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How Do They Do All That?: Wonders of the Modern World Explained
How Do They Do All That Wonders of the Modern World Explained Author:Caroline Sutton, Kevin Markey, Duncan M. Anderson, Lilly Langotsky (Illustrator) Back cover text: How do they suspend a suspension bridge? How do they make fake cherries? How do they get honey out of a honeycomb? How do chameleons change color? How does bleach get clothes white? Learn the answers to these and hundreds of other questions in How Do They Do All That? — Jacket flap text: How do they do all that?... more » * How do they pack Neapolitan ice cream? * How do they make glow-in-the-dark toys? * How does a polygraph detect lies? * How do they paint the straight lines on streets? * How do they get music onto a CD? * How do they know how long a second is? Do you have an insatiable hunger for trivia? Perhaps an appetite for the inexplicable, or a taste for the unknown? Well, if your quest for esoteric knowledge consumes you, How Do They Do All That? will cure what ails you. This collection brings together Caroline Sutton's best-selling How Do They Do That? and More How Do They Do That? Within the 544 pages that follow you will find easy-to-understand answers to the riddles of everyday life. This book is for both the mildly curious and the grand inquisitor. The list of questions within allows for quick reference. Reading straight through offers a survey of knowledge the breadth and depth of which has never been assembled in such a neat package. How Do They Do All That? is an authoritative anodyne of answers, sure to please, and provide solutions to life's most intriguing questions.« less