TY - BOOK N2 - "This book is filled with fascinating scientific and mathematical puzzles, all based on real-world scientific principles. Learn why the size of the moon appears to change, the probability that any two children are girls, and what noise ice cubes make if you drop them into hot soup. The answer to each problem explains a scientific or mathematical principle in easy-to-understand terms, so not only are you solving puzzles, you are learning the secrets behind the most puzzling mysteries of the universe."--Publisher description. AB - "This book is filled with fascinating scientific and mathematical puzzles, all based on real-world scientific principles. Learn why the size of the moon appears to change, the probability that any two children are girls, and what noise ice cubes make if you drop them into hot soup. The answer to each problem explains a scientific or mathematical principle in easy-to-understand terms, so not only are you solving puzzles, you are learning the secrets behind the most puzzling mysteries of the universe."--Publisher description. T1 - How do you build a time machine? and other puzzles with science / AU - Brecher, Erwin, CN - Q173 CN - Q173 ID - 1373531 KW - Puzzles. KW - Questions and answers. KW - Mathematical recreations. KW - Questions and answers. SN - 9781780976693 SN - 1780976690 TI - How do you build a time machine? and other puzzles with science / ER -