The perfect companion to any flight a guide to the science on view from your window seat. There are few times when science is so immediate as when you're in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the s
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of wha
A pop science look at time travel technology, from Einstein to Ronald Mallett to present day experiments. Forget fiction: time travel is real.In How to Build a Time Machine, Brian Clegg provides an un
'Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!' Angela Saini, author of Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race ScienceThe popular science equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are? Po
WHY DO YOUR FINGERS GO WRINKLY IN THE BATH?HOW LONG CAN GOLDFISH REMEMBER THINGS?WHO THOUGHT UP NEWTON’S FIRST LAW?Science is all about finding answers to mind-boggling questions so following the huge
A brand new graphic guide from Brian Clegg, author of the best-selling Inflight Science, Introducing Infinity will teach you all you need to know about this big idea, from mathematicians driven mad by
PRAISE FOR LIGHT YEARS AND TIME TRAVEL""This immensely likeable work of pop science traces 'man's enduring fascination with light, ' from Aristotle's plans for a death ray (burning enemy ships with a
Challenges a team of scholars to experiment with 50 topical science speculations at a time when the hunt for the Higgs boson particle is threatening to undermine the foundations of our knowledge.
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5 per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has ever faced.Since the 1970s, astro
Welcome to the wonderful world of graphene, the thinnest substance known to science.In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene - the thinnest subst
Why did Uuq become Fl? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sky black? What is spaghettification? There’s a problem with the typical pub quiz. It always features far too much sport, 1980s pop and celebrity
"Clegg's writing style is highly readable, and the contemporary cultural references impressed upon me . . . how accessible [Dice World] is."?Chemistry WorldPerfect for anyone convinced of the utter ra
An exploration of the terrifying threats to our world that fill today’s headlines: from global warming epidemic to the threat of nuclear weapons and the risk posed by the leading edge devices like th
In the sequel to his best-selling Inflight Science, Brian Clegg offers a spectacular tour through the human body.He explores mitochondria, in-cell powerhouses once separate creatures; how your eyes co
An easy-to-understand guide to the complex subject of quantum physics. Quantum physics is how scientists describe the world of the very small. For other people, however, the rules of quantum physi
