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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 It contains pull-out copies of important historical documents – patents, lab notebooks, technical drawings –…
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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…
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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…
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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