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Why Is Snot Green? and Other Extremely Important Questions
Author: Glenn Murphy
Format: MP3 CD
Author Glenn Murphy
Narrator Zoe Hart
Duration 6h 55m
Why is snot green? Do spiders have ears? Do rabbits fart? How big is space? Find out the answers to these and an awful lot of other questions in this audiobook. It is divided into five sections which cover everything from the Big Bang to bodily functions and cool gadgets: Lost in Space, The Angry Planet, Animal Answers, Being Human, and Fantastic F...
View BookCaptain Fact: Human Body Adventure
Author: Knife and Packer
Format: MP3 CD
Author Knife and Packer
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 58m
Whenever disaster strikes, mild-mannered weatherman Cliff Thornhill and his dog are transformed into Captain Fact and Knowledge! Miniaturised to the size of a molecule, our heroes are injected into a real live human body. Here they must investigate innards and examine earwax to hunt down a vicious virus that's causing a transglobal outbreak of bott...
View BookCan Science Solve? the Mystery of Life On Other Planets
Author: Chris Oxlade
Format: MP3 CD
Author Chris Oxlade
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 37m
The mystery of life on other planets has puzzled people for many years. Is there other life out there, trying to contact us? If so, what sort of aliens are they?'Can Science Solve?' explores some of the world's most baffling mysteries. Can we get to the bottom of them using science and logic, or will they continue to mystify us forever? Discover al...
View BookWould You Believe...cobwebs Stop Wounds Bleeding?! and Other Medical Marvels
Author: Richard Platt
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Author Richard Platt
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 1h 5m
The story of health and healing is stranger and more scary than you can imagine! Young scientists get a real taste of the story behind medicine as we examine the amazing practices used in medicine past and present. Listeners will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful medical practices that our ancestors employed, such as using le...
View BookAuthor: Jacqui Bailey
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Author Jacqui Bailey
Narrator Nancy Baldwin
Duration 15m
This is the story of how a special sort of stone formed deep inside the Earth, and came to the surface thousands of millions of years later. The Rock Factory looks at how minerals turn into rock crystals, how the Earth is structured and how volcanoes happen.
View BookCan Science Solve? the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
Author: Chris Oxlade
Format: MP3 CD
Author Chris Oxlade
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 38m
The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has puzzled people for years. Can ships and planes really disappear without a trace? If so, is there a strange unknown force at work? 'Can Science Solve?' explores some of the world's most baffling mysteries. Can we get to the bottom of them using science and logic, or will they continue to mystify us forever? Di...
View BookHorrible Science: Wasted World
Author: Nick Arnold
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Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Richard Hodson
Duration 3h 20m
The first Horrible Science book to tackle the issues of global warming, and climate change: What are the sickening secrets of gruesome greenhouse gases? Which is the deadliest toxic waste? Will the Earth make it to the year 2100?
View BookAtoms and Elements: The Young Oxford Library of Science
Author: David Bradley, Ian Crofton
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Author David Bradley, Ian Crofton
Narrator Catherine Chadwick
Duration 2h 11m
This text is part of a series building into an extensive library of knowledge for tomorrow's young scientists. Lively and accessible, each of the 10 volumes focuses on a major area of scientific knowledge and draws the reader into the dynamic world of the modern scientist. Covering up-to-date discoveries, events and ideas, the expert authors aim to...
View BookAstrophysics For Young People In A Hurry
Author: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Author Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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...
View BookWomen In Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Author: Rachel Ignotofsky
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Author Rachel Ignotofsky
Narrator Bronwen Price
Duration 1h 48m
A glorious celebration of trailblazing women. Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from both the ancient and modern worlds. The extraordinary women profiled include well-known figures like the physicist and chemist Marie Curie, as well as lesser-...
View BookUnder the Weather: Stories About Climate Change
Author: Tony Bradman
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Author Tony Bradman
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 40m
These exciting, thought-provoking stories imaginatively explore how climate change is affecting children everywhere. Whether it's the mysterious disappearance of bees affecting Zambia and California at the same time, or the destruction of homes in England from flooding, these stories reveal the impact of climate change worldwide.
View BookThe Horrible Science of Everything
Author: Nick Arnold
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Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Greg Patmore
Duration 3h 13m
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 daydre...
View BookAuthor: Stephen Hawking
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Author Stephen Hawking
Narrator Erik Davies
Duration 4h 30m
In this audiobook Hawking attempts to make the ideas and concepts of his bestseller 'A Brief History of Time' even more accessible. It is up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings, and is a guide to non-scientists everywhere in the search for the secrets of time and space.
View BookAuthor: Mitchell Symons
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Author Mitchell Symons
Narrator Sarah Maddox
Duration 1h 20m
NOXIOUS NOISES AND STINKY SMELLS . . . Amaze your mates with top trivia such as: Why do we puke and sweat? Which tribe uses farting as a greeting? How likely are you to be injured by a toilet seat?
View BookHorrible Science: Terrible Time
Author: Nick Arnold
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Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 2h 54m
Want some really horrible science? It's about time! Go time-travelling with this icky book and discover all the terrible time facts you've been waiting ages to find out. What happens if you go too close to a black hole? How do flies tell the time? Why do the years zoom past faster as you get older? Find out who was killed for changing the calendar....
View BookAuthor: Dan Green
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Author Dan Green
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 45m
Imagine physics as a community full of wacky characters, the building blocks of the universe each with a unique personality. This book throws open the doors and welcomes you into their amazing world. From gravity to the theory of relativity, this unique book provides visual interpretations of complex concepts, designed to make learning physics easi...
View BookThe Usborne Official Astronaut's Handbook
Author: Louie Stowell
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Author Louie Stowell
Narrator Louise Amos
Duration 1h 33m
Discover how you become an astronaut, the training you must undertake, how you travel into space and what you do when you're up there. With a foreword from ESA astronaut Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to embark on a mission to the International Space Station. Published in association with the UK Space Agency.
View BookCan Science Solve? the Mystery of Haunted Houses
Author: Chris Oxlade
Format: MP3 CD
Author Chris Oxlade
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 40m
The mystery of haunted houses has puzzled people for many years. Do ghosts really exist? If so, how can we ever prove it? 'Can Science Solve?' explores some of the world's most baffling mysteries. Can we get to the bottom of them using science and logic, or will they continue to mystify us forever? Discover all the theories from the reasonable to t...
View BookYou Wouldn't Want To Live Without Bees!
Author: Alex Woolf
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Author Alex Woolf
Narrator Peter Beton
Duration 33m
What would happen if there were no bees in this world? It would be a disaster! Without bees, we would, of course, have no honey. But we'd also lose a lot of other foods and useful products like cotton produced by plants that bees pollinate. Around half the fruit and vegetables in our supermarkets would disappear! Not only that, we would also lose t...
View BookAuthor: John Agard
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Author John Agard
Narrator Annalisa Gordon
Duration 38m
Poems that make science sing for those fascinated by science as well as words. Celebrate the magic and mystery of photosynthesis, electromagnetism, DNA, cloud formation and other scientific wonders.
View BookHorrible Science: Microscopic Monsters
Author: Nick Arnold
Format: MP3 CD
Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 2h 57m
Science with the squishy bits left in! Are you itching to discover which creatures lay eggs between your toes? Why your toothbrush is covered in germs? And what makes your guts the perfect home for bacteria? If you think you can stomach the sick side of science then this audiobook is for you. Hear the diary of a dust mite, find out what it takes to...
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