Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Series) Paperback - 2005
by Feldman, David
- Used
Why do firehouses have dalmatians? Why are there two different sides to aluminum foil? The answers to these and many other befuddling questions have made David Feldman's book an instant follow-up hit to Imponderables.
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- Title Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Series)
- Author Feldman, David
- Series Imponderables
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 299
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-03-15
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # J14O-00946
- ISBN 9780060740924 / 0060740922
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.14 x 5.32 x 0.77 in (20.68 x 13.51 x 1.96 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Questions and answers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87045045
- Dewey Decimal Code 031.02
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From the rear cover
"Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?" has the solutions to these and scores of other Imponderables. David Feldman's witty and irresistible compendium of knowledge goes where other reference books fear to trend, uncovering closely guarded secrets, revealing long-hidden facts, and, like all other invaluable works of detection, never letting well enough alone. Whether you want to settle those arguments about the difference between a kit and a caboodle, or just curious about dry cleaning, Teflon, Wayne Gretzky, or chocolate bunnies, "Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?" is indispensable.
