Author(s): Boris F. Sergeev
Publisher: Mir Publishers
Year: 1973
Language: English
City: Moscow
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Title Page
Contents
Water - A Personal Ocean
THE SUBSTANCE TO WHICH OUR PLANET OWES ITS EXISTENCE
‘LIVE’ WATER
DEAD WATER
HOW MUCH DO WE WEIGH?
CROCODILE TEARS
DO FISH DRINK?
CAN THE AIR BE SQUEEZED DRY?
THE WATER MANUFACTORY
Construction Materials
LUCULLUS’ FEATS
TEETH WHICH ‘CRAWL’
A THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY SOLVED
WHAT DO COWS EAT?
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PANS
THE FOOD INDUSTRY
THE ‘HEALTH STORES’ OF NATURE
Ventilation
A VITAL ELEMENT
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
DIVING SUITS AND AQUALUNGS
IN SEARCH OF OXYGEN
SLAG AND BALLAST
Thousands of Millions of Carrier
IT JUST DARE NOT GET TIRED
WAVES
HYDRAULICS
WHERE GAN ONE GET SOME FIREWOOD?
The Fire-bird
JUST LIKE A FAIRY-TALE
SOLVING THE MYSTERY
LIVING LANTERNS
Live Electricity
HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS
THE METAL CONDUCTOR AND THE NERVE
AN UNDERWATER ELECTRIC POWER STATION
LOCATORS AND OSCILLOGRAPHS
Information Service
THE ALL-PURPOSE ANTENNA
WHERE DID IT ALL GOME FROM?
A THIRD EYE
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LIGHT
WHISPERING PLANET
A Personal Refrigerator
A STRANGE GLAND
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN CONVOLUTIONS
DELAY SPELLS DEATH
WHEN ONE IS CRAZY ABOUT FRENCHMEN
THE SPECULATIONS AND DOUBTS OF SCIENTISTS
A COURAGEOUS DECEIVER
THE BLUES
THE RACIAL PROBLEM
Storks and Cabbages
WHY DOES IT ALWAYS TAKE TWO?
MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
TWO SOURCES
THE REQUEST OF THE ENAMOURED SALMAGIS
INNOCENT CONCEPTION
HOW MANY CHICKS CAN HATCH FROM ONE EGG?
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