Life in the Universe (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134089089
Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Seth Shostak
Publisher: PEARSON
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Describe the process of cooking food inside the microwave, the plastic dish doesn’t get hot, the clay dish get hot and the dishes that aren’t themselves heated by the microwave oven sometimes still get hot when you heat food on them.
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