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What makes ice cubes cloudy How do shark attacks make airplanes safer Can a person traveling in a car at the speed of sound still hear the radio Moreover, would they want to ... Do you often find yourself pondering lifes little conundrums Have you ever wondered why the ocean is blue Or why birds dont get electrocuted when perching on high-voltage power lines Robert L. Wolke, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and acclaimed author of What Einstein Didnt Know, understands the need to ... well, understand. Now he provides more amusing explanations of such everyday phenomena as gravity (If youre in a falling elevator, will jumping at the last instant save your life) and acoustics (Why does a whip make such a loud cracking noise), along with amazing facts, belly-up-to-the-bar bets, and mind-blowing reality bites all with his trademark wit and wisdom. If you shoot a bullet into the air, can it kill somebody when it comes down You can find out about all this and more in an astonishing compendium of the proverbial mind-boggling mysteries of the physical world we inhabit. Arranged in a question-and-answer format and grouped by subject for browsing ease, WHAT EINSTEIN TOLD HIS BARBER is for anyone who ever pondered such things as why colors fade in sunlight, what happens to the rubber from worn-out tires, what makes red-hot objects glow red, and other scientific curiosities. Perfect for fans of Newtons Apple, Jeopardy!, and The Discovery Channel, WHAT EINSTEIN TOLD HIS BARBER also includes a glossary of important scientific buzz words and a comprehensive index. --> From the Trade Paperback edition.

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SO MANY MYSTERIES SO LITTLE TIME NOW YOU CAN UNRAVEL MOTHER NATURES - photo 1

SO MANY MYSTERIES, SO LITTLE TIME. NOW YOU CAN UNRAVEL MOTHER NATURE'S BEST-KEPT SECRETS WITH THE ASTOUNDING, EYE-OPENING ANSWERS TO MODERN LIFE'S MOST BAFFLING QUESTIONS.

  • How does a flame know which way is up?

  • If the humidity gets to 100%, will I drown?

  • Can a farmer really smell rain coming?

  • Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down?

  • When my tires wear out, where has all the rubber gone?

  • Whyisn'tit cold in space?

Thanks to Robert L. Wolke, even the most complicated, unfathomable phenomena in our everyday world have clear, concise, well-I'll-be-darned explanations, from the weather to the food you eat to the reason your shower curtain seems to have a magnetic attraction to you. Discover the amazing unbreakable laws of science and Nature in the book that explains it all!

BOOKS BY ROBERT L. WOLKE

Impact: Science on Society

Chemistry Explained

What Einstein Didn't Know: Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions

What Einstein Told His Barber: More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions

I dedicate this book to my late father Harry L Wolke to whom fate denied the - photo 2

I dedicate this book to my late father, Harry L. Wolke, to whom fate denied the opportunity of pursuing his own inclinations toward science and language, or even of seeing his son become a scientist and an author.

This one's for you, Pop.

Acknowledgments

I want to express my dying gratitude to all of my friends who said, Hey, Bob, I thought of a great question for your book the other day, but I forgot it.

I earnestly thank two nice guys with whom it has been a pleasure to work: my agent, Ethan Ellenberg, and my editor, Mike Shohl. Ethan skillfully navigated my proposal through the shohls of contract negotiation, while Mike wielded his blue pencil with understanding and restraint, getting all my jokes and allowing them to survive.

Diana Zourelias's delightful drawings add an even lighter touch to what would otherwise have been a relentlessly gray-paged volume. All I did was give her a paragraph describing each situation to be illustrated, and her whimsical creativity took it from there.

I am indebted to Richard E. Eckels for guiding me to a true explanation of how airplanes fly.

The two women in my life, my daughter, Leslie, and my wife, Marlene, never flagged in their encouragement or in their regard for my work despite my computer's often competing with them for my time. For that and for their love and admiration I am grateful every day of my life.

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Newton discovered three laws of motion
but he never considered these:

Why do we drive on the right? Why are cloverleaf intersections so complex? Can Earth's orbit be changed if a billion people jump at the same time? Can jumping up at the last instant save you in a falling elevator? Where does the rubber go when a tire wears out? Can a bullet fired into the air come down and kill somebody? Why does the Lone Ranger use silver bullets? What really keeps an airplane up? Are astronauts weightless? If you drive your car faster than the speed of sound, can you hear the radio? And more.

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Seeing is believing
but not until we understand what we see.

What makes Day-Glo colors so bright? Why is snow white? Why are there two sets of primary colors? How do fluorescent and halogen lamps work? Why do mirrors seem to reverse left and right, but not top and bottom? Why do stagecoach wheels appear to turn backward? Why do wet things look darker? Why is glass transparent? Why do WintOGreen Life Savers make sparks? And more.

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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the universe
because heat is the ultimate form of energy.

Is 100 degrees twice as hot as 50 degrees? What is temperature, anyway? How cold can it get? Why is the bathroom floor so cold on your bare feet? How hot can it get? How does a flame know which way is up? Why is a candle flame tapered at the top? Could we counteract global warming by turning on all our air conditioners? What's so dangerous about high voltage? Why doesn't it rain dead sparrows? And more.

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O happy Earth, whereon thy innocent feet do ever tread! SPENSER
And thy innocent mind doth ever strive to understand.

Why does Earth pull everything toward its exact center? How does hot air defy gravity by rising? If hot air rises, why is it colder in the mountains? Does it ever get too cold to snow? If Earth is spinning so fast, why don't we fly off? Can the astronauts see Earth turning beneath them? Would a polar bear weigh less at the equator? Do toilets flush counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere? Can you stand an egg on end during the vernal equinox? Why is nuclear energy unique on Earth? How does radiocarbon dating work? And more.

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These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights
That give a name to every fixed star
Have no more profit of their shining nights
Than those who walk and know not what they are.

SHAKESPEARE
Sorry to disagree with you, Will, but it's much more fun if you know what they are. The air, the sky, the moon and the stars are all up there for us to comprehend.

How do odors find your nose? Can you operate a vacuum cleaner in a vacuum? Why does a lion tamer's whip make such a loud crack? What is the sound barrier made of? Why does thunder sound the way it does? Why is the moon so much bigger when it's near the horizon? Why do the stars twinkle? How does the moon keep one side always facing Earth? How do the oceans' tides work? Does the moon ever turn blue? Why is it cold in spaceor is it? And more.

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him think. WOLKE
We humans, however, can ponder the remarkable properties of the most abundant chemical on Earth.

What color is water? Why are the oceans blue? And salty? Precisely where is sea level? Why does spilled coffee dry to a ring? Why does your shower curtain cling to you? Where do your socks go when they disappear in the laundry? What's the most expensive ingredient in laundry detergents? (Advertising.) Is glass a liquid? What makes ice cubes cloudy? If the humidity got to be 100 percent, would we drown? How can you clear your fogged-up windshield? Can a farmer smell rain? And more.

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