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Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts Book

Isaac Asimov was unquestionably one of America's greatest scientific writers--from his mind came the awe-inspiring Foundation trilogy and the classic I, Robot. It hardly comes as a surprise then, that the brain of Asimov was overflowing with facts, statistics, and millions of trivial tidbits. His Book of Facts comprises 3,000 of these little information snippets. To organize this wealth of data are distinct subject areas--ranging from chapters titled "Art" and "Medicine" to more obscure ones such as "Salty Facts" and the amusing "Strange Rules, Laws and Customs." Did you know, for instance, that the Tinguian people of the Philippines have a very unique way of kissing? They put their lips close to each other's faces, and then quickly inhale. Or that in the Middle Ages the Europeans put their disobedient animals on trial? Well, you know now! Asimov's Books of Facts immerses the reader into a humongous vat of information. Asimov feeds the brain. --Naomi GesingerRead More

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  • Product Description

    Within the pages of Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts are many hours of entertaining and informative reading—little-known facts that will make you exclaim, time and again, "I didn't know that!"
    Here are some of the intriguing facts you will find in this book:
    -Emperor Caligula appointed his favorite horse as a consul of Rome.
    -Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
    -For distances of up to 150 feet, an alligator can outrace a man.
    -In 1896, two men rowed across the Atlantic.
    -The number of possible ways of playing just the first four moves on each side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
    -Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital.

  • 0340252049
  • 9780340252048
  • Isaac Asimov
  • 1 April 1980
  • Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 576
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