Science is rightly a fundamental part of primary school education, but that doesn't make it easy to teach - especially for teachers without a science background. This straight talking book from an experienced science writer and communicator looks at how to make the most of it and give primary school children a good grounding in the topic.
Getting Science sets out to engage the sense of wonder. The science in this book is not for the children, but for the adults who have to explain it. Starting with a whirlwind tour of the great milestones of modern science, Getting...
Science is rightly a fundamental part of primary school education, but that doesn't make it easy to teach - especially for teachers without a scien...
Whatever is needed, from in-depth research material for a report or academic paper, to the telephone number of a company on the other side of the world or what is showing at the local cinema, this guide aims to help readers find the answer on the internet, faster and more easily. Rather than a directory, it is a simple-to-use guide that should develop readers internet skills by showing how to identify key words to search on, break through no document matching your query found, spot nuggets of gold amongst hundreds of sites, use electronic agents to find material for you, and make use of...
Whatever is needed, from in-depth research material for a report or academic paper, to the telephone number of a company on the other side of the worl...
Managers are faced with many conflicting demands and situations. Part of the New Skills Portfolio series, this book addresses the following questions: How can you be a generalist and a specialist? An individual expert and a 'connected' team player? Manage more people with less time and fewer resources and be entrepreneurial at the same time?
Managers are faced with many conflicting demands and situations. Part of the New Skills Portfolio series, this book addresses the following questions:...
Creativity and Innovation for Managers will appeal to any manager responsible for getting more out of a business. Creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative idea generation have become essential business drivers. This book provides an excellent executive briefing for senior management to understand what business creativity is, how it can benefit the company, and how to get the most out of it. It looks at the pitfalls on the road to innovation and the ways to avoid them, pulling together the experiences of key practitioners in the field both in the UK and the US. By concentrating...
Creativity and Innovation for Managers will appeal to any manager responsible for getting more out of a business. Creative thinking, creative problem ...
The phenomenon that Einstein thought too spooky and strange to be true
What is entanglement? It's a connection between quantum particles, the building blocks of the universe. Once two particles are entangled, a change to one of them is reflected---instantly---in the other, be they in the same lab or light-years apart. So counterintuitive is this phenomenon and its implications that Einstein himself called it "spooky" and thought that it would lead to the downfall of quantum theory. Yet scientists have since discovered that quantum entanglement, the "God Effect," was one...
The phenomenon that Einstein thought too spooky and strange to be true
What is entanglement? It's a connection between quantum particl...
Scientific American's daily Sixty-Second Science podcast was such an unexpected success, with millions of downloads, that a spin-off site was created around the concept of bite-sized science. This new series of books will tackle the biggest topics in science by breaking them up into quick and easy two- to four-page spreads. Topics in each book will take the light and accessible tone of the 60-Second Science podcasts and blog. INSTANT EGGHEAD PHYSICS will explore quantum physics, relativity, and light. It will break down complex ideas and explore why Einstein made some big blunders,...
Scientific American's daily Sixty-Second Science podcast was such an unexpected success, with millions of downloads, that a spin-off site wa...
According to a recent survey, the most popular question about science from the general public was: what came before the Big Bang? We all know on some level what the Big Bang is, but we don't know how it became the accepted theory, or how we might know what came before. In Before the Big Bang, Brian Clegg (the critically acclaimed author of Upgrade Me and The God Effect) explores the history of this remarkable concept. From the earliest creation myths, through Hershel's realization that the Milky Way was one of many galaxies, to on-going debates about Black Holes, this...
According to a recent survey, the most popular question about science from the general public was: what came before the Big Bang? We all know on so...
A pop science look at time travel technology, from Einstein to Ronald Mallett to present day experiments. Forget fiction: time travel is real. In How to Build a Time Machine, Brian Clegg provides an understanding of what time is and how it can be manipulated. He explores the fascinating world of physics and the remarkable possibilities of real time travel that emerge from quantum entanglement, superluminal speeds, neutron star cylinders and wormholes in space. With the fascinating paradoxes of time travel echoing in our minds will we...
A pop science look at time travel technology, from Einstein to Ronald Mallett to present day experiments. Forget fiction: time travel is real...
PRAISE FOR LIGHT YEARS AND TIME TRAVEL ""This immensely likeable work of pop science traces 'man's enduring fascination with light, ' from Aristotle's plans for a death ray (burning enemy ships with a giant array of mirrors) to a recent experiment that seems to have sent Mozart's 40th Symphony faster than light, and thus back through time. Clegg is very good at explaining the bizarre properties of light."" -The Guardian ""A fascinating book on a fascinating subject. It brings together all aspects of light in an unusual and compelling manner."" -Sir Patrick Moore ""Light's...
PRAISE FOR LIGHT YEARS AND TIME TRAVEL ""This immensely likeable work of pop science traces 'man's enduring fascination with light, ' from Aristotl...
