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101 Brilliant Things For Kids To Do With Science
£14.99101 Brilliant Things For Kids To Do With Science
Whether your child is crazy about chemistry or bananas about biology (or, let’s face it, just likes making a mess), this book is choc-a-block full of experiments and projects that will get kids really excited about science – and all without going anywhere near a TV, tablet or computer screen.
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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
£16.9930 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Did you know that mosquitoes’ mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who’d have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a ‘glue’ that cements the crowns on teeth and saves unborn babies in the womb? For many years, humans have been using the natural world as inspiration for everything from fashion to architecture, and medicine to transport, and it may come as a surprise to learn how many inventions have been motivated by animal design and behaviour. Dive into the depths with us as author Patrick Aryee reveals even more astonishing stories about animals’ exceptional powers and the unique contributions they’ve made to the quality of our everyday lives. Ties in to the BBC podcast.
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30-Second Chemistry
£9.9930-Second Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter – composition, structure, properties, and how it changes. This book boils it down to its essential elements – in just 30 seconds.£9.99 -
30-Second Medicine
£9.9930-Second Medicine
What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And when were hospitals invented? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in 30-Second Medicine. Taking the story from the first “medicines” direct from nature to today’s keyhole surgery, and with a look toward future developments, it’s an engrossing journey.£9.99 -
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
£9.99An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth is an inspirational memoir of space exploration and hard-won wisdom, from an astronaut who has spent a lifetime making the impossible a reality.
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Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction
£8.99Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction
This Very Short Introduction explores the nature of bacteria, their origin, evolution, and relationship to the environment to demonstrate the fundamental role they play in our existence. This new edition examines the symbiotic relationship between the human body and bacteria, including their role in disease, wellness, and evolutionary development.
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Beyond the Hype
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Books Do Furnish a Life
£10.99Books Do Furnish a Life
Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. ‘Books Do Furnish a Life’ is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings together Richard Dawkins’ forewords, afterwords and introductions to the work of some of the leading thinkers of our age – Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Jacob Bronowski, Lewis Wolpert – with a selection of his reviews to provide an electrifying celebration of science writing, both fiction and non-fiction.
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Can Fish Count?
£20.00Can Fish Count?
Every pet owner thinks their own dog, cat, fish or hamster is a genius. Pioneering psychologist Brian Butterworth describes the extraordinary numerical feats of all manner of species ranging from primates and mammals to birds, reptiles, fish and insects. Whether it’s lions deciding to fight or flee, frogs competing for mates, bees navigating their way to food sources, fish assessing which shoal to join, or jackdaws counting friends when joining a mob – every species shares an ability to count.
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Climate Change
£7.99Climate Change
‘Climate Change’ is a clear, simple and enlightening introduction to one of the most important issues facing our world today. From HRH The Prince of Wales, environmentalist Tony Juniper and climate scientist Dr Emily Shuckburgh, it explains the history, dangers and challenges of global warming and explores possible solutions with which to reduce its impact.
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Deep Time
£25.00Deep Time
Carving a timeline through the aeons of evolution that have taken place before our time on Earth, Deep Time explores the evidence that exists beneath our feet, in our museums, in the skies and surrounding us every day, which can help us to make sense of the great age of our world.
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Disaster by Choice
£8.99Disaster by Choice
We speak of earthquakes, floods, and wildfires as ‘natural disasters’. In this provocative book, Ilan Kelman argues that the true disaster is not caused by natural phenomena, but by human choices which leave people unprepared and at terrible risk. He explores how we can and should act to stop people dying when nature unleashes its powers.
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Einstein’s Fridge
£9.99Einstein’s Fridge
‘Hugely readable and entertaining’ JIM AL-KHALILI
‘An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline’s breadth, largely told through its history’ PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLD
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Elements
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Eureka!
£14.99Eureka!
Could you surf down an erupting volcano? Why don’t penguins’ feet freeze? Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci? Are there any green mammals? If you’ve ever wondered why tigers have stripes and pineapples have spikes, how to escape quicksand, what would happen if the moon vanished, and why cats (nearly) always land on their feet – you’ve come to the right place.
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Evolution
£7.99Evolution
‘Evolution’ is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to Charles Darwin’s pioneering and revolutionary theory of how all life changes through natural selection.
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