1001 Shocking Science Facts
By Anne Rooney
2008
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A formula for fun Science really is amazing! Did you know there’s a tree that cuts its own branches off? And a type of male fish that lives inside its female mate? Or that the land mammal with the most teeth doesn’t actually use any of them? Do you know how long a lightning bolt is? How fast raindrops fall? Or which plant can live for 10,000 years? No? Well, you’re about to find out!
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Author
Anne Rooney
Author · 35 books
Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.
