Frightening Light
- ISBN-10
- 043920724X
- ISBN-13
- 9780439207249
- Category
- Light
- Pages
- 155
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholastic Incorporated
- Author
- Nick Arnold
Description
"Science with the squishy bits left it! Switch on your brain with Frightening Light! Are you burning to know...what keeps your eyeballs from falling out? why dead bodies can make ghostly glowing lights? how a laser beam can sizzle human flesh? If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as we put some illuminating facts under the spotlight. Find out how eclipses turn day into night, why rattlesnakes could still find you in the dark and what makes your legs look bendy in the swimming pool! With fantastic fact files and curious quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, Frightening Light is blazing with info! Science has never been so horrible!" --Page [4] cover.
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