La scienza con tutte le sue... forze fatali! State morendo dalla voglia di scoprire: • Come fanno le orecchie a impedirci di cadere dalla bicicletta? • Perché basta solo un po' di forza di gravità a farvi perdere la testa? • Che cosa può farvi scoppiare le budella? Se pensate di avere lo stomaco per sopportare tutte le schifezze della scienza, allora benvenuti nel finimondo della fisica. Saprete cos' che cosa tine la luna nel cielo, quanto in fretta crescono le vostre unghie e cosa può succedere quanto una mela colpisce uno scienziato sulla testa! Con esempi esilaranti e incredibili indovinelli, test per testoni e folli fumetti. Centrifugatevi, schiantatevi, fatevi esplodere il cervello! La scienza non è mai stata così brutta!
Nick Arnold Libri
Nick Arnold crea libri avvincenti ed educativi che esplorano gli affascinanti mondi della scienza e della natura per giovani lettori. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da uno stile accessibile e dalla capacità di tradurre concetti complessi in narrazioni divertenti e facili da afferrare. Arnold si concentra sul rendere l'apprendimento un entusiasmante viaggio di scoperta per i bambini, spesso utilizzando prospettive umoristiche e non convenzionali sul mondo che li circonda. Il suo lavoro ispira la curiosità e promuove l'amore per l'apprendimento attraverso una narrazione accattivante.







Evil inventions
- 144pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Horrible Science is getting a make-over! Readers will discover why someone invented the bottom-stabbing bike saddle and why you would need a toilet snorkel. With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of Horrible Science readers.
Nasty Nature
- 176pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Science with the squishy bits left in! Why do vultures have bald heads? What kind of frog lives in a toilet? How do vampire bats slurp blood? Get the awful answers in Nasty Nature!
Painful poison
- 160pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Discover how can you turn your brother into a zombie slave and why you are breathing poison right now! With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of Horrible Science readers.
Taking a journey from the very small, to the very big, readers are taken on a tour of everything in science from the smallest thing ever to the horribly huge universe. And it's all in full colour and in new flexi-bound paperback format!
Bulging Brains
- 160pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Explores the functions of the nervous system, focusing on the funny, fascinating, and horrible aspects. Examples include: what a fresh brain really smells like, why chopping your brain in half needn't be fatal, and whether girls or boys are smarter. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary
Horrible Science. Painful Poison
- 144pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Science with the squishy bits left in. "Painful Poison" will dish up a deadly dose. Are you brave enough to how to turn your brother or sister into a zombie slave? Why you are breathing in poison right now? What is the secret of the vomit goblet? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we get wise to the wicked world of killer chemicals. Track down vile villains as a poison detective, meet snakes, spiders and other poison pets and discover the dreadful details of the "Gruesome Guide". With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, "Painful Poison" is reading to die for. Science has never been so horrible. It is the complete lowdown on this fascinating and diverse subject. "A Gruesome Guide to Poison" will cover everything from plants and creatures that use poison for attack and defence to poisons that are affecting our planet such as car pollution, radiation and the result of burning off fossil fuels. With lost lab notes, and terrible tales, like the Victorian arsenic murders and the story about the Arctic survivors who were poisoned by eating polar bear livers, this is perfect subject matter for "Horrible Science".
Killer Energy and Shocking Electricity
- 304pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Science with twice the squishy bits! Want to know which scientist gave electric shocks to his eyeballs? Which chilling chemical can preserve your pets? What happens when you touch an electric eel? 'Killer Energy' will leave you jumping for more! Find out how stodgy dinners power your body and why steaming manure can warm you up. 'Shocking Electricity' will blow your fuse! Discover why magnets help birds fly and get to grips with the electric wobbling toilet seat. With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, this terrible twosome is sizzling with info! Science has never been so horrible!
Deadly diseases
- 160pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
The Horrible Science series is not for the squeamish, featuring as it does some of the less pleasant aspects of science. This grisly book focuses on illness and diseases.
This is the first "Horrible Science" book to tackle the issues of global warming, and climate What are the sickening secrets of gruesome greenhouse gases? Which is the deadliest toxic waste? Will the Earth make it to the year 2100?



