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AuthorNick Arnold
NarratorGreg Patmore
Duration3h 13m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Science
Key StageKS2
PublisherInhouse
VersionUnabridged
Bored of biology classes? Totally fed up of physics? Couldn't care less about chemistry? Hmmmm. Dare you discover. Why you're breathing in dinosaur burps? What poos in your bed 20 times a day? What happens when you drop a rabbit through the centre of the earth? If you're sick to death of science, you need THIS BOOK! From the dizzy science of daydreaming to the stunning science of skyrockets, and from the deadly science of dinosaurs to the Ugly Bug Olympics, this whirlwind whistle-stop tour of science shows you the world as you've never seen it before (i.e. VERY FOUL!). Best of all, it's stuffed with the WEIRD and INTERESTING science that you never ever get to learn at school
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Narrator Ian Collington
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View BookAuthor: Chelsea Clinton
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Narrator Chelsea Clinton
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Duration 2h 57m
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Narrator Levar Burton
Duration 3h 34m
Neil deGrasse Tyson's #1 New York Times bestselling guide to the cosmos, adapted for young listeners From the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite-sized pieces. Astrophysics for Young People in a...
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Narrator Suzanne Elise Freeman
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Narrator Fergus Mcclelland
Duration 2h 45m
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Narrator Richard K. Hodson
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