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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
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Category: Nature | 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
Does Anything Eat Wasps : And 101 Other Questions by New Scientist
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Category: General Non Fiction
Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Last Word' column - regularly voted the most popular section of the magazine.Does Anything Eat Wasps? is a collection of the best that ...Show more
Eureka! - 365 Mindblowing Science Questions and Answers for Every Day of the Year by New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science
Introduced by Jim Al-KhaliliCould you surf down an erupting volcano?Why do zebras have stripes?Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?Are there any green mammals?Why do pineapples have spikes?Why do songs get stuck in your head?What happens when black holes collide?Can you extract your DNA? ...Show more
Eureka! - Mindblowing Science Every Day of the Year by New New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science
Introduced by Jim Al-KhaliliCould you surf down an erupting volcano?Why do zebras have stripes?Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?Are there any green mammals?Why do pineapples have spikes?Why do songs get stuck in your head?What happens when black holes collide?Can you extract your DNA? ...Show more
How Long is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions by New Scientist Magazine Staff; New Scientist Staff
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Category: General Non Fiction
A Sunday Times bestseller How long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may never feel the same. Ready for some more? Okay ...Show more
How Your Brain Works - Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Known Universe by New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science | Series: New Scientist Instant Ex Ser.
How Your Brain Works explores the amazing world inside your head. Ever wondered what's going on inside your head? 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 ex ...Show more
How Your Brain Works: Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Universe by New Scientist
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Category: General Non Fiction | 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
How to Be Human - The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence by New Scientist Staff
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Category: General Non Fiction
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to yo ...Show more
How to be Human : New Scientist by New Scientist Staff
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Category: General Non Fiction
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or t ...Show more
New Scientist: The Origin of (Almost) Everything: From the Big Bang to Belly-Button Fluff (HB) by New Scientist Magazine Staff; Stephen Hawking; Jennifer Daniel (Illustrator); Graham Lawton
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Category: General Non Fiction
From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, the history of science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it's called spaghettification), why yo ...Show more
New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything by New Scientist Magazine Staff; Graham Lawton; Jennifer Daniel (Illustrator); Stephen Hawking
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Category: General Non Fiction
Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the galaxies he could see through it were flying away from one another. If these galaxies had always been travelling, he reasoned, then they must, at some point ...Show more
New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything by New Scientist, Stephen Hawking, Graham Lawton
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Intro by Stephen Hawking
Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the galaxies he could see through it were flying away from one another. If these galaxies had always been travelling, he reasoned, then they must, at some point ...Show more