The Handy Science Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)
by Science and Technology Department Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Author: Science and Technology Department Carnegie Library of PittsburghEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN: 1578591406
Number of pages: 680
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Book Reviews of The Handy Science Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)
Book Review: A fun book, but needs some corrections
Summary: 2 Stars
I own the The Handy Science Answer Book: Centennial Edition (Thoroughly Revised And Greatly Expanded). I agree that it is well put together and easy to understand. But they need to correct some errors, some may be argueable but some are way off. As I went through the book and started coming across one error after another, I decided to go back and document them. So here is what I found.
P.06 Does water running down a drain rotate in a...
***The Coriolis effect isn't strong enough to influence something as small as a toilet boil. Water flows the same way in both hemispheres. However, depending on the plumbing, it can flow clockwise or counter-clockwise.
P.22 Which elements are liquid at room temperature?
***They forgot to add Francium
P.24 Which elements have the highest and lowest boiling points?
***Tungsten has the highest boiling point, not Rhenium. They are close though.
P.171 Is glass a solid or a liquid
***Old window panes are thicker at the bottom because they used to spin them to make them flat, not because the glass is slowly flowing. Also, the waves in glass can be caused by acid in rain.
P.321 What is the most popular state insect?
***California isn't nicknamed the Beehive State, you're thinking of Utah. I live there. California was the first to adopt a state insect though, which is the dog-faced butterfly.
P.394 Why do various parts of the body fall asleep?
***The cause is not poor blood flow, it's from crimping your nerves. If it was from blood flow, your limbs would be purple.
P.398 What is the purpose of goose-bumps?
***Goose-bumps are vestigial. They are pretty much useless without body hair. The effect of them on animals with fur can be to raise the hair on their neck to make them look more intimidating and to lift up there fur a bit to trap in air to keep themselves warm, you'll notice that quite a few animals puff themselves up a bit like this in the cold.
P.406 What are the primary sensation of taste?
***The tongue taste map is a myth. This myth originated from the misinterpretation of a PhD thesis written in German by Hanig and published in Philosophische Studien in 1901.
I also found mistakes on some information listed about the gravity of the planets. Some just could be old information, but one, I think Pluto, had a decimal put in the wrong place.
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