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" Do sparrows like Bach? : "
NewScientist
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BL
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| Record Number
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694293
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b516482
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| Title & Author
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Do sparrows like Bach? : : the strange and wonderful things that are discovered when scientists break free /\ NewScientist
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| Edition Statement
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1st Pegasus Books ed
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New York, NY :: Pegasus Books,, 2010
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219 p. ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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1605981141
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: 9781605981147 :
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Mad inventions, mad ideas -- Mad research -- The yuck factor -- Death, doctors, and the human body -- Blunders-- big and small -- Love, sex, and all that stuff -- Animals and their ilk -- The world looked different back then
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| Abstract
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An exploration of the weird and wonderful margins of science. An astonishing reminder that even at its most misguided, science is intensely creative, often hilarious, and can spark the imagination like nothing else
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Discoveries in science
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Science, Miscellanea
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| Dewey Classification
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500
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Q173.D624 2010
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Q173.D624 2010
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