Horrible Science Series

The chance to find out about some extraordinary experiments that went horribly wrong, and discover the secrets of some very strange scientists. The book includes fact files, quizzes, teacher tests and cartoons, and provides the opportunity to try some chemistry at home.

The 23rd title in the Horrible Science series has the usual gory details, such as why going to the loo in space can freeze your pee and which liquid chemical is used to preserve pets. Plus you can find out how your body turns stodgy school dinners into energy.

Explores the functions of the nervous system, focusing on the funny, fascinating, and horrible aspects. Examples include: what a fresh brain really smells like, why chopping your brain in half needn't be fatal, and whether girls or boys are smarter. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary

Discover how can you turn your brother into a zombie slave and why you are breathing poison right now! 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 is a look at the nasty side of nature. Find out: which is the nastiest animal in the world; why vultures have bald heads; what kind of frog lives in the toilet; and how vampire bats suck blood. Contains fact files and quizzes, teacher tests and cartoons.

If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, read on as we dig up the dirt on the world of plants. Find out when a fruit is really a vegetable, how plants keep us from suffocating and what stops trees from falling over. The book includes fact files, quirky quizzes and teacher tests.

HORRIBLE SCIENCE: SPACE, STARS AND SLIMY ALIENS is a bursting space-hopping book of stunning science. Zoom to the stars with Oddblob the alien, and take part in a spacewalk that's out of this world and learn what the moon smells like. Find out all the horrible facts about space like which astronomers killed people and why space makes your guts explode! Zoom around the planets, learn which galaxies eat each other, and see if you can spot a little green manwhile you're there!

Explores the process of digestion, focusing on the funny, fascinating, and horrible aspects. Examples include: how much pee your bladder can hold, what disease makes your eyeballs bleed, why astronauts can't eat beans before a space flight and which part of your brain makes you throw up. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary

Science with the squishy bits left in! What happened when a nurse drank diarrhoea? Why does deadly cholera make your skin turn blue? Which scientist used eyeballs as food for bacteria? Get the awful answers in Deadly Diseases!

Science with the squishy bits left in! Where does your food go? What happens when a boil bursts? Which animals live in your eyelashes? Get the awful answers in Blood, Bones and Body Bits!

Science with the squishy bits left in! What do slugs do with their slime? Why do flies throw up on your tea? How do insects drink your blood? Get the awful answers in Ugly Bugs!

Reissue with 16 pages of extra material, including an index.

Reissue with 16 pages of extra material, including an index.

Packed with facts about the tiny world of microbes - viruses, bacteria, amoebas, they're all here, as well as many other diminutive creepy-crawlies.

Shocking Electricity is packed with sizzling zap-filled facts to electrify every reader. Children can find out about the scientist who gave electric shocks to his eyeballs, that lightning can strike you with heat five times hotter than the sun and much more!

This is the first "Horrible Science" book to tackle the issues of global warming, and climate What are the sickening secrets of gruesome greenhouse gases? Which is the deadliest toxic waste? Will the Earth make it to the year 2100?

Taking a journey from the very small, to the very big, readers are taken on a tour of everything in science from the smallest thing ever to the horribly huge universe. And it's all in full colour and in new flexi-bound paperback format!

Explores the world of sound, focusing on the funny, fascinating and horrible aspects. Suggested level: primary

Science with the squishy bits left in! Take a walk on the wild side with Angry Animals Dare you discover: * who made false teeth for an elephant? * where you can find dragons with bad breath? * which scientist ate a poisonous snake for dinner? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we go on the hunt for the cruellest creature of them all. Get to grips with gruesome grizzly bears, wolf down some facts about, er, wolves and snap up some savage shark stories. With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, Angry Animals is a book to sink your teeth into! Science has never been so horrible!

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.

Du findest Geschichte staubtrocken? Und Naturwissenschaften sind dir ein einziges Rätsel? Alles viel zu langweilig und theoretisch? Damit ist jetzt Schluss, denn hier kommt das ultimativ Beste aus WahnsinnsWissen! Hast du zum Beispiel gewusst, dass deine Ohren dir helfen, nicht vom Fahrrad zu fallen? wie das Gehirn deines Lehrers von innen aussieht? dass Darwin sich für seine Forschungen zum Affen machte? dass Cäsar so gern rote Stiefel trug? Witzige Cartoons, skurrile, aber wahre Geschichten und spannende Quizfragen zeigen dir die wirklich interessanten Seiten von Geschichte und Naturwissenschaft. Mit diesem Wissen kannst du in der Schule glänzen und deine Lehrer und Mitschüler verblüffen und beeindrucken. Tauche ein in die Welt von WahnsinnsWisssen und eines ist dir garantiert: Wissen total!

Science with the squishy bits left in| The Fearsome Fight for Flight will send you sky-high| Are you in a flap to * who put a parachute on a puppy? * why scientists fire dead birds from cannon? * what happened to the world's first flying sheep? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we go plane crazy. Laugh at some seriously silly flying stunts, find out which scientist was blown up in a balloon, and learn how to build a world-beating plane. With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons The Fearsome Fight for Flight is a real high-flier| Science has never been so horrible|

This is science with the squishy bits left in! What stops your eyeballs from falling out? Why can dead bodies make ghostly glowing lights? How can a laser beam sizzle human flesh? Get the awful answers in "Frightening Light"!

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.

Ever wanted to experiment with the sick side of science? This title is packed with loud, noisy, wet and soggy experiments that can make your friends and teachers squirm. It covers topics such as: blood 'n' guts body experiments, nasty noise experiments, seriously stinky experiments, dangerous dinosaur experiments, and, scary space experiments.

This title isn't just about any body, it's about YOUR body and what it does all day. Meet the shrinking scientists who are staying with the Normal family - a perfectly normal family - and studying how their bodies work.

Read about brilliant breakthroughs, explosive experiments and feeble failures. This book gives a potted history of scientists and their discoveries, from the first Greek brainboxes to modern day geniuses.

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