"Focus" Questions and Answers

Unravel the mysteries of the universe with the help of a team of experts from Focus, the UK's leading popular science magazine. This informative and highly readable book is packed with questions and answers to all those things that you have ever wondered about, but didn't know where to find an answer to. If you have ever pondered why clocks go clockwise, what the most common parasite in the world is, or how far a sneeze can travel, then Focus Questions and Answers is the book for you. Covering everything from science and technology to history, genetics, archaeology and even art the questions range from the esoteric to the practical, but no query is too trivial or too difficult for Focus's team of experts to answer. In this fascinating collection of questions from readers, as featured in the magazine's "Questions and Answers" pages, you can learn more about the world around you than you ever realised you didn't know.

1) History, Mystery and Culture
2) Technology and the Net
3) The Animal Kingdom
4) Space Exploration and Astrophysics
5) The Science of the Human Body
6) Maths, Stats and Money
7) Plant Kingdom
8) Adventure and Exploration
9) Volcanoes, Earthquakes and other Natural Phenomenon
10) Discover a World of Science
11) Good Question - Miscellaneous Wonders from Planet Focus.