2009, ISBN: 9781580372718

Black Swan. Good. 128 x 199 x 35mm. Paperback. 2004. 686 pages. Text tanned.<br>Bill Bryson describes himself as a rel uctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own stu… Mehr…

Black Swan. Good. 128 x 199 x 35mm. Paperback. 2004. 686 pages. Text tanned.<br>Bill Bryson describes himself as a rel uctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around hi m. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civ ilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that nor mally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be int erested in science. It's not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know. How do we know what is in the centre o f the Earth, or what a black hole is, or where the continents wer e 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through time and space, he encounters a spl endid collection of astonishingly eccentric, competitive, obsessi ve and foolish scientists, like the painfully shy Henry Cavendish who worked out many conundrums like how much the Earth weighed, but never bothered to tell anybody about many of his findings. In the company of such extraordinary people, Bill Bryson takes us w ith him on the ultimate eye-opening journey, and reveals the worl d in a way most of us have never seen it before. ., Black Swan, 2004, 2.5, -: BBC Books, 2009. None. Paperback. Good. -. Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don`t often hear about because they are so specialised, or turn out to be dead ends. Yet researchers have given hallucinogenic drugs to blind people (seriously), tried to weigh the soul as it departs the body and planned to blast a new Panama Canal with atomic weapons. Real scientific breakthroughs sometimes come out of the most surprising and unpromising work. How to Make a Tornado is about the margins of science - not the research down tried-and-tested routes, but some of its zanier and more brilliant by-ways. Investigating everything from what it`s like to die, to exploding trousers and recycled urine, this book is a reminder that science is intensely creative and often very amusing - and when their minds run free, scientists can fire the imagination like nobody else., BBC Books, 2009, 2.5, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. Cloth. Near Very Good/Good+. Prattling Away about Poodle Dogs in the Age of the Atom Bomb"! Delightful Biography of Dily Powell's endearing Dog. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Yellow cloth cover with Blue Lettering to front & spine. 121 Pages, 280g, 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has browning at spine and fore edge (see photo) and a closed tear (1" long) at top corner (repaired from inside with clear tape. Not clipped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall, Hodder & Stoughton, 1952, 2.75, Mark Twain Media. Used - Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. As well, answers may be filled in. Lastly, may be missing components, e.g. missing DVDs, CDs, Access Code, etc., Mark Twain Media, 2.5<

2004, ISBN: 9781580372718

Mark Twain Media Inc Pub, Paperback, Auflage: Act, 48 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-01-02T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: new18-05-032016-b0048169, 0.14 kg, Education, Science,… Mehr…

Mark Twain Media Inc Pub, Paperback, Auflage: Act, 48 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-01-02T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: new18-05-032016-b0048169, 0.14 kg, Education, Science, Nature & Maths, Subjects, Books, Education Studies, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Lesson planning, School Education & Teaching, Education Studies & Teaching, Mark Twain Media Inc Pub, 2004<

ISBN: 9781580372718

New York: Maxton Publishers, Inc., 1959. Gloss pictorial boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Robinson, … Mehr…

New York: Maxton Publishers, Inc., 1959. Gloss pictorial boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Robinson, Jerry. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., Maxton Publishers, Inc., 1959, 2.5, Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., 2.5<

ISBN: 9781580372718

Mark Twain Media. Used - Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. As well, answers may be filled in. Lastly, may be missing components, e.g. missing DV… Mehr…

Mark Twain Media. Used - Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. As well, answers may be filled in. Lastly, may be missing components, e.g. missing DVDs, CDs, Access Code, etc., Mark Twain Media, 2.5<