Childrens
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The Diary of Curious Cuthbert (2nd edition)
The second edition of the ever popular story of scientist, inventor and thinker Cuthbert Armeeni – told entirely in rhyme. With improved layout and additional drawings by Kate Cragoe Mayfield. Cuthbert lives in a land where people use satellites to predict the weather but no one knows that germs cause disease; where calendars can skip…
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Rhyme & Reason: Why Do Things Fall Down?
Rhyme & Reason is a series of books about science … written in rhyme. Why Do Things Fall Down? explains the force of gravity. It features mass and weight, floating and sinking and the orbit of the Moon around Earth – and the orbit of Earth around the Sun. Be ready to learn about the…
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Rhyme & Reason: What is Water?
Rhyme & Reason is a series of books about science … written in rhyme. What is Water? explains what water is made of and how it behaves. It features evaporation, condensation, freezing and the water cycle. Be ready to learn about water molecules. Links to buy: Amazon (UK – paperback only); Great British Bookshop (hardback…
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Virtual Reality
A children’s book explaining the technology behind virtual reality – includes a free VR viewer. Published by DK, in association with Curiscope: “A new book by the author of Smithsonian Maker Lab that explores the realities of virtual reality, explaining what VR is and how it works. Includes an app download for five exclusive VR experiences and…
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iExplore: The Brain – Venture Inside Your Head
A clear explanation for children aged 7 to 12 of how our incredible brains work – includes an augmented reality experience. From the publishers: “The next incredible book in our Augmented Reality series takes you deep inside the human brain! Take a journey into the human body and learn how your brain works with this…
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Maker Lab (UK title Home Lab)
The enormously successful book that started off the Maker Lab series. This book is loved across the world – including in the UK, where it won the Royal Society Science Book Prize (as ‘Home Lab’). Kendall Jenner even bought the book for her cousin Kim Kardashian’s daughter. She thoughtfully included the ingredients for each different…
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Real Lives: John Snow
John Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it). He traced the source of a deadly cholera outbreak to one pump and was able to have it closed, ending the outbreak, despite deep resistance from the local authorities, who did…
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The Story of Science
Weldon Owen, 2012. The publishers of this book were in Australia, and I was working on it from home in Bristol, England. The (wonderful) editor found an illustrator, Dave Smith, who was great, and I set about sending rough sketches and other reference materials to Australia by email. After a couple of months, I discovered…
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Eyewitness: Hurricane and Tornado
I was already interested in weather and climate before I was commissioned to write this book, so I really relished the thought of researching the science behind these extreme weather events. I’m proud of this book, the second I wrote in DK’s groundbreaking and influential Eyewitness series. From the publisher: Eyewitness: Hurricane & Tornado is a…
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Hands-on Science: Light
Coming up with the list of demonstrations for this book – and, of course, perfecting them all in my own kitchen – was a lot of fun. And writing the concise explanations for the science behind the demonstrations was challenging, but very rewarding.