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The curious world of science : a visual miscelllany of stories, theories, discoveries & curiosities plucked from the scientific world / Simon Flynn.

The Curious World of Science embraces both views and much more besides. Focusing on the human endeavours at the heart of science, it presents a miscellany of essential classifications, intriguing biographies, amusing curiosities, and irresistible trivia. Bite-size morsels of text explore the worlds of physics, chemistry, biology, and maths, while also venturing into those magical areas where science meets art. This illustrated edition is brimming with graphics and illustrations, and includes a system of icons to signpost different paths through the miscellany. From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, it offers a dizzying flight through the wonderfully human world of scientific knowledge.

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C9009554797 500 FLY
Adult nonfiction   City Branch . . Available .  
C9009553652 500 FLY
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ISBN 9781785788727 (hardback)
Dewey 500
Author Flynn, Simon author.
Title The curious world of science : a visual miscelllany of stories, theories, discoveries & curiosities plucked from the scientific world / Simon Flynn.
Published Thriplow, England : Icon Books, 2022.
Physical description 224 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
General note Previous edition: The science magpie : a hoard of fascinating facts, stories, poems, diagrams and jokes plucked from science and its history. 2012.
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The Curious World of Science embraces both views and much more besides. Focusing on the human endeavours at the heart of science, it presents a miscellany of essential classifications, intriguing biographies, amusing curiosities, and irresistible trivia. Bite-size morsels of text explore the worlds of physics, chemistry, biology, and maths, while also venturing into those magical areas where science meets art. This illustrated edition is brimming with graphics and illustrations, and includes a system of icons to signpost different paths through the miscellany. From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, it offers a dizzying flight through the wonderfully human world of scientific knowledge.
Subject Discoveries in science
Science
Science -- History
Scientists
Earth sciences
Space sciences
Physical sciences
Trivia and miscellanea
Additional author Flynn, Simon, (Teacher)
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