Science has a lot of uses. It can uncover laws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up. Indeed science is so good at what it does that there's always a temptation to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful. David Brooks, author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to go against the temptation.

Brooks gained fame for several books. His latest book The Social Animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books. It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics. The book focuses on big questions: What has science uncovered about human nature? What are the sources of character? And why are some people happy and successful while others aren't?

To answer these questions, Brooks studies a wide range of disciplines . Considering this, you might expect the book to be a simple description of facts. But Brooks has formed his book in an unusual, and perhaps unfortunate way. Instead of introducing scientific theories, he tells a story, within which he tries to make his points, perhaps in order to keep the reader's attention. So as Harold and Erica, the hero and heroine in his story, live through childhood, we hear about the science of child development and as they begin to date we hear about the theory of sexual attraction. Brooks carries this through to the death of one of his characters.

On the whole, Brooks' story is acceptable if uninspired. As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest. I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter in which Harold discovers how to think on his own. While Harold and Erica are certainly not strong or memorable characters, the more serious problems with The Social Animal lie elsewhere. These problems partly involve Brooks' attempt to translate his tale into science. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is Brook's story uninspired?
2. Does the author like it when Harold discovers how to think on his own?
3. Does he think Harold's memorable?
4. Who else does he think is forgettable?
5. What are there more serious problems with?
6. Does science have a lot of uses?
7. What's one of them?
8. How about another one?
9. Are bombs safe?
10. What's a constructive thing science can also help build?
11. Does Brooks think there's a hidden source of love?
12. What has he failed to go against?
13. Has Brooks written more than one book?
14. Is he attempting to deal with trivial topics or more weighty ones?
15. Is his latest book more ambitious than the earlier books he wrote?
16. Does Brooks introduce scientific theories?
17. What does he do instead?
18. Who is the hero of his story?
19. What about the heroine?
20. Is there any sex?
Answer: 1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. Erica
5. The Social Animal
6. Yes
7. It can uncover laws of nature
8. make bombs
9. unknown
10. It can cure diseases
11. Yes
12. the temptation
13. unknown
14. Weighty topics
15. Yes
16. No
17. he tells a story
18. Harold
19. Erica
20. Yes

In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and American football collectively, or to either sport specifically, depending on context. The two sports have shared origins and are closely related but have significant differences. In particular, Canadian football has 12 players on the field per team rather than 11; the field is roughly 10 yards wider, and 10 yards longer between end-zones that are themselves 10 yards deeper; and a team has only three downs to gain 10 yards, which results in less offensive rushing than in the American game. In the Canadian game all players on the defending team, when a down begins, must be at least 1 yard from the line of scrimmage. (The American game has a similar "neutral zone" but it is only the length of the football.)

Canadian football is also played at the high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels: the Canadian Junior Football League, formed May 8, 1974, and Quebec Junior Football League are leagues for players aged 1822, many post-secondary institutions compete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport for the Vanier Cup, and senior leagues such as the Alberta Football League have grown in popularity in recent years. Great achievements in Canadian football are enshrined in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Whats the differences in the number of player?
2. WHos field is longer?
3. By how much?
4. What levers is it played at?
5. How far from scrimmage must a down occur?
6. What 2 sports are similar but different?
7. How many downs are needed to gain yards?
8. Which team has most offensive rushing?
9. Where are great players inducted?
10. When was the Junior League formed?
11. For what age group?
12. What were a competition partaken in?
Answer: 1. Canada has 12 vs 11
2. Canada
3. 10 yards longer
4. high school, junior, collegiate, and semi-professional levels
5. 1 yard
6. American and Canada Football
7. only three downs
8. hich results in less offensive rushing than in the American game.
9. Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
10. May 8, 1974
11. 1822
12. the Vanier Cup

(CNN) -- Charles Dickens, who was born 200 years ago this week, created some of the best-known and most loved figures in English literature, from Oliver Twist and David Copperfield to Pip, Miss Havisham and Magwitch.

But of all the characters he wrote about, none played as important a role in his work as that of London itself: its hustle and bustle, its glittering promise and grimy streets and the extremes of poverty and wealth experienced by those who lived there.

Alex Werner, the curator of the Museum of London's "Dickens and London" exhibition, says the city was "absolutely central" to Dickens' work.

"It triggered his imagination," he told CNN. "He called it his 'magic lantern', and would spend hours pacing the streets, drawing inspiration from what he saw around him."

Read more: Dickens admirers mark bicentenary

London was Dickens' muse, helping to spark his creativity and provide ideas for some of the most memorable characters, settings and plot twists in English literature.

As Britain -- and literature lovers the world over -- celebrates Dickens' bicentenary in 2012, what better time to explore the city he knew and loved best?

Dickens in London

Dickens moved to London as a child, but the family soon ran into financial trouble: His father was sent to debtors' prison, and at the age of just 12, Dickens was forced to work in a shoe polish factory -- Warren's Blacking Warehouse, at Hungerford Stairs -- to support his mother and siblings.

"It was a crazy, tumbledown old house, abutting of course on the river, and literally overrun with rats... the dirt and decay of the place rise up visibly before me, as if I were there again," he later told his biographer, John Forster. Both the warehouse and the stairs, near what is now Embankment tube station, are long gone. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where did Charles Dickens live as a child?
2. Did he have to work as a young boy?
3. What kind of job?
4. What was its name?
5. Who was he supporting with his efforts?
6. Does that building still exist?
7. Did London benefit him in some ways though?
8. Did it trigger anything in him?
9. Did he even have a special name for London?
10. Was there a lot of variety in the amount of money people had there?
Answer:
1. London
2. yes
3. shoe polish factory
4. Warren's Blacking Warehouse
5. to support his mother and siblings.
6. no
7. helping to spark his creativity and provide ideas
8. imagination
9. magic lantern
10. extremes of poverty and wealth experienced by those who lived there.