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A Journey Through The Universe: A traveler's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown by New Scientist
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
There's a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way? The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is astonishingly, ...Show more
A Journey Through the Universe - A Traveler's Guide from the Center of the Sun to the Edge of the Unknown by New Scientist
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
There's a whole universe out there ... and this book is your journey into space.Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way?The answer is: ...Show more
Beading by L. Gadnerton
Category: Craft | Series: Instant Experts S.
This hardback, spiral-bound project book contains 30, fully illustrated projects with full instructions. It provides, in depth, explanations of more than 20 techniques, and offers a range of projects for the beginner, right through to advanced levels.
Bike Mechanic by Paul Mason
Category: Sport | Series: Instant Expert
Amaze your friends with your expert knowledge of a massive range of subjects! Instant Expert takes the hottest topics for ages 12+ and turns readers from novices into knowledge-gurus. Packed with information, each book offers practical, hands-on advice from insiders - people who know the subject best! ...Show more
Bike Mechanic (Instant Expert) by Paul Mason
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Instant Expert
Amaze your friends (and annoy your enemies) with your expert knowledge of a massive range of subjects! Instant Expert takes the hottest topics for ages 12+ and turns readers from novices into knowledge-gurus. Jam-packed with information, each book offers practical, hands-on advice from insiders - people ...Show more
Champagne by Giles Fallowfield
Category: No Category | Series: Instant Expert
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously declared, "Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right." The author of the latest entry in our Instant Expert series could not agree more. Champagne celebrates the world's most luxurious drink, providing expert insight into all aspects of champagne prod ...Show more
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life : From Darwin's Brilliant Idea to Today's Epic Theory ( New Scientist Instant Expert) by New Scientist Staff
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants. We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions o ...Show more
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life: From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory by New Scientist
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
How did we get here? It's the journey of a lifetime. All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants. We no ...Show more
How Numbers Work: Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics by New Scientist Staff
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert Ser.
Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even possibl ...Show more
How Numbers Work: Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics by New Scientist
Category: Science | Series: Instant Expert Ser.
Discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself!Think of a number between one and ten...No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractio ...Show more
How Your Brain Works: Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Universe by New Scientist
Category: Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU? The brain has long been a source of fascination. In 1819, the radical thinker and surgeon William Lawrence put it like this: "It is strongly suspected that a Newton or Shakespeare excels other mortals only...by having an extra inch of brain in the right place." Today, many such susp ...Show more
Human Origins by New Scientist
Category: Science | Series: Instant Expert Ser.
Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's biological and mineral resources, transformed the env ...Show more