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  • Outdoor Activity Lab 2nd Edition

    Outdoor Activity Lab 2nd Edition

    From the hugely successful Maker Lab series, published by DK: “Dive into science with these fun outdoor experiments for children to do in their own surroundings.. Outdoor Activity Lab contains 25 amazing projects to inspire young scientists and outdoor enthusiasts, taking 9-12 year olds out of the house on a journey to better understand their world.…

  • STEM Activity Lab (Maker Lab series)

    STEM Activity Lab (Maker Lab series)

    STEM Activity Lab is the latest in the Maker Lab series, by DK: “Dive into science, engineering, and math with these fun and simple experiments for children to do at home. Bring the science lab into your home with 25 experiments for budding scientists aged 9-12 to get stuck into. Children can build their own…

  • TECH Lab (Inventor Lab in the UK)

    TECH Lab (Inventor Lab in the UK)

    Published by DK, in association with the Smithsonian. “This DK children’s book for ages 11-14 is brimming with exciting, educational activities and projects that focus on electronics and technology. Keep your siblings out of your room with a brilliant bedroom alarm, power a propellor motorboat, make a thermoelectric phone charger, build a set of speakers,…

  • STEM Lab (Science Lab in the UK)

    STEM Lab (Science Lab in the UK)

    The third in the hugely successful Maker Lab series. Published by DK: “From racing wind up cars to making music with a homemade guitar, STEM Lab will excite and inspire curious young minds. STEM Lab is packed with 25 exciting STEM activities, perfect for firing up kids’ imaginations. Explore and discover beautifully illustrated science activities with…

  • Virtual Reality

    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…

  • Maker Lab (UK title Home Lab)

    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…

  • Essential Science: Artificial Intelligence

    Essential Science: Artificial Intelligence

    Well, this one was a bit ahead of its time … and by now, with all the recent rapid developments in AI, is very much out of date! Still, I feel it presents a really good history and basic idea of the theory and technologies behind certain kinds of artificial intelligence. I really enjoyed writing…

  • Essential Science: Digital Revolution

    Essential Science: Digital Revolution

    I feel this book presents a really good history and basic idea of the theory and technologies behind the digital revolution – and although our digital lifestyles have changed enormously since then, I feel this gives a good introduction to the science and the basic technologies behind it. I really enjoyed writing it. From the…

  • Eyewitness: Hurricane and Tornado

    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…

  • Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science

    Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science

    This major work combined several existing ‘Eyewitness Science’ titles, some of which were written by me, with some new sections and a general introduction. I wrote the new content and acted as a general editor and overseer of the project. The existing books that were included as chapters in this 448-page tome were ‘Eyewitness Visual…