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Why might Rudolph's nose have been red? Why do we actually give Christmas gifts? Why has smell become an important component in the Christmas shopping experience? Roger Highfield, science editor of London's Daily Telegraph and co-author of the highly acclaimed The Arrow of Time, has taken a long-overdue look at our most cherished holiday from the rigorous (but highly entertaining) viewpoint of a scientist. What are the thermodynamics involved in cooking a turkey? What are the likely celestial candidates for the Star of Bethlehem? Is the concept of a virgin birth scientifically feasible? What happens to us physically when we overindulge in alcohol? 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- thousands of a second to get between each of the 842 million households he must visit.) The Physics of Christmas is that rare science book that manages to be as delightful as it is informative.
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Science, Christmas, Miscellanea, Nonfiction, PhysicsShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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The Physics of Christmas
2008, Little, Brown and Company
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in English
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The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey
November 1, 1999, Back Bay Books
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in English
0316366951 9780316366953
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The physics of Christmas: from the aerodynamics of reindeer to the thermodynamics of turkey
1999, Bay Back Books
in English
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The physics of Christmas: from the aerodynamics of reindeer to the thermodynamics of turkey
1998, Little, Brown
in English
- 1st ed.
0316366110 9780316366113
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index.
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"CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR THE CRUNCH OF SNOW, spiced wine, and tinseled trees."
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