Title: The Science Magpie: Fascinating Facts, Stories, Poems, Diagrams, and Jokes Plucked from Science
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1848315996
ISBN 13: 9781848315990
Binding: paperback
Condition: New

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From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities.

Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter scale and learn how to measure the speed of light in your kitchen.

Skip through time with Darwin's note on the pros and cons of marriage, take part in an 1858 Cambridge exam, meet the African schoolboy with a scientific puzzle named after him and much more.

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Simon Flynn was a publisher and is now training as science teacher. He has degrees in Chemistry and Philosophy.

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