Kevin S. Hile is a Michigan-based author and editor who has written books on a wide range of subjects. His authored titles include The Handy Weather Answer Book, Animal Rights, The Trial of Juveniles as Adults, Dams and Levees, Cesar Chavez, Centaurs, ESP, and Little Zoo by the Red Cedar: The Story of Potter Park Zoo. As an editor, he has worked with Visible Ink on a variety of science-related books, including The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Astronomy Answer Book, The Handy Geology Answer Book, and The Handy Math Answer Book.
The Big Book of Answers
Hardcover
- ISBN-13: 9781578596409
- Publisher: Visible Ink Press
- Publication date: 12/23/2016
- Pages: 704
- Sales rank: 33,068
- Product dimensions: 7.60(w) x 8.90(h) x 2.20(d)
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Answers to the Big Questions in One Big Book!
There is so much to know about our world that sometimes it can be overwhelming. If you don't recall everything you learned in high school or college- and who does?- now you can get answers to over 1,500 of your questions on 19 important subjects in just one book!
Fully revised and updated, The Big Book of Answers covers everything from the hard sciences to important facts about human civilization. Subjects addressed include American and international history and government, social movements, philosophy and religion, business and economics, mathematics and physics, earth sciences and biology, health and medicine, the plant and animal kingdoms, culture and the arts, and technology and communications.
Refresh your memory and energize your curiosity with answers to such questions as:
- What was the Holy Roman Empire?
- How is lithotripsy used to treat kidney stones?
- Why did the United States get involved with Vietnam?
- Is a meteorite different from a meteoroid?
- What does Liberia have to do with the antislavery movement?
- Why do nine-banded armadillos always give birth to quadruplets?
From serious issues to fun trivia, you'll find answers to all these questions and more in this one comprehensive and accessible guide!
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