Why things are & why things aren't
By: Joel Achenbach; illustrated by Richard Thompson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballentine Books; Ballantine Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Questions and answers
Other titles: Why things are and why things aren't; Answers to life's greatest mysteries, well most of them anyway
Notes: "Originally appeared, in slightly different form, in The Washington Post"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.