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The barmaid's brain : and other strange tales from science / Jay Ingram.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ingram, Jay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Miscellanea.
- Science.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. printing.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.H. Freeman, 2000.
- Contents:
- I just had to laugh
- Seeing things
- Sane in an insane world
- The barmaid's brain
- The invention of thievery
- The plant that rolls
- Consumed by learning
- Why do moths fly to lights?
- Homo aquaticus
- Saint Joan
- The effect of witchcraft on the brain
- The Vinland map
- The burning mirrors of Syracuse
- The monks who saw the moon split open
- Antlion king
- The bacteria eaters
- An uneasy bargain
- A silver lining
- Tee time at the Royal Institution
- It'll practically go forever
- Going up?
- Notes:
- Originally published: Toronto, Ont. : Viking, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271).
- ISBN:
- 0716741202
- OCLC:
- 44425532
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