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101 Incredible Experiments for the Shed Scientist This funny and enchanting book bubbles with fantastical tricks, experiments and inventions - all of which can be conjured up from the seemingly innocuous world of the garden shed! Packed with over 100 ingenious projects, this magical book is guaranteed to interest and illuminate - as well as bring hours of uninterrupted fun and enjoyment. Whether you want to make slime, create glow-in-the-dark gherkins, make a teabag fly, build a static electricity flea circus, erect a homemade power station, construct a can crusher, create a hologram, make square bubbles or extract DNA from food, this book is a treasure trove of bright ideas that will bring out the secret sorcerer and scientist in everyone. And of course, all the experiments are tested, safe and easy to complete, to ensure that you and your shed don't disappear in a puff of smoke. Fully illustrated with antique artwork, this gem of a book is set to become another cult classic - welcome to the adventure of shed science! New hardcover book. Suggested new book price $9.99. Our price $5.95. Save 40%.
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50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know (Hardcover) by Joanne Baker In 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know author Loanne Baker describes, in a sequence of 50 clear and concise essays, the discovery significance and functioning of the laws, principles and theories that govern the workings of our physical universe. New, very hard to find book. Our price $49.95.
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A Guide to Modern Science (Hardcover) by Wilson Da Silva Humankind enters the 21st century more aware than ever before of the interconnectedness of life on Earth. It's a philosophy that pervades many of the branches of modern science and technology and is reflected in the solutions scientiats now seek to everyday problems and log-term dilemmas. A Guide to Modern Science explores and evaluates their search. The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continuous flight from wonder. - Albert Einstein. New hardcover. 2002.
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Aquagensis (Softcover) by Richard Ellis A respected marine biology expert and artist traces the evolutionary path of sea life from the first microbes to the finless and jawless life forms that evolved into modern sharks, whales, penguins, seals, and humans. Writing for general readers with an interest in science, Ellis explains how some animals, having emerged from the sea and adapted to life on land, returned to the sea and again adapted to aquatic existence. Ellis depicts some of these fascinating creatures<-->such as the , a prehistoric shark with spiral saw teeth<-->in his detailed black and white illustrations. He explains that the source of our conception of many of these animals comes from a mixture of fossil records and conjecture. Suggested price $22.50. Our price $3.95. Save 82%.
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Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science (Softcover) by M.G. Lord During the late 1960s, while M. G. Lord was becoming a teenager in Southern California and her mother was dying of cancer, Lord’s father disappeared into his work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, building the space probes of the Mariner Mars 69 mission. Remembering her pain at her father’s absence, Lord revisits her past, remembering her own youthful, eccentric fascination with science and space exploration, as a way of understanding the ethos of rocket science. Astro Turf is the brilliant result of her journey of discovery. Suggested price $18.00. Our price $5.95. Save 67%.
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Science at the Extreme (Hardcover) by Peter Lane Taylor In this illustrated account, a science writer and photojournalist reveals his thoughts and images of nine daredevil scientists he watched jump into active volcanos, leap off bridges, and dive into ocean depths to collect data for their valuable research projects. New hardcover. Suggested price $$29.95. Our price $4.95. Save 83%.
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The Geography of Hope (Hardcover) by Chris Turner After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories of melting permafrost and receding ice caps, visions of catastrophe and fears of a problem with no solution. Daring to step beyond the rhetoric of panic and despair, The Geography of Hope points to the bright light at the end of this very dark tunnel. Suggested price $34.95. Our Price $20.97. Save 40%.
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The Icky, Sticky and Gross Fascinating Factbook (Softcover) by Shar Levine Science is truly amazing, but not always beautiful. Some things are, well, just icky, sticky and gross! Not to mention downright smelly. If you want to venture into this world, curiosity may not be enough. You may need a strong stomach and a bit of courage. Nature isn't always for the faint of heart. Yet you'll find that even the most bizarre behavior has a purpose. It may seem gross but without it, something in the world just wouldn't be working right. You can get acquainted with such oddities as the zorilla, the komodo dragon, the moray eel, the durian fruit (talk about smelly) and the corpse flower. What about the stink bug, the dung beetle or the assassin bug? They're all here waiting to gross you out! Original. New softcover. 2008.
