Name: Improbably True
SKU: 69142640
Price: 23.24 EUR
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Author: Ruby Roy
ISBN: 9798177920320

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Ruby Roy

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Improbably True

Ruby Roy (Author) · Independently published · Physical Book

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Synopsis "Improbably True"

Hot water that freezes faster than cold. A patch of India inside Bangladesh inside India inside Bangladesh. A jellyfish that grows young again. Sharks that are older than trees.Most "weird facts" books give you a thousand one-liners and leave you wondering which of them are actually true. Improbably True does the opposite: 250 of the strangest facts in science, history, maths and geography, each with a full page of explanation and an honest verdict stamp (TRUE, TRUE-ISH, CONTESTED or BUSTED), so you know exactly how far to trust it.Ten departments: physics, chemistry, the body and brain, life and evolution, Earth, space, numbers, history, language and the mind, and world recordsPopular myths busted, not repeatedEvery fact checked against solid sources, printed on the pageEach fact linked to the school syllabus topic it explains, with a Syllabus Finder at the backPlenty of India: C. V. Raman's sea voyage, the Delhi iron pillar, Kerala's forgotten calculus, the purple frog and morePart fun read, part reference book, for curious minds aged 16 and up. Volume 1 of a continuing series.