Science & Technology

Bill's own fascination with science began with a battered old schoolbook he had when he was about ten or eleven years old in America. It had an illustration that captivated him - a cutaway diagram showing Earth's interior as it would look if you cut into it with a large knife and carefully removed about a quarter of its bulk. The idea of lots of startled cars and people falling off the edge of...

In "Blood, Bones and Body Bits", readers discover what makes the worst stink bomb ever, why dead people need a haircut and more. "Chemical Chaos" features extraordinary experiments and chaotic chemistry. With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, this terrible twosome has been revamped and is bubbling over with info. Science has never been...

Meet Henry, an ordinary boy in an extraordinary house...There's a skeleton on the floor and a giant nose on the landing. Step inside Henry's House and join Henry, Jaggers the caretaker and a quirky cast of characters as they find out about the human body. Fact-packed, fun-packed, get packed ...and head for Henry's House.

"Bulging Brains" delves into the grey matter to answer questions like, why can ice-cream cause headaches? And, who are the real masterminds, girls or boys? Plus, find out how to chop a brain in half, and live! If they can stomach that, readers will no doubt be hungry for more. "Disgusting Digestion" dishes up the dirt on innards - what part of your brain makes you throw up?...

In this title, technology is explored, explained and exploded. Widescreen TVs, mobile phones, even space rockets have turned what was once outlandish into the everyday. But how do they actually function? What are the secrets behind this science? And what would they look like if you could delve right into the heart of their insides? Let your child delve into a host of inventions, objects and...

In "Microscopic Monsters" readers discover what makes our guts a brilliant home for bacteria, and children will love the gruesomely fact-packed Deadly Diseases. With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, this terrible twosome has been revamped and is bubbling over with info! Science has never been so horrible!

Readers' imaginations will be fired on every page with this wonderful single-volume science encyclopedia. The book is arranged thematically into five core topics: Numbers and Shapes, The Way the World Works, The World of Materials, Living Things and Space. A range of informative and interactive features perfectly enhance and consolidate each reference section.

"Horrible Science" is getting a make-over! Readers will discover why someone invented the bottom-stabbing bike saddle and why you would need a toilet snorkel. With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of "Horrible Science" readers.

This title presents an out of this world introduction to a real kid-pleasing topic that has curriculum relevance and on-the-shelf appeal.

"Living with a Willy" is about what it's really like to be a willy owner. It's about your body and what happens to it. Real things, stuff like what it feels like to stand in the shower next to someone who's only two weeks older than you, but seems to be in possession of a member several sizes bigger. This book isn't going to teach you a lot of long Latin words ending in m, but it might...

Spencer Blake, aka 'Agent K', wrote Spyology while on a mission to foil the criminal gang Codex. Six months later, a package containing Spyology mysteriously arrived at the MI6 headquarters. As readers gain spy skills, they must complete the challenges set by Agent K to unravel the mystery of Operation Codex. Containing an array of hidden spy mirrors, decoders, a magnifying disguise and much...

From the same brains who brought you The Encyclopedia of Immaturity comes The Klutz Book of Inventions, a 200-page catalog of never-before-seen contraptions that are equal parts brilliant, useful, and ridiculous. None of them exist as actual products, but in a better world, a funnier world, they would all be household essentials. One of the most ambitous projects we've ever undertaken, this...

Find out what happens if you go too close to a black hole and how flies tell the time. With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of "Horrible Science" readers.