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 the...

There are no boring bits in How Loud Can You Burp?, a doodle-filled book of fun questions and answers from the author of the bestselling Why is Snot Green?.Could we use animal poo to make electricity? Why is water wet, and is anything wetter than water? What's the deadliest disease in the world? What are clouds for? What's the difference between a brain and a computer?Published in association with the Science Museum, discover loads of fasc...

Which animal has the biggest eyes? What's inside your ear-holes? Why do sweaty socks smell so stinky?Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions about the five senses in this funny and informative book.Packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible smelly things, like why sprouts and ice cream taste so different. Poo! What IS That Smell? contains absolutely no boring b...

Do spiders have noses?Why is the Earth shaped like a ball?How do clouds make lightning?Why don’t 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 ol...

Could we ever bring dinosaurs back to life?What are atoms made of?How do plants know where to grow?Why are brains all wrinkly?Glenn Murphy, author of Why Is Snot Green? and How Loud Can You Burp?, is back to answer these and a lot of other brilliant questions in this wonderfully funny and fascinating book that covers all of the science, medicine and engineering an 8 year old needs to know.Test your knowledge with quick quizzes and amaz...

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 ...

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 gad...

What's inside a laptop? How can you stuff 1,000 CDs into an mp3 player? Who built the Internet? How smart is the world's 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 sim...

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 ...

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 ...

Why don’t hammer-throwers get dizzy? Could the world’s 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 tra...

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 ...