Why Do Onions Make Me Cry?
Why Do Onions Make Me Cry?
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Why Do Onions Make Me Cry? by Jay Ingram
Discovery Channel host and acclaimed writer Jay Ingram helps you find the answers to questions you've never really settled, like What is d j vu? Why do we blink?, Why are yawns contagious? and the perennial Do we really use only 10% of our brains? Note that this book is a combined and abridged edition of The Science of Why and The Science of Why2. Have you ever wondered if people really do weird things during the full moon? How about whether fingernails grow faster than toenails? And do we really dream in color? Jay Ingram is here to put these and many other long-lived scientific uncertainties to rest in this whimsically illustrated guide to the science of everyday life. Combining the wit of What If? by Randall Munroe and the accessible science smarts of ASAP Science, this new collection features answers to common queries with part sections that address the supernatural, the human body, the animal kingdom, the natural world, and more. It includes fun facts, myth busters and line drawings, all with the end goal of delighting and surprising your inner science geek. Whether these questions have been on your mind constantly, or occasionally resurface like the myth of Loch Ness (Is it real?), whether they're silly (Why does my pee smell like asparagus?) or serious (Why does time speed up as I age?) or just plain frustrating (Why do mosquitoes love me?), Ingram will settle them once and for all.From 1995 through 2011, Jay Ingram hosted Discovery Channel Canada's Daily Planet. It was the world's only hour-long, prime-time daily science show when it debuted in 1995. Jay presented Quirks and Quarks, a national science show on CBC Radio from 1979 to 1992, before joining Discovery. He worked as a contributing editor for Owl magazine and also authored a scientific piece for the Toronto Star on a weekly basis. Jay is the author of 11 New York Times best-selling books, including The Daily Planet Book of Amazing Ideas and Speak, Talk, Talk.
Ingram was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2009 for his contributions to making complicated science more accessible to the general public, as well as his mentoring of future generations of science journalists. For his efforts to popularize science, he has earned the Royal Canadian Institute's Sandford Fleming Medal, the Royal Society's McNeil Medal for Public Understanding of Science, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council's Michael Smith Award. He holds five honorary doctorates and is a prominent graduate of the University of Alberta.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781982110833 |
| ISBN 10 | 198211083X |
| Title | Why Do Onions Make Me Cry? |
| Author | Jay Ingram |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2019-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |