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Astrobiology - The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe by Rhodri Evans
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Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Are we alonein the Universe, or are there as many planets supporting life as there arestars in the sky? It's one ofthe most important and fascinating questions human beings can ponder, andastrobiology is the emerging field of science that tries to answer it. AstronomerRhodri Evans gives an expert over ...Show more
Biomimetics: How Lessons from Nature can Transform Technology by Brian Clegg
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Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.
Cosmic Impact - Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets by Andrew May
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Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Is Earth really doomed to be destroyed by a cosmic catastrophe? Cosmic Impact, in Icon's burgeoning Hot Science series, has the answers.As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability only in the last decade of the ...Show more
Dark Matter and Dark Energy by Brian Clegg
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Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has everfaced. Since the 1970s,astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them toaccount for the way they spin ar ...Show more
Destination Mars : The Story of Our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet by Andrew May
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Mars is back. Suddenly everyone - from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump - is talking about going to the Red Planet. When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipat ...Show more
Outbreaks and Epidemics by Meera Senthilingam
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Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The latest title in Icon's Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge of science and technology. For centuries mankind has waged war against the infections that, left untreated, would have the power to wipe out communities, or even entire populations. Yet for all our advanced scientific knowledge, o ...Show more
The Graphene Revolution - The Weird Science of the Ultra-Thin by Brian Clegg
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Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Welcome to the wonderful world of graphene, the thinnest substance known to science. In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene - the thinnest substance in the world - by using sticky tape to separate an atom-thick layer from a block of graphite. T ...Show more
The Science of Music: How Technology Has Shaped the Evolution of an Art Form by Andrew May
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Music is shaped by the science of sound. How can music - an artform - have anything to do with science? Yet there are myriad ways in which the two are intertwined, from the basics of music theory and the design of instruments to hi-fi systems and how the brain processes music. Science writer Andrew May ...Show more
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