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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The zany characters of the Science Squad will guide kids ages 5-7 through this engaging, fact-packed book from Robert Winston all about the key STEAM subjects: science, technology, engineering, art, and maths. This bright and cheery illustrated book for kids ages 5-7 breaks down STEAM subjects, like science and technology, into fun and easily understandable chunks. Join Robert Winston and the Science Squad to unravel the mysteries of the world: find out how robots work, what a food chain is, where lightning comes from, how lungs allow you to breathe, and much more. The Science Squad characters (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Maths) guide the reader through the book and are always on hand with tips, fun facts, and simple explanations. With pages covering living things, the human body, space, physics, geography, math, engineering, and chemistry, this book is a perfect introduction for kids starting to learn about science at school, or those who are just developing an interest in how the world works. Features Summary The zany characters of the Science Squad will guide kids ages 5-7 through this engaging, fact-packed book from Robert Winston all about the key STEAM subjects: science... Author Robert Winston Publisher DK Children Release date 20180529 Pages 80 ISBN 0-241-30185-8 ISBN 13 978-0-241-30185-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days This hands-on crafty science book introduces inquisitive children to the wonders of science through craft projects with everyday objects. Award-winning author Jane Bull combines art, craft, and cooking activities with gentle scientific learning, showing children that science, technology, engineering, art, and maths are all around us - and in everything we make and do! Crafty Science contains over 20 fun-filled projects, each accompanied by a 'What's the science?' section explaining how it works. Children can learn how to make a toy raft and discover what makes their boat float, design and colour a paper butterfly and watch it balance on the tip of a pencil, or create an ice sculpture and learn about the changing states of solids and liquids. With Crafty Science, difficult concepts like buoyancy, gravity, and aerodynamics become meaningful and accessible to young children through play. They'll discover the world around them like they have never seen it before! Features Summary This hands-on crafty science book introduces inquisitive children to the wonders of science through craft projects with everyday objects. Award-winning author Jane Bull combines art... Author Jane Bull Publisher DK Children Release date 20181114 Pages 64 ISBN 0-241-35345-9 ISBN 13 978-0-241-35345-5

The Art and Science of Culinary Preparation By: Jerald W. Chesser CEC, CCE. A hardcover edition published by Chesser in 1992 Picture cover boards are clean spine is faded lightly, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days In 1788, nearly fifteen-hundred people on eleven sailing ships came ashore at Port Jackson in Australia after a gruelling eight month journey from England. This collection of vessels later became known as the First Fleet, and those who sailed in them were the community who established the first European colony in Australia. The Art of the First Fleet depicts the natural history of this extraordinary land, the people and culture of the local indigenous population and the events that marked these initial formative years. The collection, now housed in the Natural History Museum, provides an invaluable record of the wildlife and environment, people and events, as seen through the eyes of the colonists who laid the foundations for the European settlement of Australia. The artists' drawings of the people and culture of the Eora people, the local indigenous population of the area, provide the only lasting visual record of their lives. While images of plants and animals were not always technically accurate, they made a significant contribution to the development of science, allowing experts in Britain to be able to identify and name a large number of new species. They remain an invaluable record of the artists' attempts to make sense and order of this new land. Features Summary In 1788, nearly 1,500 people on 11 sailing ships came ashore at Port Jackson in Australia, and those who sailed in them were the community who established the first European colony in Australia... Author Lisa Di Tommaso Publisher The Natural History Museum Release date 20120201 Pages 112 ISBN 0-565-09296-0 ISBN 13 978-0-565-09296-2

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(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) Peter Senge, founder and director of the Society for Organisational Learning and senior lecturer at MIT, has found the means of creating a 'learning organisation'. In "The Fifth Discipline", he draws the blueprints for an organisation where people expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning together. "The Fifth Discipline" fuses these features together into a coherent body of theory and practice, making the whole of an organisation more effective than the sum of its parts. Mastering the disciplines will: reignite the spark of learning, driven by people fosucsed on what truly matters to them; bridge teamwork into macro-creativity; free you from confining assumptions and mind-sets; teach you to see the forest and the trees; and end the struggle between work and family time. "The Fifth Discipline" is a remarkable book that draws on science, spiritual values, psychology, the cutting edge of management thought and Senge's work with leading companies which employ Fifth Discipline methods.; Reading it provides a searching personal Format:Paperback Pages:464

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The third book from the internationally bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge, Meik Wiking. Every year, we are given a fixed number of days. Some days pass us by without leaving a trace and some days we remember forever. Do you remember your first kiss? Or how the first rays of the spring sun feel? Or how about the best meal you ever had?These memorable experiences are characterized by intensity of perception, depth of feeling or sense of profound significance causing them to stand out in our mind and involve a heightened sense of wonder and awe. But what ingredients produce these happy memories? Why is it that a piece of music, a smell, a taste can take us back to something we had forgotten? And can we learn to create happy memories and be better at holding on to them? Combining research on happiness and mnemonics (learning techniques that aids memory retention or retrieval) Meik Wiking explores how peak experiences are made, stored and remembered. Using data and diaries, interviews, global surveys and studies and conducting real-life behavioural science and happiness experiments, the Happiness Research Institute will answer how we can we create perfect moments. Moments that will go down in history. Moments that will shape who we are. Features Summary The third book from the internationally bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge, Meik Wiking. Every year, we are given a fixed number of days. Some days pass us by without leaving a trace and some days we remember forever... Author Meik Wiking Publisher Penguin Life Release date 20191028 Pages 288 ISBN 0-241-37605-X ISBN 13 978-0-241-37605-8

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Author: John Gurche Publisher: Yale University Press (2013) ISBN-10: 0300182023 ISBN-13: 9780300182026 Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The dust jacket has some light rubbing and a few scratches. Small area at top of spine where laminate is lifting and there are some small closed tears. Slight wear to the edges. Book Condition: Very Good. A few smudges on the rear board and light wear at top of the spine.  Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 368 Dimensions: 26 x 22.5 x 3 cm +++ by John Gurche +++ What did earlier humans really look like? What was life like for them, millions of years ago? How do we know? In this book, internationally renowned paleo-artist John Gurche describes the extraordinary process by which he creates forensically accurate and hauntingly realistic representations of our ancient humans ancestors. Inspired by a lifelong fascination with all things prehistoric and gifted with a unique artistic vision, Gurche has studied fossil remains, comparative ape and human anatomy and forensic reconstruction for over three decades.

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Vividly describes the life of da Vinci, from his country childhood to his amazing legacy and explores many of his works of art, science, mechanics and architecture. Illustrated with photographs of real-life locations, artwork illustrations by Christina Uzner and reproductions of Leonardo's most famous works. Developed in consultation with reading experts from Roehampton University and a distinguished art historian. Features Summary Vividly describes the life of da Vinci, from his country childhood to his amazing legacy and explores many of his works of art, science, mechanics and architecture... Author Karen Ballard (Author), Rosie Dickins (Author), Christa Unzner (Illustrator) Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd Release date 20070531 Pages 63 ISBN 0-7460-7442-5 ISBN 13 978-0-7460-7442-8

Paperback. English. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1991. In fair condition. This is an extraordinary chronicle of the fifteen years, 1815-1830, that laid the foundations of modern society. It is a history of people, ideas, politics, manners, morals, economics, art, science and technology, diplomacy, business and commerce, literature, and revolution. From Wellington at Waterloo and Jackson at New Orleans to the surge of democratic power and reform, this tumultuous period saw the United States transform itself from an ex-colony into a formidable nation, Britain become the first industrial world power, Russia develop the fatal flaws that would engulf her in the twentieth century, and China and Japan set the stage for future development and catastrophe. Provocative, challenging, and listenable, this remarkable story is told through the lives and actions of its outstanding, curious, and ordinary people.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Defining his subject as making the art of verifying computer programs (debugging) into a science, the author addresses both practical and theoretical aspects of the process. A self-contained treatment, it includes selected concepts of computability theory and mathematical logic, and each chapter concludes with bibliographic remarks, references, and problems. This book is a classic text on sequential program verification; it has been widely translated from the original Hebrew and is much in demand among graduate students in the field of computer science (it may also be used as an undergraduate text for advanced classes). Unabridged republication of the edition published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974. Features Summary Attempting to make into a science the art of verifying computer programs (debugging), the author addresses both practical and theoretical aspects. This self-contained treatment includes selected concepts of computability theory and mathematical logic. Author Zohar Manna Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Release date 20031101 Pages 464 ISBN 0-486-43238-6 ISBN 13 978-0-486-43238-0

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Bridges, furniture, musical instruments, games, vehicles-all of these things were invented and improved upon by people who love to put stuff together, take stuff apart, and figure out how things work!In Explore Makerspace! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 through 10 explore what it means to be an engineer. They discover how inventors use science, art, and math to create new and exciting structures, games, and more. Readers also learn how to set up their own makerspaces at home, using inexpensive and easy-to-find supplies for their tinkering projects.Humans have been inventors throughout history. From the wheel to the rocket, scientists and other engineers have designed new technologies that have made daily life easier and stretched our horizons far beyond our own atmosphere. But inventions don't have to be full of computer chips or other sophisticated parts. Designing the fastest toy car made from recycled materials can be just as thrilling!Makerspaces can be found in schools, libraries, community centers, and homes all around the country. These are places where both children and adults can work with materials and use the engineer design process to come up with new ideas. Here, imagination, art, and logic combine to produce lasting lessons in science, math, and physics.In Explore Makerspace! With 25 Great Projects, readers learn how to think proactively when faced with a challenge and discover the trial-and-error processes that lead to new discoveries. They find out about the motivation behind some of the world's most amazing inventions. Through STEAM projects ranging from designing a bridge to creating board games and musical instruments, children discover how to be an engineer. Features Summary Bridges, furniture, musical instruments, games, vehicles-all of these things were invented and improved upon by people who love to put stuff together, take stuff apart... Author Alicia Z. Klepeis (Author), Matt Aucoin (Illustrator) Publisher Nomad Press Release date 20170909 Pages 96 ISBN 1-61930-566-6 ISBN 13 978-1-61930-566-3

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Ben Garrod's So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs? is fun, funny and informative. This highly collectible, pocket size series is the most up-to-date in 66 million years, featuring Tyrannosaurus Rex, Diplodocus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Stegosaurus and Spinosaurus. Did you know that not all dinosaurs are green and scaly, some are ginger and feathered, or that they didn't all roar, they cooed like pigeons, or that the ultimate prehistoric predator is actually not a dinosaur? TV scientist, Dr Ben Garrod, is proud to be a geek as he mixes hard science and humour to prove that science is for everyone. All children know their dinosaurs but Ben encourages them to think differently, revealing how new discoveries and breakthroughs occur in science every day. By looking at the evolutionary arms race, prey, predators, place, time, groups and species, Ben reveals new-look dinosaurs. Palaeo art by Scott Hartman and Gabriel Ugueto, and cartoon illustration by Ethan Kocak. Features Summary Biologist and TV scientist Dr Ben Garrod's fun, funny, informative and collectible series about dinosaurs, launching with T. rex, Diplodocus and Triceratops. Author Ben Garrod Publisher Zephyr Press Release date 20180415 Pages 144 ISBN 1-78669-786-6 ISBN 13 978-1-78669-786-8

  This set of books covers a range of interesting topics and will foster a love of reading and learning in your child. Great for school projects or just reading at home! Titles in the series:   1. Stories and poems 2. The green kingdom 3. About animals 4. Nature in danger 5. Your body 6. Our world 7 The universe 8 Discovering science 9 Science at work 10 Mathemagic 11 People and places 12 World of colour 13 Exploring the past make and do art around us

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile, scientific, mechanical and intellectual landscapes. The items we value in our daily lives - a camera, phone, computer, bicycle, car, a dishwasher perhaps - all sport components that fit together with precision and operate with near perfection. We also assume that the more precise a device the better it is. And yet whilst we live lives peppered and larded with precision, we are not, when we come to think about it, entirely sure what precision is, or what it means. How and when did it begin to build the modern world? Simon Winchester seeks to answer these questions through stories of precision's pioneers. Exactly takes us back to the origins of the Industrial Age, to Britain where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in modern production: John `Iron-Mad' Wilkinson, Henry Maudslay, Joseph Bramah, Jesse Ramsden, and Joseph Whitworth. Thomas Jefferson exported their discoveries to the United States as manufacturing developed in the early twentieth century, with Britain's Henry Royce developing the Rolls Royce and Henry Ford mass producing cars, Hattori's Seiko and Leica lenses, to today's cutting-edge developments from Europe, Asia and North America. As he introduces the minds and methods that have changed the modern world, Winchester explores fundamental questions. Why is precision important? What are the different tools we use to measure it? Who has invented and perfected it? Has the pursuit of the ultra-precise in so many facets of human life blinded us to other things of equal value, such as an appreciation for the age-old traditions of craftsmanship, art, and high culture? Are we missing something that reflects the world as it is, rather than the world as we think we would wish it to be? And can the precise and the natural co-exist in society? Features Summary SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Author Simon Winchester Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20180423 Pages 395 ISBN 0-00-824176-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-824176-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days What makes a hit a hit? In Hit Makers, Atlantic Senior Editor Derek Thompson puts pop culture under the lens of science to answer the question that every business, every producer, every person looking to promote themselves and their work has asked. Drawing on ancient history and modern headlines - from vampire lore and Brahms's Lullaby to Instagram - Thompson explores the economics and psychology of why certain things become extraordinarily popular. With incisive analysis and captivating storytelling, he reveals that, though blockbuster films, Internet memes and number-one songs seem to have come out of nowhere, hits actually have a story and operate by certain rules. People gravitate towards familiar surprises: products that are bold and innovative, yet instantly comprehensible. Whether he is uncovering the secrets of JFK and Barack Obama's speechwriters or analysing the unexpected reasons for the success of Fifty Shades of Grey, Thompson goes beyond the cultural phenomena that make the news by revealing the desires that make us all human. While technology might change, he shows, our innate preferences do not, and throughout history hits have held up a mirror to ourselves. From the dawn of Impressionist art to the future of Snapchat, from small-scale Etsy entrepreneurs to the origin of Star Wars, Derek Thompson tells the fascinating story of how culture happens - and where genius lives. Features Summary What makes a hit a hit? In Hit Makers, Atlantic Senior Editor Derek Thompson puts pop culture under the lens of science to answer the question that every business... Author Derek Thompson Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20180125 Pages 368 ISBN 0-14-198159-8 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198159-8

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days This fascinating book presents the first cultural history and anthropology of the face across centuries, continents, and media. Ranging from funerary masks and masks in drama to the figural work of contemporary artists including Cindy Sherman and Nam June Paik, renowned art historian Hans Belting emphasizes that while the face plays a critical role in human communication, it defies attempts at visual representation. Belting divides his book into three parts: faces as masks of the self, portraiture as a constantly evolving mask in Western culture, and the fate of the face in the age of mass media. Referencing a vast array of sources, Belting's insights draw on art history, philosophy, theories of visual culture, and cognitive science. He demonstrates that Western efforts to portray the face have repeatedly failed, even with the developments of new media such as photography and film, which promise ever-greater degrees of verisimilitude. In spite of sitting at the heart of human expression, the face resists possession, and creative endeavors to capture it inevitably result in masks--hollow signifiers of the humanity they're meant to embody. From creations by Van Eyck and August Sander to works by Francis Bacon, Ingmar Bergman, and Chuck Close, Face and Mask takes a remarkable look at how, through the centuries, the physical visage has inspired and evaded artistic interpretation. Features Summary "First published in Germany under the title Faces: Eine Geschichte des Gesichts." Author Hans Belting (Author), Thomas S. Hansen (Translator), Abby J. Hansen (Translator) Publisher Princeton University Press Release date 20170310 Pages 288 ISBN 0-691-16235-2 ISBN 13 978-0-691-16235-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days MARCO POLO Shanghai: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips With this up-to-date, authoritative guide you can experience all the sights and Best Of recommendations for Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou. You can discover great restaurants, hotels, trendy places and nightlife venues, and also pick up tips on what to do on a limited budget and ideas for shopping and travel with kids, sport and lots of other activities. Also contains: Festivals & Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & More and index. The Useful Phrases in Chinese section is helpful, as are the Chinese characters for the places listed. Shanghai an endless sea of houses, buildings towering up into the sky, roads on multiple levels. An irrepressible creative drive, imaginative art and a vibrant culture: the megacity by the mighty Huangpu River pulsates to the beat of the future. With MARCO POLO Shanghai you dive into the varied world of this great city. Take a stroll through the narrow streets of the Old City where life still goes on as it did a hundred years ago, and take a look at the Pudong skyline, reminiscent of a science fiction film. Shanghai offers an abundance of attractions. A visit to the Shanghai Museum is an essential part of your program, as is an evening in the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre or a trip to the water town of Zhujiajiao. In Hangzhou and Suzhou you can discover the beauty of the West Lake and the Classical Garden. The Insider Tips reveal where you can find much sought after designer clothes, where it's all happening, and where Shanghai cuisine is served in a refined ambience. The Best Of pages show you where the great places for free are and what's unique to Shanghai. They also offer tips for rainy days and tell you where you can relax and chill out. You'll find out what's hot - be it bike tours or sweet desserts. The Walking Tours take you into the Chinese Old City, the former French Concession and the former International Settlement. Finally the Dos and Don'ts warn you of how not to get ripped off or buy bootleg goods. MARCO POLO Shanghai gives comprehensive coverage of all the city's districts. To help you find your way around there's a detailed street atlas, with town plans of Hangzhou and Suzhou and map of the surrounding area, practical map inside the back cover, metro map and removable pull-out map. Features Summary Marco Polo Guides are packed with unique insider tips. Straightforward information is presented in an engaging format which will appeal to the young and the young at heart... Author Marco Polo Publisher MAIRDUMONT GmbH & Co. KG Release date 20130116 Pages 148 ISBN 3-8297-0723-1 ISBN 13 978-3-8297-0723-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In the near future, corporation rules every possible freedom. Without government, there can be no crime. And every act is measured against competing interests, hidden loyalties and the ever-upward pressure of the corporate ladder. Any quest for transparency is as punishable as an act of murder. But one man has managed to slip the system, a future-day robin hood who tests diary milk outside of corporate control and posts the results to the world. When the Milkman is framed for a young girl's murder and anonymous funding comes through for a documentary filmmaker in search of true art beneath corporate propaganda, eyes begin to turn and soon the hunt is on. Can the man who created the symbol of the Milkman, the only one who knows what really happened that bloody night, escape the corporate rat maze closing around him? Or is it already too late? Features Summary In the near future, corporation rules every possible freedom. Without government, there can be no crime. And every act is measured against competing interests... Author Michael J. Martineck Publisher EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, Inc. Release date 20140305 Pages 215 ISBN 1-77053-060-6 ISBN 13 978-1-77053-060-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days There are many, many more things that nobody knows...! Why do we have five fingers? Do animals have a sense of humour? Did the universe have a beginning? What causes deja vu? Why do cats purr? How fast did dinosaurs move? In Even More Things That Nobody Knows, William Hartston once again explores the limits of human knowledge, revealing 501 further mysteries in subjects as diverse as cosmology, mathematics, animal behaviour, medical science, music, art, language and literature. From the trivial to the profound, this is an enthralling and enlightening investigation into the things we just don't know, and which lurk tantalizingly beyond the bounds of our understanding. Features Summary A fascinating and unputdownable exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond, from the author of The Things that Nobody Knows. Author William Hartston Publisher Atlantic Books Release date 20161101 Pages 391 ISBN 1-78239-612-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78239-612-3