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040 _cCUS
082 _a828
_bPHO/W
245 _aWhy?/
_cedited by Bal Phondke.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bNational Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR),
_c1997.
300 _a100 p.; 23 cm. :
_bcol. ill.
505 _aWhy doesn't the stomach digest itself? -- Why do baby teeth fall out? -- Why are transplanted organs rejected? -- Why don't we feel pain when cutting hair/nails? -- Why don't cuts on our fingers affect our fingerprints? -- Why does a wound on the tongue heal faster? -- Why do we get 'butterflies' in our stomach? -- Why don't our eyelashes grow long? -- Why does our mouth water on seeing spicy food? -- Why is it easier to aim with one eye closed? -- Why do we feel thirsty? -- Why do veins appear blue? -- Why do bruises appear blue? -- Why is body temperature measured under the tongue? -- Why do men become bald? -- Why do we blink? -- Why do we get headache? -- Why do we have two eyes? -- Why does sun bathing tan? -- Why does skin come in different colours? -- Why does a long bath our skin to wrinkle?
650 _aScience Fiction
650 _aFingerprints -- Affect
650 _a Temperature -- Measured
700 _aPhondke, Bal, ed.
942 _cWB16