What are Hyenas Laughing at, Anyway? - Hardcover

Feldman, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399140840 ISBN 13: 9780399140846

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 1995

Synopsis

The eighth installment in the extraordinarily popular, always entertaining Imponderables series provides more well-researched answers to life's little mysteries, sent in by the author's fans, such as why there is no canned broccoli.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

The eighth in Feldman's Imponderables series (When Do Fish Sleep?, etc.), this volume collects questions submitted by readers, each credited individually, ranging through fields of human and animal endeavor. We learn the answer to the eponymous query (hyenas don't laugh), why leather is expensive (if we ate more beef, it wouldn't be), what the difference is between a roll and a bun (none; it's a matter of arbitrary local definition) and how the product Grecian Formula knows what color to dye your hair (it doesn't). Annoyingly, the Imponderables are presented helter-skelter without organization according to subject-matter, e.g., clothing, utensils, etc. Most fun are the chapters on Frustrables, the most frustrating imponderables: Why don't women spit more? Why do dogs tilt their heads when you talk to them? 50,000 first printing; author tour.
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Review:

Feldman's knack of asking 'imponderable' questions continues in this blend of science and puzzles which come from readers' questions about everyday life. As many of these questions are scientific in nature this book is reviewed here; but trivia fans may find it equally compelling. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0399140840
• ISBN 13: 9780399140846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 283