Another of those books you dip into for a bit of humour that's also interesting.

A bit dry and more scientific than others of a similar nature but enjoyable all the same.

Zobaczyłam kiedyś reklamę w gazecie i od tamtej pory czatowałam na tę książkę, aż dorwałam ją za 10 zł w Realu. Szybko się czyta, pytania są ciekawe. Zwykle jest po kilka odpowiedzi do jednego pytania, więc można sobie porównać jak sprawa wygląda z różnych punktów widzenia. Wadą jest dla mnie natomiast wydanie. Okładka jest całkiem estetyczna, jednak szybko się niszczy i odchodzi z niej folia na brzegach. Myślę, że za 10 zł warto mieć, ale pewnie nie kupiłabym jej za cenę okładkową (32 zł).

I really enjoyed this book! Huge variety of questions and answers, I liked how the questions were categorised and the way that the answers came from general public input but were still interesting and scientific! Very good!

http://nhw.livejournal.com/596678.html[return][return]A selection of answers to questions asked by the readers of New Scientist. The most memorable ones have to do with gooey substances - honey, earwax and poo. All, however, delivered completely seriously. For example:[return][return]The surfaces of the incandescent light bulbs where I work become progressively greyer over time. Why?[return][return]This can be explained by the fact that light bulbs work not by emitting light but by sucking dark. 'Dark sucker' theory is too complex to be described here in detail, but it proves the existence of dark, that dark is heavier than light, that dark is coloured, and that it travels faster than light.[return][return]To answer your question, a bulb becomes darker over time because of all the dark it has sucked in. Similarly, a candle, which is a primitive type of dark sucker, has a white wick when new and this becomes black when used, due to all the dark which has been sucked into it.[return][return][Editor's note] Readers should be aware that the revolutionary 'dark sucker' theory has yet to win widespread support from the scientific community.[return][return]Maybe, but I seem to remember something pretty similar in The Third Policeman.[return]