CURIOUS FOLKS ASK: 162 REAL ANSWERS ON AMAZING INVENTIONS, FASCINATING PRODUCTS, AND MEDICAL MYSTERIES

Book ID/图书代码： 10590009B33978

English Summary/英文概要： Why do your muscles ache when you get the flu?
Does the brand of gasoline you choose really matter?
Will adult stem cells work as well as embryonic stem cells?
What causes out-of-body experiences?
Is the Star Wars light saber possible?
Are there beneficial viruses, just as there are beneficial bacteria?
What makes your voice age?
Is one "horsepower" really equal to the power of one horse?
How did the ancient Romans engineer those magnificent buildings using those clumsy Roman numerals?
What makes glue sticky?
What causes dandruff?

These are just a few of the fascinating science and health questions real people asked renowned science writer and San Diego Union Tribune columnist Sherry Seethaler. This book brings together 162 of her answers, each one page or less, magnificently clear, and a pleasure to read. Seethaler is one of this generation’s most gifted explainers of science. She’s accurate, and balanced, an expert at cutting through jargon and myths, and passionate about sharing what scientists have learned and what they still find mysterious.

In Curious Folks Ask, she explores the products of our civilization, the oddities of our bodies, what makes us healthy and what can lay us low, how we got here, what makes us human, and a whole lot more. Even if you haven’t read anything about science in decades, this book will rekindle your childhood curiosity. If you’re already interested in science, you won’t be able to put it down.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 鄉民們，你們知道人的聲音可聽出年齡嗎？電影星際大戰中的光劍是否可能成真？

當妳感冒時為什麼肌肉為酸痛？
不同品牌的汽油真的有不一樣嗎？
成人的幹細胞運作跟初生兒的一樣嗎？
是什麼原因造成靈魂出竅？
電影星際大戰中的光劍是否可能成真？
有所謂的好菌，但也有所謂的好「病毒」嗎？
聲音可聽出年齡嗎？
頭皮屑是如何產生的？
以上只是幾個讀者在《聖地牙哥聯合論壇報》對作者所提出的問題，書中則收錄162則一般民眾所提出最普遍的問題，所有生活上關於健康、醫學、科學等問題，作者將以淺顯易懂的語言分享她所擁有的知識，破除你心中的疑惑。或許你個人對科學不是那麼感興趣，但是本書絕對重新喚醒你小時對所有事物的好奇心。(VL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Sherry Seethaler，加州柏克萊大學科學及數學博士，身為科普類作者及加州大學的教師，主要工作是將科學家們的新發現轉化成易懂的語言表達給一般大眾及在聖地牙哥聯合論壇報(San Diego Union Tribune)對讀者解答任何科學上疑問。著有科普類書籍：Lies, Damned Lies, and Science。

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