Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained Scientific American
Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths
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Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to dogs? Does stress cause gray hair?
These questions are a sample of the urban lore investigated in this audiobook, Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths. Drawing from Scientific American’s “Fact or Fiction” and “Strange But True” columns, we’ve selected fifty-eight of the most surprising, fascinating, useful, and just plain wacky topics confronted by our writers over the years.
© 2020 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781094075228
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Lydbog: 3. oktober 2020
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