New books
I have been very busy … On 31st January 2012, Chartwell Books published Amazing Weather Facts and Trivia – the latest book from my pen (well, my computer…
Cloud in a bottle
You can hold your very own cloud in your hands – here’s how: 1. Find and empty a plastic fizzy drinks bottle – one of the flexible PET…
Arvind Gupta’s science toys
Check out this page full of amazing videos of quick, simple, cheap science demonstrations – on the site of Arvind Gupta. They’ll make you want to have a…
Tim Minchin, ‘Storm’
I don’t like to divert people away from my website, but you should really watch this in HD, so click on the ‘YouTube’ button at the bottom of…
Astrology and religion … at Bristol?
Yesterday, I went to the wonderful science centre Explore-At-Bristol. There was a healthy half-term buzz, which is great. My six year-old daughter loves the place, which is also…
Genius: Great Inventors and their Creations
My new book was published on 14th October 2010. I rather like it. It contains pull-out copies of important historical documents – patents, lab notebooks, technical drawings –…
Incredible inner life of cells …
Check out this realistic animation of the action at cellular level – amazing to think this is happening inside you right now. It was produced by scientists at…
How Flowers Changed the World
Check out the rather flowery but inspired writing in this account of the evolution of flowers – well worth a read, I think. It was written by Loren…
Welcome to ‘Explaining Science’
I have always prided myself in explaining scientific ideas clearly in an appropriate way to whoever is listening or reading – hence the title of this website. I…
Jack Challoner
Science Author