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Ladataan... The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey (1998)Tekijä: Roger Highfield
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I didn't expect I'd like the book as much as I did. Reading it was a great pleasure for me, a perfect light read for the Christmas season. ( ) Only my sister, my lifelong partner in crime, could find a book that addresses my love of all things Christmas & physics! What a laugh we all had until she said open it, read the opening of a chapter. I immediately did so looking for a Chapter page. If I recall, it explained the aerodynamics of how reindeer fly. The book wasn't quite the gag I thought, it was a relatively legitimate research paper explaining various traditions from a scientific perspective. A great gift for Closet Christmas nerds! Everything you could ever want to know (and more) about possible identities for the Star of Bethlehem, mechanisms for virgin birth, the psychology of giving, the properties of snow and many other Christmas related subjects. I guess I wasn't really in the mood for a science book, so I skimmed through it, stopping to read a few of the more interesting looking chapters such as those on the theoretical possibility of a virgin birth, the psychology of gift giving and the properties of snow. I can't say that I found the theories about the best way to cook a turkey and speculation on why Santa is so fat, terribly interesting. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
A lighted-hearted scientific look at the rituals and icons of Christmas. How does snow form? Why are we always depressed after Christmas? How does Santa manage to deliver all those presents in one night? (He has, in fact, little over two ten-thousandths of a second to get between each of the 842 million households he must visit.) This new edition has been extensively updated and contains a new chapter on the latest seasonal science - how religion can help your mental life Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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