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The bumper book of things nobody knows : 1001 mysteries of life, the universe and everything / William Hartston.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
032.02 HART	Adult Non Fiction		Lakemba .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781786490742 (hardback)
ISBN	1786490749 (hardback)
Name	Hartston, William Roland, 1947- author.
Title	The bumper book of things nobody knows : 1001 mysteries of life, the universe and everything / William Hartston.
Published	London : Atlantic Books, 2017.
Published	©2017
Description	xvii, 764 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 745-752) and index.
Summary	There are many, many things that nobody knows... Do animals have a sense of humour? Why do we have five fingers? What did Jesus do in his youth? Has human evolution stopped? Can robots become self-aware? What goes on inside a black hole? Bringing together The Things That Nobody Knows and Even More Things That Nobody Knows, this bumper volume takes us on a guided tour of 1,001 gaps in our knowledge of cosmology, mathematics, animal behaviour, medical science, music, art and literature.
Subjects	Curiosities and wonders
Subjects	Questions and answers
Genre	Trivia and miscellanea
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Curiosities and wonders . Questions and answers . Trivia and miscellanea . See Also: Disasters . Monsters . Seven wonders of the world . World records . Children's questions and answers . Examinations . Riddles . Authors: Hartston, William Roland, 1947- .