-new edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader is a satisfying read.
Download or read book Uncle John s Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a whopping 600 absorbing pages, Uncle John pulled out all the stops to make the behemoth Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader the epitome of Throne Room entertainment. Happy birthday, Uncle John! This 20th anniversary edition proves that some things do get better with age. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). Uncle John’s Triumphant 20th Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with 600 pages of all-new articles (as usual, divided by length for your sitting convenience). In what other single book could you find such a lively mix of surprising trivia, strange lawsuits, dumb crooks, origins of everyday things, forgotten history, quirky quotations, and wacky wordplay? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained as you read about: * The incredible (edible) history of bread * The secret congressional bomb shelter * Farts in the news * The history of the aloha shirt * The real Zorro * The worst city in America * How your taste buds work * It’s the Peanuts story, Charlie Brown And much, much more!
Download or read book Robots in American Popular Culture written by Steve Carper and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are invincible warriors of steel, silky-skinned enticers, stealers of jobs and lovable goofball sidekicks. Legions of robots and androids star in the dream factories of Hollywood and leer on pulp magazine covers, instantly recognizable icons of American popular culture. For two centuries, we have been told tales of encounters with creatures stronger, faster and smarter than ourselves, making us wonder who would win in a battle between machine and human. This book examines society's introduction to robots and androids such as Robby and Rosie, Elektro and Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and the Terminator, particularly before and after World War II when the power of technology exploded. Learn how robots evolved with the times and then eventually caught up with and surpassed them.
