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    Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories from Einstein's Refrigerator
    Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories from Einstein's Refrigerator
    Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories from Einstein's Refrigerator
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    Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories from Einstein's Refrigerator

    By Steve Silverman

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    An all-new compendium of strange-but-true history and science facts from the author of Einstein’s Refrigerator.

    When high school teacher Steve Silverman started posting fascinating facts on the internet, what began as a Web site for his students became an internationally sensation. He then compiled the silliest, most peculiar stories into the book Einstein's Refrigerator. Now comes silliness squared with Lindbergh's Artificial Heart, Silverman's second collection of offbeat and often hilarious stories that are absolutely true, yet not often taught in school.

    Fascinating entries include:

    The exploding whale: What did the Oregon Department of Transportation do with a dead whale that washed up on one of its beaches? Suffice it to say their decision to blow it up was quite the blubber blunder.

    Nose picking: Delve into the humorous findings of a study of this bad habit conducted by one of our institutions of higher learning.

    The fastest charcoal lighter ever: Using liquid oxygen at your family barbecue may speed up the cooking, but it does have its drawbacks . . . such as vaporizing your grill.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMay 11, 2011
    ISBN9781449411893
    Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories from Einstein's Refrigerator
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    Steve Silverman

    Steve Silverman has been a highly-regarded science teacher at Chatham High School in upstate New York for the past twenty-nine years and will retire in June 2020. Each year, on the second Tuesday in May, a number of students dress up as Mr. Silverman to celebrate Steve Silverman Day. He has previously published Einstein’s Refrigerator and Lindbergh's Artificial Heart. His collection of unusual stories began with a desire to add some pizazz to his classroom lectures. As an early adopter of the internet, he quickly took advantage of the new opportunities that the World Wide Web offered and began to post some of his favorite stories online. His Useless Information blog was one of the first 25,000 websites ever. Few people noticed that the website existed until Yahoo! chose it as its Pick of the Week on July 9, 1997. In January 2008, the Useless Information Podcast was started and its audience has continued to grow ever since. The topics chosen for this book are a good reflection of the author’s personality. First, his role as an educator is clearly evident in his writing style. The stories are humorous and fun to read, yet they unsuspectingly educate the reader at the same time.

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