03193cam a2200349 4500 585345526 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781452628424 1452628424 36372aa5-dfb8-421c-9a7e-e95f1fb4d518 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 998874 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wolke, Robert L. What Einstein Told His Barber [Libby] : More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions. Tantor Media, Inc., 2012. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 232MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 231MB. Science. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) 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 life's little conundrums? Have you ever wondered why the ocean is blue? Or why birds don't get electrocuted when perching on high-voltage power lines? Robert L. Wolke, a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and acclaimed author of What Einstein Didn't Know, understands the need to . . . well, understand. Now he provides more amusing explanations of such everyday phenomena as gravity (If you're 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, 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. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. Hoye, Stephen. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/998874-WhatEinsteinToldHisBarber.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/998874-WhatEinsteinToldHisBarber.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=36372AA5-DFB8-421C-9A7E-E95F1FB4D518&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/998874-WhatEinsteinToldHisBarber.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/998874-WhatEinsteinToldHisBarber.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=36372AA5-DFB8-421C-9A7E-E95F1FB4D518&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)