Overview

What can you learn about your world in just a moment? Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Or whether dogs can read our facial expressions? Don Glass and experts in their fields answer these questions and many more. Written for readers of all ages with no background in science required, How the World Looks to a Bee is the perfect armchair companion for curious people who want to know more about the science of everyday life but have only a moment to spare. With intriguing everyday phenomena as a starting point, this entertaining collection uses short tutorials and quick and simple experiments to invite readers to test the science for themselves. These fascinating and topical science stories are sure to delight the curious child in all of us.

Full Product Details

Author:   Don Glass
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780253046260

ISBN 10:   0253046262
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   17 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"Does Nutrisweet have calories? A Water Magnifier Conversation at a Crowded Party Can a Theory Evolve into a Law? A Cat ""Flips out"" Winter Sounds Rust Hungry Lasagna A Wet Paintbrush The Glory Horns vs. Antlers Glacier ""Sawdust"": The Colorful Component of Mountain Lakes Would You Drink This? Tickling the Funny Bone The Shape of Snow Remembrance of Things Past for Babies Ravens Avian Einsteins Ant Antennae: Two Way Communication The Echo of a Train Old-fashioned Ice Cream Makers Forry, Wrong Number What Obesity and a Lack of Fatty Tissue Have in Common Look Through Your Comb at the Mirror Blow Out Candles with an Oatmeal Box Wrong Name! When Pop Bottles Don't Blow UpAnd When They Do Common Birthdays, Classic of Probability Take Bets on a Leaky Milk Carton Smells and Memories Big Shadows Half Heads, Half Tails Spiders Don't Get Caught in Their Own Webs Bilingual Brain The Shape of the Earth It's Now What You Hear – It's When You Hear It Weightless Water The Force of a Tornado The QWERTY Effect The Spinning Earth and the Weather The Floating Cork Trick On a Clear Day, How Far Can You See? Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches on the Snow Dog Facial Expressions and Humans Why is the Sky Blue? Why One Rotten Apple Can Spoil the Barrel Diamonds Saccadic Suppression Spoonerisms Dimples in Golfballs Why Do Cats' Eye Glow at Night? The Shape of Lightning Bolts Alcohol in Pie . . . and Fried Fish? How Time Passes in Dreams Why You Can Never Get to the End of the Rainbow Do the Best Dogs Come from the Pound? Cooking with Wine Listening Underwater Why Are Bells Made of Metal An Inverted Image The Elastic Ruler The Sweet Spot on a Baseball Bat Why Kids can Sleep through just about Anything Cold Water at the Bottom of the Lake Bad Grades and Biological Clocks The Twin Within Limeys The Secret Life of Hiccups How Does the World Look to a Bee? Cottonmouth Why Mowing the Lawn Doesn't Kill the Grass The Consequences of Smallness Antimatter How Dogs Eat The Secret of Clear Ice Cubes Broken Cups and Atoms One-way Glass Late Night Radio Why Honey Turns Hard Adding and Subtracting Colors Breaking a Coffee Cup Déjà vu A Rock in a Row Boat When It Smells Like Rain Mirages Why Popcorn Pops Make an Image Without a Lens A Rising Fastball Chimes For Your Ears Only How Can You Tell If a Spider is Dead? Why Fan Blades Stay Dirty The Legacy of the Dodo Get Your Bearings with Two Thumbtacks More Than One Way to Make a Frog A Dot, A Line, A Crease, A Beautiful Curve The Shape of Sound Blinking Sorting Out Musical Pitches Newton, Tennis, and the Nature of Light Roll Over, George Washington Don't Believe Your Fingers Opera Singers Cut through the Orchestra Curved Space in a Christmas Ornament Coriolis Effect Catch A Falling Dollar Illusion in a Coffee Cup Why Do We Put Cut Flowers in Water? Knuckle Cracking Life Without Zero For This You Need a Doctor? Two-Point Threshold A Mirror Riddle Sort Nuts By Shaking Can Why A Rubber Band Snaps Back Some Like It Hot Breaking the Tension Why 5,280 Feet? Balance A Yardstick Without Looking Heat Lightning"

Reviews

Author Information

Don Glass is Special Projects Director at public radio station WFIU-FM and the radio producer of A Moment of Science.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions