GLENN MURPHY

Esta colección muestra, mediante dibujos de gran calidad, las informaciones más relevantes de cada uno de los temas escogidos, con un doble tratamiento: una amplia introducción al tema abordado y una seccion que recoge en detalle algunos aspectos especificos. En la primera parte, entre otros temas, el LAROUSSE INSIDERS dedicado a los inventos explica que son los inventos y su cronologia. En la segunda parte, con mas detalle, unos dibujos extraordinarios muestran los grandes inventos de la historia como la rueda, el reloj, la imprenta, el motor, el tren, las aeronaves, etc. Cada tema ocupa una doble pagina, que contiene una imagen a gran tamaño asi como varios detalles, con fotos y dibujos. Al final de la obra, un glosario y un indice alfabetico permiten una segunda lectura y facilitan la localizacion de la informacion. Titulo tambien disponible en catalan.

Sé testigo de los sucesos que cambiaron el curso de la historiaConviértete en testigo de los grandes momentos de la ciencia.Conócelos al detalle gracias a las increíbles páginas desplegables deeste libro.Descubre su impacto mediante graficos, fotografias e ilustraciones detalladas.Una exploracion visual completa y fascinante de algunos de los acontecimientos cientificos que cambiaron nuestro mundo para siempre.

What happens in your head during a headache? What are toes for? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and lots of other brilliant questions in Brains, Bodies, Guts and Stuff. This fact-filled book explores everything from cells to organs, from breathing to blood-flow, from scabs and rashes to broken bones and brainpower. It will tell you everything you ever needed to know about bodies and all the amazing things that go on in them!Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross.

How much do you REALLY know about the science that matters? Supergeek: Dinosaurs, Brains and Supertrains features over 300 fun science questions and answers chosen by Glenn Murphy to test your knowledge. Find out all about dinosaurs and prehistoric life, blood and guts, brains, senses and feelings, weather and climate change, natural disasters, trains, planes and transport, and lots more! There are instructions at the back of the book that allow you to play the book too, on your own or in a group.Discover more funny science with Robots and the Whole Technology Story.

What is a selfish gene? What are the kingdoms of life? Why are there no car-sized bugs and beetles? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions in this funny and informative book. Packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible things, from how we evolved from chemical soup to shrews to human beings, and why bugs really do rule the world? Evolution: The Whole Life on Earth Story contains absolutely no boring bits!Discover more funny science with Space: The Whole Whizz-Bang Story.

Why dont hammer-throwers get dizzy? Could the worlds fastest swimmer catch a jet-ski? How far can a human being run or cycle before they drop? Which nutter invented the ski jump? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and other brilliant questions in How Loud Can You Burp?, a fascinating book about the science of sport. From running a marathon to beating your friends at basketball, from negotiating a snowboard slalom track to pulling a backflip on a BMX, find out everything you ever wanted to know about sports and games! Become a whizz in science AND trounce your friends at your school sports day. Its like being in the Olympics with none of the boring bits!Discover more funny science with How Loud Can You Burp?.

Whats inside a laptop? How can you stuff 1,000 CDs into an MP3 player? Who built the Internet? How smart is the worlds smartest robot? How do smartphones and TV remote controls work? The answers to these and other brilliant questions about technology can be found in this funny and fascinating book in the Science Sorted series by Glenn Murphy, bestselling author of Why is Snot Green?. Packed to capacity with megabytes of marvellous information. Robots and the Whole Technology Story explores everything from the first simple engines to the latest gadgets, computers and networks.Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story.

What happens in your head during a headache? What are toes for? Why are some farts eggier than others?Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions in this funny and informative book. Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story is packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible things, from scabs, cells and broken bones to brainpower, bacteria and deadly diseases, this book contains absolutely no boring bits!Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross.

What is a black hole? How do we know that stars and galaxies are billions of years old? What is the difference between stars and planets? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions in this funny and informative book. Packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible things, like supermassive black holes, galaxies, telescopes, planets, solar flares, constellations, eclipses and red dwarfs. Space: The Whole Whizz-Bang Story contains absolutely no boring bits!Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross.

Whats worse than finding a maggot in your apple? Which smells worse: a rotten egg or a rotten leg? What are sick and poo made of? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, explains how being revolted (and sometimes being revolting) can be both brilliantly beneficial and stupendously silly in this fantastically informative book. Packed with illustrations, photographs, information and jokes about all sorts of disgusting things, from bugs, bacteria and sweaty armpits to exploding bodies and creepy-crawly creatures, this book contains absolutely no boring bits!Discover more funny science with Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story.

Why is snot green? Do rabbits fart? What is space made of? Where does all the water go at low tide? Can animals talk? What are scabs for? Will computers ever be cleverer than people? Discover the answers to these and an awful lot of other brilliant questions frequently asked at the Science Museum in this wonderfully funny and informative book by Glenn Murphy.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- Fantastic FuturesPacked with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible things, and published in association with the Science Museum, this book contains absolutely no boring bits!Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross.

How much do you REALLY know about the science that matters? Supergeek 2: Robots, Space and Furry Animals features over 300 fun science questions and answers chosen by Glenn Murphy to test your knowledge. Find out all about blood and guts, senses and feelings, robots, furry animals and space. There are instructions at the back of the book that allow you to play the book too, on your own or in a group.Discover more funny science with Robots and the Whole Technology Story.

Do spiders have noses?Why is the Earth shaped like a ball?How do clouds make lightning? Why dont magnets stick to everything?Glenn Murphy, author of Why Is Snot Green? and How Loud Can You Burp?, returns to answer all the big, small and out-of-this-world questions in this brilliantly fun and fact-filled book. Packed with all of the science, medicine and engineering a 7 year old needs to know.Filled with fantastic facts and awesome activities, plus incredible illustrations by Al Murphy.With a nod to the school curriculum, chapters include:Teeth, Claws and Dinosaurs Earth, Space and Aliens Lightning, Volcanoes and Living SystemsSnap, Crackle and Boom Blood, Guts and Poop

In Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off! Glenn Murphy shows us that it is OK to be scared and that there are very good reasons why we are able to feel fear. He looks closely at our most common fears, including natural disasters, predators, spiders, disease, needles, dentists, crashes, darkness, speaking in public, heights, ghosts and monsters, to show us how much of that fear is perhaps unnecessary. The result is a fun, carefully pitched, popular-science title that mixes great true-life stories with the psychology of fear, the statistical probabilities of things happening and a lot of reassurance.Discover more funny science with How Loud Can You Burp?.

Whats inside a laptop? How can you stuff 1,000 CDs into an mp3 player? Who built the Internet? How smart is the worlds smartest robot? How do smartphones and TV remote controls work? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and lots of other brilliant technology questions in Robots, Chips and Techno Stuff. This fact-filled book is packed to capacity with megabytes of marvellous information, exploring everything from the first simple engines to the latest gadgets, computers and networks.Discover more funny science with Space: The Whole Whizz-Bang Story.

How will climate change affect our future world? Will forests turn to deserts? Will whole cities sink beneath the waves? Will we swim to school, and take speedboats to work? Will coal, oil, and cow farts destroy the planet?! Errno. Probably not. But the world will change, and our future lives will change along with it. In this amazing book, Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, takes you on a time-travelling trip to the year 2050, to answer all your questions about the future of planet Earth. Join future-school student Jake as he explores a world of floating trains and liquid traffic . . . of underwater windmills and volcanic electricity . . . of vertical farms, rooftop cycle-tubes, solar-powered smart-houses and grass-powered buses! Packed with incredible information about the future of food, water, transport, energy and the environment, this book has all the good stuff and none of the boring bits!Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross.

Whats the link between poodles and polar bears? Evolution and genetics are like a map for exploring the whole world of living things. Along the way, weve discovered some pretty shocking stuff about the links between fruit flies and people! Trace the history of life right back to our earliest ancestors, and youll be amazed at what youll find. In Evolution, Nature and Stuff Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, tells you everything you need to know, with none of the boring bits!Discover more funny science with Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story.

Are Olympic athletes born stronger and faster than the rest of us? Why do tennis rackets have strings? How do gymnasts balance on their hands? Why do hurdlers do the splits when they jump?Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and lots of other brilliant questions in Olympic Sport: The Whole Muscle-Flexing Story, a fascinating book about the science of sport. From running a marathon to beating your friends at basketball or being the bendiest gymnast around, find out everything you ever wanted to know about sports and games and what it is that makes athletes the best at what they do.Discover more funny science with Does Farting Make You Faster?.

Its a BIG universe out there, and theres loads of stuff we dont know about it yet. But what we do know is pretty cool! Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers lots of brilliant space questions in Space, Black Holes and Stuff. This book has loads of information on all sorts of brilliant things like black holes, planets, solar flares and red dwarfs, with no boring bits!Discover more funny science with Robots and the Whole Technology Story.