How It Works Book of 101 Amazing Facts You Need To Know 2014

Learn fascinating facts about the world we live in

Environment
- Find out why the coast is eroding and how seahorses reproduce.

Technology
- Learn about fracking and roller coasters.

Space
- Discover who can lay claim to the moon and what’s inside our Sun.

Transport
- See what makes planes fly and how it’s possible to drift.

Also inside...

- How does the Arctic Ocean freeze?
- What is coral?
- How was the Giant’s Causeway formed?
- How deep is the deepest cave?
- What causes double rainbows?
- Which animal has the best sight?
- Why don’t woodpeckers get headaches?
- Does China own all pandas?
- Can phones work underwater?
- What’s inside a hard drive?
- Can a compass work underground?
- How do homing missiles always stay on target?
- How can cranes get so high?
- How do kettles boil water?
- How does our vision work?
- Why are bubbles spheres?
- How does whiplash affect us?
- Are cell mutations always bad?
- How do painkillers cure headaches?
- How big is the world’s most powerful laser?
- How are rockets launched into space?
- What is an event horizon?
- Is it possible to alter Earth’s orbit?
- Why is Pluto not a planet?
- Why is the surface of Mars red?
- Why does Saturn have rings?
- What happens in an F1 pitstop?
- How do hang gliders fly?
- Why are London buses red?
- How do ships stay level?
- How does a hovercraft hover?
- How do snowmobiles work?
- How were Roman roads built?
- How did T-rex hunt its prey?
- How was Pompeii destroyed?
- Why does the Tower of Pisa lean?
- What caused the Ice Ages?
- Who were the musketeers?