Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything: Duct Tape, Airport Security, Your Body, Sex in Space...and More! | 
 enlarge | Author: The Editors Of Discover Magazine
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 26786
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061435643
Dewey Decimal Number: 001.9
EAN: 9780061435645
ASIN: 0061435643
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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How much do you know about . . . - Obesity
- Sleep
- Meteors
- Aliens
- Bees
- Sperm banks
- Sex in space
- Duct tape
- Germs
- Airport security
- Death
- Ancient weapons
- Rats
- The Internet
- Birth
- Weather
- Milk
- Mosquitoes
- Your body
- Space disasters
DISCOVER'S 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything is the first book written by the editors of the award-winning DISCOVER magazine. Based on DISCOVER'S most eagerly awaited monthly column, "20 Things You Didn't Know About," this original book looks at many popular—and sometimes unexpected—topics in science and technology, and reveals quirky, intriguing, and little-known facts. Whether you're just curious or think you already know everything, this book is guaranteed to expand your mind.
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 A little disappointing June 19, 2008
Not as good as the magazine articles...
I really think they could've done better with this book. My husband and I love the magazine, but the book wasn't as good-Still an interesting coffee table book. There are 20 paragraphs on about 20 different things, most of which the average semi-intelligent person already knows.
A Wonderful and Insightful Read! June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An enjoyable and light-hearted read which was refreshing in its delivery and informative at the same time... It'd appeal to the inquisitive of any age group and is a nice book to enjoy by the pool-side on a lazy day! I loved the range of topics and how the facts are presented in an easy-to-grasp manner that avoided science jargon :)Looking forward to more things I didn't know but would soon find out!
20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything May 27, 2008
Interesting, informative and funny!
Some of the 20 Things are a paragraph or more in length.
I like the 20 Things etc. format on the last page of Discover Magazine better. They're almost all one liners.
For those who want to "know it all" May 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a big fan of these kinds of kitchen-sink books. In an era when nonfiction writing seem to be getting smaller and smaller (300 pages all about...cod, chocolate, heat, pi, etc) it's great to curl up with a book that's all about expanding your range of knowledge, and doing it in a totally entertaining way. Probably the ultimate example of that is AJ Jacobs' "The Know It All," which manages to live up to the promise of its title without succumbing to the brattiness that it suggests.
"20 Things" isn't quite in the same category--this one doesn't have the unifying plot thread or strong author's voice--but it's really satisfying all the same. The topics range all over the place, and even within the chapters the information quickly bounces from ancient history to modern science and so on. The common thread is that the nuggets of information in here almost all make you think. Yeah, the writing could be a little sharper and there are a couple bits of repetition, but the world looks a little richer each time I put this book down. Good stuff.
A good general read April 29, 2008
I look forward to the "20 things you didn't know about..." page each month in Discover and was very excited when I saw there was a book. I expected many lists in the format that is in the magazine. Instead there are longer sections on each topic. I feel that for some topics the list of 20 is kind of a stretch with some facts being duplicated or not really informative. It is a very easy read and would be informative and beneficial to those who do little science reading. Everyone can use useless facts, and this book is full of them. Overall I have been disappointed with the book, but those who aren't accustomed to science reading will find this an interesting read.
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