While browsing in Barnes&Noble I found a recently
published "Science Askew" by Donald Simanek and
John C. Holden. Don used to be a very active on this
list before retiring. Here are two pieces from the book:
Archimedes' lost principle:
When a body is immersed in water, the phone rings.
Newton's laws:
1) A body at rest tends to watch television.
2) A body acted upon by a force usually breaks.
3) For every human action there is an overreaction.
The book was published by IOP (www.iop.org)
in 2002. The ISBN number is 0-7503-0714-5.
Ludwik Kowalski