March 19, 2002
McClelland & Stewart
Canadian Author
0771054483
9780771054488
From the Publisher
• Is there really such a thing as a blue moon?
• What time is it at the North Pole?
• Why don't woodpeckers get concussed?
• Why don't snorers wake themselves with the racket they
make?
• Do insects sleep?
These are just a few of the intriguing questions asked and answered
in The Quirks & Quarks Question Book, the first
question and answer book to come out of CBC Radio's enormously
popular weekly science program. Quirks & Quarks
producers have combed through ten years' worth of archives to find
the most puzzling questions - or the most fascinating answers to
apparently simple questions - from the program's Question of the
Week segment or its once-a-season all-question show. The scientists
and researchers with the answers (many of whom updated their
answers for the book in light of new research findings) come from
all scientific disciplines and all parts of the country. What they
have in common is their ability to explain serious, complicated
science in layman's terms. This isn't science made simple, but
science made understandable.
Introduced by the program's host for the past ten years, the genial
and ever-curious Bob McDonald, The Quirks & Quarks Question
Book has the answers to questions you may never have thought
to ask (why does Uranus spin on a different axis from all the other
planets in our solar system?) or have spent idle time wondering
about (why is there a calm before a storm?). Whether you want to
know if you can sweat while you swim or what the view would be like
if you could travel at the speed of light, or perhaps you just want
to peruse the latest scientific thinking on a wide range of topics,
The Quirks & Quarks Question Book has the
answer.
Quirks & Quarks has been keeping Canadians up to date
on the world of science for more than 25 years. Every week, the
program presents the people behind the latest discoveries in the
physical and natural sciences. The program also examines the
political, social, environmental, and ethical implications of new
developments in science and technology. Over its lifetime,
Quirks & Quarks has won more than 40 national and
international awards for science journalism.
From the Jacket
- Is there really such a thing as a blue moon?
- What time is it at the North Pole?
- Why don''t woodpeckers get concussed?
- Why don''t snorers wake themselves with the racket they
make?
- Do insects sleep?
These are just a few of the intriguing questions asked and answered
in "The Quirks & Quarks Question Book, the first question and
answer book to come out of CBC Radio''s enormously popular weekly
science program. "Quirks & Quarks producers have combed through
ten years'' worth of archives to find the most puzzling questions -
or the most fascinating answers to apparently simple questions -
from the program''s Question of the Week segment or its
once-a-season all-question show. The scientists and researchers
with the answers (many of whom updated their answers for the book
in light of new research findings) come from all scientific
disciplines and all parts of the country. What they have in common
is their ability to explain serious, complicated science in
layman''s terms. This isn''t science made simple, but science made
understandable.
Introduced by the program''s host for the past ten years, the
genial and ever-curious Bob McDonald, "The Quirks & Quarks
Question Book has the answers to questions you may never have
thought to ask (why does Uranus spin on a different axis from all
the other planets in our solar system?) or have spent idle time
wondering about (why is there a calm before a storm?). Whether you
want to know if you can sweat while you swim or what the view would
be like if you could travel at the speed of light, or perhaps you
just want to peruse the latest scientific thinking on a wide range
of topics, "The Quirks & Quarks Question Book has the
answer.
"Quirks & Quarks has been keeping Canadians up to date on the
world of science for more than 25 years. Every week, the program
presents the people behind the latest discoveries in the physical
and natural sciences. The program also examines the political,
social, environmental, and ethical implications of new developments
in science and technology. Over its lifetime, "Quirks & Quarks
has won more than 40 national and international awards for science
journalism.
About the Author
Besides being the host of Quirks & Quarks, Bob
McDonald is the CBC's science reporter and the author of
two books based on the program, Wonderstruck I and
Wonderstruck II. He is also the author of the memoir
Measuring the Earth with a Stick: Science As I''ve Seen
It.