Can you beat Professor Fiendish's foul formula? Why does nothing sometimes mean something? What can stop a hairy green spot epidemic? All the tricks, tips, and short-cuts about ARITHMETIC they don't teach you in school.
The quickest possible way to learn about everything from prime numbers to polynomial equations. Straightforward and accessible, Math in Minutes is a visually enhanced introduction to 200 key mathematical concepts. Each idea is quickly and clearly explainbed, and easy to remember, thanks to the simple yet essential illustrations that perfectly complement each description.
As well as how many mice make an elephant, you'll find out how many... ...planet Earths fit inside the Sun ...ice cubes make an iceberg ...high jumps would reach the Moon and LOTS more. Plus you'll discover fascinating facts about things like blue whales' earwax and astronauts in orbit. So what are you waiting for? Open the book and get started!
Explore the wonders of insects in Priddy Explorers: Bugs and Slugs. This beautiful book is full of exciting information, fascinating photographs, and colorful illustrations of beetles, butterflies, spiders, and the habitats they live in. Children can learn why bees are so important, how many legs a millipede has, the lifecycle of a butterfly, and much more. The specially commissioned illustrati…
Over 200 fact-filled portraits of insects and other invertebrate species or groups.
Every page turn of this chunky board book reveals a new layer of Margarida Esteves's bright, graphic depiction of a stage in the life of a butterfly. A gentle introduction to maturation and diversity, this rhyming story reminds readers that everyone begins life small and then grows through various stages, some slightly awkward, to then emerge as a butterfly flying high in our own uniquely beaut…
Featuring the most recent, best, and even startling images with detailed captions highlighting accessible text, Galaxies shows the restless universe beyond our atmosphere. Photographs are from more than 30 of the world's largest ground-based telescopes.
A beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series telling the most important story of all, the deep history of our own planet. This is the epic 4 billion year story of the place we call home.
In 2004 a rock star, a TV astronomer and a young research astronomer sat down to write the story of the Universe in the order in which it happened, from its birth at the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago, through to its ultimate demise in the infinitely far future.
The quickest possible way to learn about the night sky, from the constellations to cosmology. THis compact reference is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of astronomy. From our own solar system and constellations to the intricate lives of stars and dark matter, this book is the quickest possible way to learn about the night sky and the mysteries of the Universe.