Books for curious minds
Books for Curious Minds — October Books
We know in this time of lockdown many people are missing the opportunity to browse our bookshelves, particularly with Christmas round the corner. So we’re introducing new curated book recommendation lists, to help you find the perfect gifts for friends and loved ones.
This is a list for those who like to learn more, who enjoy discovering new things and reading experts talking with passion. Ideal gifts for those who like to be well informed. Browse and buy through our bookshop store or order through our website.
Books for Curious Minds
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Paperback RRP £9.99
Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.
A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything , this new book is an instant classic. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness by Carlo Rovelli
Hardback RRP £20
One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on science, history and humanity. Written with his usual clarity and wit, these pieces range widely across time and space: from Newton's alchemy to Einstein's mistakes, from Nabokov's butterflies to Dante's cosmology, from travels in Africa to the consciousness of an octopus, from mind-altering psychedelic substances to the meaning of atheism. Charming, pithy and elegant, this book is the perfect gateway to the universe of one of the most influential scientists of our age.
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time by Gaia Vince
Paperback RRP £9.99
Humans are a planet-altering force. Gaia Vince argues that our unique ability - compared with other species - to determine the course of our own destiny rests on a special relationship between our genes, environment and culture going back into deep time. It is our collective culture, rather than our individual intelligence, that makes humans unique. Vince shows how four evolutionary drivers - Fire, Language, Beauty and Time - are further transforming our species into a transcendent superorganism: a hyper-cooperative mass of humanity that she calls Homo omnis. Drawing on leading-edge advances in population genetics, archaeology, palaeontology and neuroscience, Transcendence compels us to reimagine ourselves, showing us to be on the brink of something grander - and potentially more destructive.
The Reinvention of Humanity: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Remade Race, Sex and Gender by Charles King
Paperback RRP £10.
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The riveting story of the pioneers who redefined conceptions of 'normality' in the early twentieth century. Under the guiding eye of cultural anthropologist Franz Boas, these scientist-explorers - most of them women - made intrepid journeys into far-flung communities all over the world, where they documented radically different social approaches that overturned Western assumptions about human diversity and challenged the era's scientific consensus.
Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History by Lewis Dartnell
Paperback RRP £9.99
Human evolution in East Africa was driven by geological forces. Ancient Greece developed democracy because of its mountainous terrain. Voting behaviour in the United States today follows the bed of an ancient sea. Professor Lewis Dartnell takes us on an astonishing journey into our planet's past to tell the ultimate origin story. Blending science and history, Origins reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations - and helps us to see the challenges and opportunities of the future.
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
Hardback RRP £14.99
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH. Jason Hickel traces a clear pathway to a post-capitalist economy. An economy that's more just, more caring, and more fun. An economy that enables human flourishing while reversing ecological breakdown. An economy that will not only lift us out of our current crisis, but restore our sense of connection to a world that's brimming with life. By taking less, we can become more.
Mysteries of the Quantum Universe by Thibault Damour and Mathieu Burniat
Paperback RRP £12.99
The bestselling French graphic novel about the mind-bending world of quantum physics.
Take an incredible journey through the quantum universe with explorer Bob and his dog Rick, as they travel through a world of wonders, talk to Einstein about atoms, hang out with Heisenberg on Heligoland and eat crepes with Max Planck. Along the way, we find out that a dog - much like a cat - can be both dead and alive, the gaze of a mouse can change the universe, and a comic book can actually make quantum physics fun, easy to understand and downright enchanting.
Beneath the Night: How the stars have shaped the history of humankind by Stuart Clark
Hardback RRP £14.99
From Stone Age to space age, people have looked up at the stars and been inspired by their beauty, their patterns, and their majesty. Beneath the Night is a history of humanity, told through our relationship with the night sky. From prehistoric cave art and Ancient Egyptian zodiacs to the modern era of satellites and space exploration, Stuart Clark explores a fascination shared across the world and throughout millennia.
It is one that has shaped our scientific understanding; helped us navigate the terrestrial world; provided inspiration for our poets, artists and philosophers; and it has given us a place to project our hopes and fears. In the stars, we can see our past - and ultimately, our fate. This is the awe-inspiring story of the universe, and our place within it.
Analogia: The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines by George Dyson
Hardback RRP £25
How did we end up in a world where humans coexist with technologies we can no longer fully control or understand? George Dyson plots an unexpected course through the past 300 years to reveal the hidden connections that underpin our digital age, ending with a premonition of what lies ahead. From an eighteenth-century Russian voyage across the North Pacific, to the mirror signals that heralded the age of digital telecommunications and the invention of the vacuum tube, Analogia interweaves historical adventure with scientific insight in a deeply personal story that frames the pursuit - and cost - of the digital revolution in a captivating new light.
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Paperback RRP £9.99
The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Using stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.
Superior : The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
Paperback RRP £9.99
In Superior , award-winning author Angela Saini investigates the concept of race, from its origins to the present day. Engaging with geneticists, anthropologists, historians and social scientists from across the globe, Superior is a rigorous, much needed examination of the insidious and destructive nature of the belief that race is real, and that some groups of people are superior to others.
The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens - and Ourselves by Arik Kershenbaum
Hardback RRP £18.99
We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as Hollywood stereotypes. The time has come to abandon our fixation on alien monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing. Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution - which applies throughout the universe - Cambridge zoologist Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like: how these creatures will move, socialise and communicate.
The Knowledge Machine: How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens
Hardback RRP £25
It is only in the last three centuries that the formidable knowledge-making machine we call modern science has transformed our way of life and our vision of the universe - two thousand years after the invention of law, philosophy, drama and mathematics.
Why did we take so long to invent science? And how has it proved to be so powerful? The Knowledge Machine gives a radical answer, exploring how science calls on its practitioners to do something apparently irrational: strip away all previous knowledge - such as theological, metaphysical or political beliefs - and channel unprecedented energy into observation and experiment.
Seven Pillars of Science: The Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific Surprises by John Gribbin
Hardback RRP £9.99
John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things , shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. The answers to all of these questions were sensational in their day, and some still are. Throughout history, science has been able to think the unthinkable - and Gribbin brilliantly shows the surprising secrets on which our understanding of life is based.
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
Hardback RRP £20
The greatest technology we have ever discovered on this planet is the three-pound organ carried around in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is, but what it does. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of, but in the way those parts unceasingly re-weave themselves in an electric, living fabric. Surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made Eagleman one of the best scientific translators of our generation. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new discoveries from Eagleman's own laboratory, from synaesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionise how we think about the senses.
How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything by Mike Berners-Lee
Paperback RRP £9.99
How Bad Are Bananas? was a groundbreaking book when first published in 2009, when most of us were hearing the phrase 'carbon footprint' for the first time.
Mike Berners-Lee set out to inform us what was important (aviation, heating, swimming pools) and what made very little difference (bananas, naturally packaged, are good!). This new edition updates all the figures and introduces many areas that have become a regular part of modern life - Twitter, the Cloud, Bitcoin, electric bikes and cars, even space tourism. Berners-Lee runs a considered eye over each area and gives us the figures to manage and reduce our own carbon footprint, as well as to lobby our companies, businesses and government. His findings, presented in clear and even entertaining prose, are often surprising. And they are essential if we are to address climate change.
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Paperback RRP £9.99
From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, and the media. Invisible Women reveals how in a world built for and by men we are systematically ignoring half of the population, often with disastrous consequences.
Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the profound impact this has on us all.
The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed by Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba
Paperback RRP £9.99 (Published 12th Dec)
This ground-breaking book exposes the myths behind startup success, illuminates the real forces at work and shows how they can be harnessed in your favour. The world isn't a level playing field. Meritocracy is a myth. And if you look at those at the top, you realise that behind every success story is an Unfair Advantage. But that doesn't just mean your parents' wealth or who you know. An Unfair Advantage is any element that gives you an edge over your competition. And we all have one.
Artificial Whiteness: Politics and Ideology in Artificial Intelligence by Yarden Katz
Paperback RRP £22 (Published 1st Dec)
Yarden Katz reveals the ideology embedded in the concept of artificial intelligence, contending that it both serves and mimics the logic of white supremacy.
He demonstrates that understandings of AI, as a field and a technology, have shifted dramatically over time based on the needs of its funders and the professional class that formed around it. From its origins in the Cold War military-industrial complex through its present-day Silicon Valley proselytizers and eager policy analysts, AI has never been simply a technical project enabled by larger data and better computing. Drawing on intimate familiarity with the field and its practices, Katz instead asks us to see how AI reinforces models of knowledge that assume white male superiority and an imperialist worldview. Only by seeing the connection between artificial intelligence and whiteness can we prioritize alternatives to the conception of AI as an all-encompassing technological force.
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The best fiction books for curious minds
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I love to read a good story, but I also get the greatest satisfaction from writing one, or several. I believe good fiction can say what factual books cannot, and done right, they can offer differing perspectives to any accepted norm. The trick is to let the characters speak, regardless of whether I agree with what they say, or not. The secret to good presentation is to offer the reader the choice to think about what has been said, consider and delve deeper, or not and pass by.
The books I picked & why
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By Lance Morcan, James Morcan,
Why this book?
Silent Fear is a stunning mystery novel, scary because it is set in an institute for the blind during a lockdown. There is a serial killer on the loose and no inmates have the ability to see their persecutor. Yes, this one gets right inside your mind and I felt privileged to read it.
By Lance Morcan, James Morcan,
Why should I read it?
1 author picked Silent Fear as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
What is this book about?
When you can't hear...death comes silently.
Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England.
The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world.
When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives.
A stunning, claustrophobic, "whodunit" murder mystery, Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is…
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By Carla Acheson,
Why this book?
This historical fiction is one of three novels set in London, the one featured is contemporary, and set upon the streets walked by Jack the Ripper.
What I found compelling was the detailed presentation of the lives of ordinary, working-class women, that was gritty and most believable in presentation. The characters came alive and the story flowed; some working girls vanished, who would be next? This is not a story about Jack. It is a story about those nearby and affected by the beast.
By Carla Acheson,
Why should I read it?
1 author picked The Whitechapel Virgin as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
What is this book about?
Journey into Whitechapel, London, during 'Jack the Ripper's,' brutal reign of terror. When innocent Catherine Bell stumbles into the seedy world of Madame Davenport's brothel lodging-house she meets lothario Edward Cross, who feels his ambitious diary of the Whitechapel area's prostitutes will benefit favourably with her entry.
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By Michael Connelly,
Why this book?
I loved the film Blood Work directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Having watched it many times, I became curious about the book it was based upon. So I read the book – a bit of an author jolly in some respects. This is where it gets interesting, for me, because they were similar, but never the same. Some discrepancies I preferred the book version, whilst others I preferred the film. The beginning is much better in the film with superb character development, but the ending is far superior in the book.
What I took away from this is concerned with how my own books are received by readers and how I can make them better. Add, delete, change, or keep the same, an author's editing dilemma.
By Michael Connelly,
Why should I read it?
3 authors picked Blood Work as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
What is this book about?
Terry McCaleb, one of the most effective serial-killer investigators in the history of the FBI, hunts down his heart donor's killer.
An unputdownable story from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author.
'Blood Work' - that's what Terry McCaleb used to call his job at the FBI. Eight weeks ago he was a dead man, but now someone else's heart is keeping him alive. Then a newspaper report of his brush with death brings him an unwanted visitor. Graciela Rivers reveals to McCaleb that the anonymous donor of his heart was her murdered sister, and that the police investigation into the…
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By Woody Leach,
Why this book?
This guy writes great Westerns and detective novels, this book being an excellent place to begin. I’ve followed his works online and remain impressed with the characters he creates and the detail plus development of his works.
But mostly, I can lose myself in his stories, grab a buzz of ‘feel-good,’ and forget about the outside world for a while.
By Woody Leach,
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1 author picked The Trail West as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
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Four stories concerning a core group of characters and their adventures during the turbulent time after the War Between the States.
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By Tad Williams,
Why this book?
This book introduces a very good series and was responsible for encouraging my love of science fantasy – some of which I write. While I have tried to keep away from more famous authors, this one got through because it really is that good.
As with all good science fantasy, it has various levels, some of the deepest making one think, or you can just go with the flow and enjoy the yarn. That is something I also strive to do with readers, well, I try to.
By Tad Williams,
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2 authors picked The Dragonbone Chair as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
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The first book of the trilogy "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" tells the story of Simon, a kitchen boy and sorceror's apprentice, who must find the solution to the riddle of the long-lost swords of power, in order to combat the evil of the undead Sithi Ruler, the Storm King.
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10 books that will help develop curiosity
Only those who are curious and inquisitive like to study. Such children go to school with pleasure. But how to bring up this very curiosity in a child? You need to tell him many, many interesting things more often. And books can certainly help in this, namely, a variety of encyclopedias.
“Little explorers. Amazing body”
One day your baby will look into your eyes with genuine interest and ask: “What is on your mind?” or “How did I fit in your stomach?”
Under no circumstances should you ever answer a child's question with the excuse "you'll grow up, you'll find out." If there is interest and a question, you need to tell, answer. It is necessary to “feed” curiosity so that a person wants to learn more and more. "Little Explorers" are books with windows. Each window opens and tells something amazing, interesting and important. In the book Amazing Body, windows open in the most unexpected places, for example, your child will be able to look into the head, see how we are arranged inside and why it is so important to eat soup (you can trace how it travels in the stomach).
This book will teach a child to love himself, to be more attentive to his amazing body, because now he knows how it works and how it “works”.
Space. Little explorers”
If a child asks why the sun is hot and what is inside the planet Earth, just open the windows of the book. Everything is clearly shown here. Everything about planets and aliens (a Martian with funny sucker ears), everything is told so simply and clearly that it will interest and not tire even a small child. The book is suitable for children from 4 years old - for studying and reading with parents.
“Transport. Little explorers”
This book will tell you how transport works, how airplanes fly, how steamboats stay on the water. By opening the windows, the child will find out which cars carry horses, which cars water the streets, which vehicles help the builders, and which help the police. A curious child will be able to look into the cab of a tram driver and see what it's like to ride in a limousine.
“The world of animals. Little explorers.
Animals from the Arctic, mysterious inhabitants of the jungle, domestic chickens and goats... In the opening windows of this book, the child will find information about the entire animal world. He will learn why pigs love puddles, how dogs graze sheep, why menacing tigers look like cute cats... A child, playing with windows, will develop curiosity, speech, thinking, memory, learn and remember a lot of interesting things... and will definitely want to become a traveler or, as at least a veterinarian.
City tour with Bernie and Ben
Which city is called the Venice of the North? And why? Do you know that in one Portuguese city you can move from street to street by elevator? Which building is the tallest in the world? Where is the Manhattan Desert located? And what was Al Capone doing on Alcatraz Island?
So many questions! But all your questions will be answered by cheerful travelers - the boy Bernie and his dog Ben.
That's who does not sit still. Friends traveled, flew around, swam around ... The whole world. And they tell so interesting about each city.
In the book City Travel with Bernie and Ben you will find fascinating travel stories, interesting facts about many cities around the world, simple and understandable texts, beautiful illustrations, funny jokes and funny characters
Bernie and Ben. Book of discoveries
This couple is tired of sitting still, and traveling by trains, planes, ships is no longer so interesting for them. Two inquisitive friends - the boy Bernie and his dog Ben - made a time machine and went on a journey - to Ancient Egypt to the pharaohs, to the South Pole (to freeze properly), to the high Everest, to uncharted space with Yuri Gagarin. This book contains everything in the world of discoveries, important events and pioneering heroes. Yes, because Bernie and Ben helped Columbus discover America.
The second book about two friends contains the same funny characters, funny stories, funny jokes, but also important historical events.
Believe me, your curious child will have something to talk about at school in history lessons.
Encyclopedia of Stooges
Did you know that Dravin was more fond of fishing than mathematics, Albert Einstein was a loser, Picasso brought a dove to lessons to draw it, and not to learn to read and write, Balzac was considered stupid and lazy, and Leonardo yes Vinci couldn't concentrate on anything. All the geniuses at school somehow did not work out. So do not rush to scold your children if they are NOT excellent students. Perhaps, future great and powerful ones are growing next to you, who will "thunder" the whole planet! Fascinatingly written and beautifully illustrated stories from the childhood of great geniuses reassure parents (those who worry about the progress of their heirs) and inspire schoolchildren. “Maybe I’m not an excellent student, and even though I’m not the best in the class in mathematics, but I’m great at drawing and writing incredible stories.” Confidence in yourself and your talents is what every growing person needs.
How children around the world celebrate holidays
Why did people invent holidays? How old are the holidays? What is the difference between carnivals in Brazil and Japan? What is Girls' Day?
This book contains the traditions of different nations, different countries. And the examples of ordinary children show celebrations in different parts of the world. For example, Dilla celebrates Timkat in Ethiopia. What Timkat is, how people live in Ethiopia, what outfits they wear, what they eat, what this country is famous for - everything is described briefly and fascinatingly, and even beautifully illustrated. Miguel dances at the carnival in Rio, Miyuki puts on his elegant kimono in Japan, Kiyan celebrates Pitcher Day in India, Caitlin loves Halloween in Ireland, and Tanya celebrates Easter in Russia.
How children live around the world
All children are alike - they want to play and have fun. But the houses in which they play and have fun are very different.
Someone lives in a van, someone lives in an apartment, someone lives in a tree house, and Nanook is an Eskimo and she lives beyond the Arctic Circle, where ice and cold are all year round. Nanook has an amazing house - an igloo built of ice. Nanuk's parents ride dogs, wear warm clothes made from animal skins, and protect their eyes from the bright sun. Reading this book, a child will learn how an igloo house is built, how houses are cut through the rocks in Cappadocia, what little Paul, who lives with his family on a farm, does, and what it is like for Haran, whose house is floating.
The most unusual dwellings will open their doors and windows to the readers of this book.
My first encyclopedia
What does the baby see in his room? What things, objects, what furniture does it “meet” in kindergarten? On each spread of this large and bright book there are objects familiar to children, toys, utensils (in mom's kitchen). You can turn large, thick cardboard pages and look at bright, colorful drawings.
On the left page of the spread, there are individual items, and on the right, they need to be found in the park or in the garden. One encyclopedia contains the whole world that surrounds a baby from a year to 5 years. 12 topics, 150 new words and everything for the child to develop.
On October 21, Clever publishing house opened its brand store in the Central Children's Store in Moscow. You can sit on soft ottomans, look through these and other books, enjoy delicious sweets and get in a great mood!
Boring science. Books for curious students
Boring science. Books for inquisitive schoolchildren
We invite teenagers to the world of exciting and informative reading! After reading these books, you will be able to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the unknown: you will visit space, learn a lot of new and interesting things from the world of astronomy, chemistry, biology, mathematics, technology - something that a school textbook will not tell you about.
All these fascinating books are imbued with the romance of science, admiration for the power of thought. We hope that reading the books presented by us will benefit you, expand your understanding of the world around you. As the children's writer Lev Kassil said: “Ask, look for words that interest you. Set questions like sails - and let this book be your ship in the vast ocean of knowledge. So go ahead! To the discovery of the new and unknown!
Antonova, L. V. Amazing geography / L. V. Antonova. - M. : ENAS-KNIGA, 2014. - 224 p. : ill. - (What the textbooks were silent about)
There are places on the globe known for very strange, mysterious phenomena that, it would seem, do not occur anywhere except in science fiction novels and movies. For example, in the Valley of Death (Sichuan province in China) people disappear, and in the deserted Zone of Silence (in Mexico) you can receive radio signals from places that are at a very great distance, even on the other side of the planet - from Japan or Australia.
Geography is the science of how our planet works and how people live on it. This book is dedicated to the mysteries and mysteries of the Earth, many of which scientists have not yet been able to explain.
In stellar orbit / auth. - comp. T. I. Goncharuk; artistic : A. E. Shabelnik. A. M. Kuznetsov. – M. : AST, 2017.- 224 p. : ill. – (Simple science for children)
Who said that science is difficult? It's fun and very interesting! If you want to know how our Universe works, whether planets and stars influence each other, how the constellations got their names, feel free to open this book! Here you will find an amazing story about how a rocket works, what asteroids are made of, which star is the brightest, who was the first astronomer, how the calendar appeared, why a comet has a tail and much, much more! And even if the stars are high in the sky, with this book you can get to know them better. Welcome to stellar orbit!
Nechaev. S. Yu. Amazing inventions / S.
Yu. Nechaev. - M. : ENAS, 2012. - 240 p. : ill. – (What the textbooks were silent about) 12+
A great many amazing inventions have been made throughout the history of mankind. Accordingly, the entire history of mankind is the history of inventions. Therefore, it is simply impossible to tell about all the inventions and inventors in one book: listing them alone would require several huge volumes. The author of the book did not set himself the task of telling about to all . Paper, pencil, watch, canned food, car, plane, helicopter, parachute, submarine, TV… How did all this come about? When? Who came up with this? The book will appeal to anyone who is not afraid to make inventions. We hope it will spark your interest as well!
Perelman, Ya. I. Fun problems / Ya. I. Perelman. - M. : Tsentrpoligraf, 2017. - 253 p. - (The ABC of Science for Young Geniuses)
The famous master of the entertaining genre, scientist and teacher Yakov Isidorovich Perelman talks interestingly, fascinatingly about one of the oldest sections of mathematics - arithmetic.
Giant and dwarf numbers, different number systems, arithmetic paradoxes, puzzles and much more will help awaken interest in solving arithmetic problems. What are the mathematical mysteries of the Egyptian pyramids? How to find the key to the ciphers? How to "read the thoughts" of a person by matches? Clock problems, entertaining permutations, weight and weighing, magic tricks and games, visual illusions and a whole section dedicated to Gulliver's Travels will not leave you indifferent, even if you have never liked mathematics.
Perelman, Ya. I. Entertaining physics / Ya. I. Perelman. - M. : Tsentrpoligraf, 2016. - 287 p. - (ABC of science for young geniuses)
The secret of Ya. I. Perelman's books is that he knew how, with the help of an unexpected simple and understandable comparison, to draw attention to complex scientific facts and natural phenomena. He retained the ability to be surprised and notice in everyday things what most people do not see, and he knew how to tell others about it in a fascinating way.
In this book, the scientist will tell you about physical phenomena, ask tricky questions, interesting puzzles, show instructive experiments, share interesting facts from the field of physics. You will find out what kind of heat a person can endure, how much water weighs in an overturned glass, whether there is hot ice, learn how to extinguish a fire with fire and boil water with boiling water and snow. Yes, yes, do not be surprised, but rather read this fascinating book!
Perelman, Ya. I. Fascinating about space. Interplanetary travel / Ya. I. Perelman. - M. : Tsentrpoligraf, 2017. - 252 p. – (ABC of science for young geniuses)
This time, the author of the popular science genre, already known to you, simply and clearly explains the basic laws of astronomy, the achievements of “space” science, describes the structure of the solar system and the dependence of natural phenomena on the action of celestial bodies. This book will be a real treasure for anyone who wants to expand their horizons, develop their imagination and learn a lot about the mysterious world of space!
Ryumin, VV Entertaining chemistry / VV Ryumin.
- 8th ed., corrected, supplemented, revised. - M. : Tsentrpoligraf, 2015. - 220 p. : ill. – (ABC of science for young geniuses)
How many of you are able to understand chemistry from school textbooks? After all, dry scientific facts are perceived very hard, and there is a catastrophic lack of time for practical classes at school. How to be? Entertaining and visual experiments proposed in this book by its author will come to your aid. How to weigh the invisible and get vanishing ink? How to determine the weather with paper flowers and turn a white rose into a red one? How to make a home fire extinguisher and instantly cool the water in the summer? After reading the book, you will get answers to these and many other questions and understand that modern life is impossible without knowledge of chemistry!
Sergeev, BF How a person works / BF Sergeev. - M. : AST, 2019. - 220 p. : ill. – (Simple Science for Children)
Every minute, a million invisible processes take place in our body: the lungs breathe, the heart contracts, new cells are formed - the “bricks” that make up our body.
Open this book and you will find out why the heart beats, what muscles are, what the skeleton consists of, how the stomach works, what microelements are, and much, much more. The author of the book, a doctor of biological sciences (and a wonderful writer) will introduce you, inquisitive readers, to such a science as anatomy. It will be interesting and not difficult at all.
Tit, T. Scientific amusements. Physical experiments, geometric problems, tricks, games and crafts / T. Tit; per. from fr. M. A. Gershenzon; artistic L. Poyet. - M. : Tsentrpoligraf, 2018. - 351 p. : ill. – (ABC of science for young geniuses)
The book is a collection of simple experiments and tricks that clearly demonstrate various physical phenomena, such as centrifugal force, surface tension of liquids, gravity. Despite the fact that almost 130 years have passed since the release of the famous work of Tom Tit on entertaining science, the experiments, tricks, puzzles and experiments proposed in this book do not lose their fascination.
On the contrary, they make it possible to feel like a real scientist, discovering a lot for himself for the first time. The book will appeal to both young and adult lovers of science and experiments, everyone will find tasks of appropriate complexity: from the easiest to those requiring skill and a steady hand. All instructions are very clear - the text is complemented by beautiful illustrations made by another famous popularizer of science, Louis Poyet.
Miracles of technology / A. A. Leonovich; artistic Ar. A. Leonovich, L. L. Silyanova. - M. : AST, 2018. - 223 p. : ill. – (Simple science for children)
Mechanisms surround us everywhere: on earth and underground, on water and in air, under water and in space. They work without fatigue: cars, ships, rockets, submarines, trains, refrigerators, microwave ovens... This book will tell you about water, rail, automotive, air, space and household appliances. And also about how a thermos, a microwave and a hair dryer are arranged, what engines are, what fuel energy is converted into, why jet aircraft were needed, and much more.
