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    Factismals For Bird Brains
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    Factismals For Bird Brains
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    Factismals For Bird Brains

    By John DeLaughter

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    About this ebook

    Did you ever wonder how many different types of reptile there are (and if any live near you)? Or orcas sound like (and if they have accents)? Or how many people are killed every year by sharks (and how many sharks are killed by people)? Then this is the book for you!

    Factismals For Bird Brains is all about the little bits of science that make it so interesting. It contains a month's worth of little facts (factismals) that explain a bit of science. Even better, each day includes a link to a science experiment that you can take part in! The experiments range from tracking birds in your background to listening to whale songs to looking for tasty but invasive crabs.

    And the best part is that your work in each experiment will help the researchers doing the experiment! This isn't one of those "kill a potato" books; you'll have opportunities to do *real* science and work with *real* scientists. You'll be participating in the movement known as "citizen science".

    So take a look. Give an experiment or two a try. What do you have to lose?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn DeLaughter
    Release dateNov 21, 2014
    ISBN9781311583284
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    Factismals For Bird Brains
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    John DeLaughter

    John DeLaughter is a planetologist living in Oklahoma City, OK. He has made explosions at the Omniplex Science Museum; frozen stuff at the Miami Science Museum; explored Venus as a NASA intern; played with earthquakes as part of EarthScope; and listened to whales as a Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute intern. His work has taken him to all seven continents where he has always met the nicest people. He earned a BS in Physics and an MS in Geophysics from the University of Oklahoma, an MBA from the University of New Orleans, and a PhD in Geophysics from Northwestern University. With Mel White, he is the author of a coloring book called Are you my dinner? All of his books are available on Smashwords, Amazon, and iTunes. Please follow his science blog, factismals.com

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