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Rhyme & Reason
I’m delighted to announce that the first two of my new series of books are now available! The series is called Rhyme & Reason, and it explains scientific ideas in rhyme. The first two books are: Rhyme & Reason: What is Water? and Rhyme & Reason: Why Do Things Fall Down? Coming later this year…
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Worsbrough Bank End Primary
Last week, I spent the whole day at Bank End Primary School in Worsbrough, South Yorkshire. Everyone was so welcoming and interested in what I had to say and show them, I thought I’d write a post here. I am available for school visits! Typically, I visit primary schools, where I perform scientific demonstrations and…
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‘Seeing Science’ – out October 2022
I was so excited a few days ago to receive a few advance copies of my new book ‘Seeing Science – The Art of Making the Invisible Visible’. It will be published, by the wonderful people at The MIT Press, on 11 October this year. I’m so very proud of this book, and very excited…
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This looks interesting …
The Science History Institute’s museum, in Philadelphia, USA, is hosting an exhibition all about water. Called Downstream, it’s due to open this autumn (fall) … just when my book Water: A Visual and Scientific History will be hitting the shelves. If I am lucky enough to get across to the USA, I will certainly visit,…
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The proof has arrived
The proof copy for my forthcoming book has arrived, and I’m sharing a page with you! The design looks stunning, and I’m busy picking through the text to make sure nothing has gone awry. Suffice to say I’m excited. The book is scheduled for publication late August.
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Indus Valley Civilisation
Chapter Two of my upcoming book, “Water: A Visual and Scientific History“, is all about water on Earth: how it got here, how it behaves here and how we interact with it and depend upon it. Towards the end of the chapter, I dwell on the importance of rivers in the development of human civilisation.…
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The biggest reservoir of water in the Universe
This image shows a quasar that has been found to hold 100 trillion times as much water as all the oceans on Earth. Quasar APM 08279+5255 was discovered in 1998, and features in Chapter One of my upcoming book, “Water a Visual and Scientific History“. The quasar is not host to lakes or rivers of…
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More praise for The Atom
My book “The Atom – A Visual Tour” continues to sell well, and has received lots of really great reviews. Here’s a snippet of an in-depth review from physicist James Marshall Smith, at the New York Review of Books: To say that the book covers a vast array of topics is an understatement, as it…
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My new book coming soon
Following the success of “The Atom – A Visual Tour“, the publishers, MIT Press, decided to commission me to write another title for them. And so, in August 2021, MIT Press are publishing “Water – A Visual and Scientific History“. Follow on Instagram (@water_a_visual_history), Facebook or here on my website for water-related posts, including some…
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It’s about time …
Did you know … In Great Britain in 1752, Wednesday 2nd September was followed by Thursday 14th September. In Scotland, 1599 had only nine months. There have been 25 million minutes since 1972; 27 of them have had 61 seconds rather than the normal 60. Time feels weird at the moment, during lockdown. Routines are…