The Straight Dope Tells All
Published on 24. February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-345-42007-7 (ISBN)
Description
IF KNOWLEDGE WAS POWER, CECIL ADAMS WOULD RULE THE WORLD!
It's true! For the past twenty-five years, in his books and weekly newspaper column, world-history genius Cecil Adams has been patiently explaining to the Teeming Millions how the world works. He answered questions such as how do porcupines mate, what exactly does Barney Rubble do for a living, and where is Einstein's brain? His answers changed your life. Or at least settled a bet with a loved one. But surely, you are thinking, all the salient facts of the universe have been ascertained by now. Ha! Get a load of the mysteries The Master explores in this landmark volume:
¿ If Teflon is such a nonsticky substance, how do they get it to stick to the pan?
¿ Is the Great Cabal implanting microchips in our brains?
¿ Do fluorescent lights cause cataracts?
¿ What do Scotsmen wear under those kilts?
¿ Can some people extinguish street lamps by force of their bodily emanations?
¿ Is the U.S. Government really hiding alien spaceships?
It's true! For the past twenty-five years, in his books and weekly newspaper column, world-history genius Cecil Adams has been patiently explaining to the Teeming Millions how the world works. He answered questions such as how do porcupines mate, what exactly does Barney Rubble do for a living, and where is Einstein's brain? His answers changed your life. Or at least settled a bet with a loved one. But surely, you are thinking, all the salient facts of the universe have been ascertained by now. Ha! Get a load of the mysteries The Master explores in this landmark volume:
¿ If Teflon is such a nonsticky substance, how do they get it to stick to the pan?
¿ Is the Great Cabal implanting microchips in our brains?
¿ Do fluorescent lights cause cataracts?
¿ What do Scotsmen wear under those kilts?
¿ Can some people extinguish street lamps by force of their bodily emanations?
¿ Is the U.S. Government really hiding alien spaceships?
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
401 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-345-42007-7 (9780345420077)
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Ed Zotti is a journalist, author, the editor of the Chicago Reader's column "The Straight Dope," and the man behind "the world's most intelligent man," Cecil Adams. He is author of The Straight Dope, More of the Straight Dope, Return of the Straight Dope, and The Straight Dope Tells All. A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism, he lives in Chicago.
Cecil Adams is the author of The Straight Dope, More of the Straight Dope, Return of the Straight Dope, Triumph of the Straight Dope, and The Straight Dope Tells All. All of Cecil's dealings with the public are handled by his editor and confidant, Ed Zotti, author of Know It All!, who has been sworn to secrecy. Consequently, little is known about Cecil's private life.
Cecil Adams is the author of The Straight Dope, More of the Straight Dope, Return of the Straight Dope, Triumph of the Straight Dope, and The Straight Dope Tells All. All of Cecil's dealings with the public are handled by his editor and confidant, Ed Zotti, author of Know It All!, who has been sworn to secrecy. Consequently, little is known about Cecil's private life.