Publisher's Synopsis
Ever wonder why roller coasters don't fall off their tracks? Why cats have a third eyelid? Or how e-mail works? Inquiring minds want to know, and all the answers are here in this highly browsable, fact-filled book.From controversies such as the genetic modification of food to new information on the shape of the universe, you'll find the experts' responses to your most pressing questions about time, space, technology, living things, and more.Not simply a reference book, "Our World Transformed" is based in the reader's own experience and draws their attention to new ideas they may only have heard in passing.
