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11 Killer Exam Tips For...Physics
Author: CGP Publications
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 45m
This audiobook is designed to help students to do well at GCSE physics. It gives 11 tips to boost marks, covering the most common mistakes made in physics exams and how to avoid them. Suitable for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level.
View Book11 Killer Exam Tips For...Biology
Author: CGP Publications
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 45m
This audiobook is designed to help students to do well at GCSE biology. It gives 11 tips to boost marks, covering the most common mistakes made in biology exams and how to avoid them. Suitable for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level.
View BookHorrible Science - Blood, Bones & Body Bits
Author: Nick Arnold
Format: MP3 CD
Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Fergus Mcclelland
Duration 2h 45m
This is a look at the nasty side of science. It examines such grim facts as where food goes after it is eaten. What happens when a boil bursts? Why dead people need a haircut and which animals live on our eyelashes!
View Book21st Century Science: New Materials
Author: Robin Kerrod
Format: MP3 CD
Author Robin Kerrod
Narrator Karola Gajda
Duration 1h 10m
What is 'superalloy'? What keeps the space shuttle cool? How are lizards helping scientists to develop new adhesives? Find out all about the materials we use in everyday life in this informative audio book.
View BookScience World: Electricity and Magnetism
Author: Kathryn Whyman
Format: MP3 CD
Author Kathryn Whyman
Narrator Charles Bainbridge
Duration 25m
Electricity and magnetism are closely related. Together they produce the electric current which we use every day to provide heat, light and power. This audio book looks at the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Learn how electromagnets work, how electricity moves in circuits and what an electric current really is.
View BookAuthor: Simon Maddison
Format: MP3 CD
Author Simon Maddison
Narrator Fergus Mcclelland
Duration 1h 10m
What does ADSL stand for? How small will mobiles get? Advances in super-miniature components are altering the way we communicate right now, but where will new telecommunications technology lead us? this audio book offers an easy introduction to the topic.
View Book21st Century Science: Genetics
Author: Moira Butterfield
Format: MP3 CD
Author Moira Butterfield
Narrator Fergus Mcclelland
Duration 1h 5m
Advances in scientific knowledge have already led to the cloning of animals and the genetic modification of crops, but what's in store for the future? This audio book provides an easily accessible introduction to the world of genetics.
View BookAuthor: Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
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Author Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Narrator Tara Sands
Duration 1h 16m
If a black hole is not a hole, then what is it? Find out what black holes are, what causes them, and how scientists first discovered them. Learn how astronomers find black holes, get to know our nearest black-hole neighbor, and take a journey that will literally s-t-r-e-t-c-h the mind.
View BookAuthor: Robin Nelson
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Author Robin Nelson
Narrator Intuitive
Duration 3h 46m
How does cotton turn into a soft T-shirt? Follow each step in the production cycle-from growing cotton to wearing a comfy shirt-in this fascinating book!
View BookAuthor: Robin Nelson
Format: Stream / Download
Author Robin Nelson
Narrator Intuitive
Duration 3h 30m
How does a cocoa bean turn into tasty chocolate? Follow each step in the food production cycle-from planting cocoa trees to eating a sweet treat-in this fascinating book!
View BookHow Loud Can You Burp? and Other Extremely Important Questions
Author: Glenn Murphy
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Glenn Murphy
Narrator Paul Vates, Dick Cooper
Duration 6h 47m
How loud can you burp? Could we use animal poo to make electricity? Why is water wet, and is anything wetter than water? What's the deadliest disease in the world? What are clouds for? What's the difference between a brain and a computer? This is a wonderfully funny and informative book which helps us take a fresh look at the world (and universe) w...
View BookAuthor: Katherine Johnson
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Author Katherine Johnson
Narrator Heather Alicia Sims
Duration 5h 19m
The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11. As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportu...
View BookDiane Fossey: Scientists Who Made History
Author: Liz Gogerly
Format: MP3 CD
Author Liz Gogerly
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 10m
Meet the woman who provided unique insights into the lives of mountain gorillas, who strove to protect them and their environment and who revealed the similarities between gorilla and human behaviour. Follow her life story and find out how her discoveries are still affecting the world today.
View BookMichael Faraday: Scientists Who Made History
Author: Stewart Ross
Format: MP3 CD
Author Stewart Ross
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 10m
Meet the man whose investigations into electricity, chemistry, magnetism and electrolysis eventually led to the invention of motors, generators, electroplating and many other scientific breakthroughs. Follow Faraday's life story and find out how his greatest discoveries are affecting us today.
View BookAuthor: Richard Hammond
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Richard Hammond
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 2h 59m
Listen to this audiobook and journey through time, space and beyond, discovering what makes life, the Universe and everything the way that they are. Find out if matter really does matter and how physics encompasses everything. Winner of the Royal Society Junior Prize for Science Books 2007.
View BookNuclear Power (energy Forever?)
Author: Ian Graham
Format: MP3 CD
Author Ian Graham
Narrator Chris Johnston
Duration 57m
A comprehensive look at how we utilize nuclear power to produce one-fifth of the world's electricity. This book concentrates on nuclear power and how the atomic energy is turned into electricity, how nuclear radiation can affect humans, how nuclear waste is stored and how power can be created from heavy water.
View BookInventors and Their Bright Ideas
Author: Mike Goldsmith
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Mike Goldsmith
Narrator Richard K. Hodson
Duration 3h
You've probably heard of a few inventors and their bright ideas...* Alexander Graham Bell and his telephone * George Stevenson and his Rocket (which was really a train) * John Logie Baird and hi television. But have you heard that... * Bell didn't invent th phone, but he did make a weird machine out of hay and a human ear * Stevenson didn't invent...
View BookAuthor: John Barrow
Format: MP3 CD
Author John Barrow
Narrator John Barrow
Duration 3h 30m
What does it mean to say that the universe appeared out of nothing? Did it need a beginning and will it ever end? Why do we think that most of the universe is invisible? This audiobook explains how the findings from the COBE satellite allow us to shed light on the events at the dawn of time.
View BookAuthor: Agnieszka Biskup
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Author Agnieszka Biskup
Narrator Various
Duration 49m
Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind ecosystems.
View BookYou Wouldn't Want To Live Without Coding!
Author: Alex Woolf
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Author Alex Woolf
Narrator Mariam Keen
Duration 30m
Coding means creating a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tells a computer how to perform a task. Another word for coding is programming. Learn about the origins of coding, how it is done and how much control it has over our daily lives
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