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Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 161 pages

File Size : 27,32 MB

Release : 2014-03-27

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1447259874

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What happens in your head during a headache? What are toes for? Why are some farts eggier than others? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions in this funny and informative book. Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story is packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible things, from scabs, cells and broken bones to brainpower, bacteria and deadly diseases, this book contains absolutely no boring bits! Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross.



Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Macmillan Children's Books

Page : 170 pages

File Size : 45,5 MB

Release : 2014-04-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1743530781

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What happens in your head during a headache? What are toes for? Why are some farts eggier than others? 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, from scabs, cells and broken bones to brainpower, bacteria and deadly diseases, this book contains absolutely no boring bits!



Olympic Sport: The Whole Muscle-Flexing Story

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 46,16 MB

Release : 2016-06-02

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1447268199

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Are Olympic athletes born stronger and faster than the rest of us? Why do tennis rackets have strings? How do gymnasts balance on their hands? Why do hurdlers do the splits when they jump? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and lots of other brilliant questions in Olympic Sport: The Whole Muscle-Flexing Story, a fascinating book about the science of sport. From running a marathon to beating your friends at basketball or being the bendiest gymnast around, find out everything you ever wanted to know about sports and games and what it is that makes athletes the best at what they do. Discover more funny science with Does Farting Make You Faster?.



Robots and the Whole Technology Story

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 33,75 MB

Release : 2015-02-26

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1447284887

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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? The answers to these and other brilliant questions about technology can be found in this funny and fascinating book in the Science Sorted series by Glenn Murphy, bestselling author of Why is Snot Green?. Packed to capacity with megabytes of marvellous information. Robots and the Whole Technology Story explores everything from the first simple engines to the latest gadgets, computers and networks. Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story.



Evolution: The Whole Life on Earth Story

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 46,72 MB

Release : 2014-06-05

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1447259890

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What is a selfish gene? What are the kingdoms of life? Why are there no car-sized bugs and beetles? 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, from how we evolved from chemical soup to shrews to human beings, and why bugs really do rule the world? Evolution: The Whole Life on Earth Story contains absolutely no boring bits! Discover more funny science with Space: The Whole Whizz-Bang Story.



Spectacular Science for 8 Year Olds

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 17,15 MB

Release : 2021-08-19

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1529065283

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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 amazing activities. With brilliant illustrations by Al Murphy. With a nod to the the school curriculum, chapters include: Animals, Evolution and Extinction Atoms, Elements and Explosions Plants, Habitat and Climate Energy, Power and Machines Growth, Healing and Disease



Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 185 pages

File Size : 34,91 MB

Release : 2014-07-03

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1447253000

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What’s worse than finding a maggot in your apple? Which smells worse: a rotten egg or a rotten leg? What are sick and poo made of? Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, explains how being revolted (and sometimes being revolting) can be both brilliantly beneficial and stupendously silly in this fantastically informative book. Packed with illustrations, photographs, information and jokes about all sorts of disgusting things, from bugs, bacteria and sweaty armpits to exploding bodies and creepy-crawly creatures, this book contains absolutely no boring bits! Discover more funny science with Bodies: The Whole Blood-Pumping Story.



Why Is Snot Green?

Author : Glenn Murphy

Publisher : Square Fish

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 44,89 MB

Release : 2009-04-14

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1429997451

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PREPARE TO LAUGH AND LEARN Scientific answers to mysteries kids really want to know. Sure a lot of kids want to grow up to be astronauts, but according to scientist Glenn Murphy, even MORE kids want to know what happens to astronaut farts. (Short answer: Not good things!) And they want to know: Why don't all fish die from lightening storms? Why haven't we all been sucked into a black hole? Do animals talk? Told in a back-and-forth conversational style, Why is Snot Green? presents science just the way kids want to learn it--with lots of laughter.



Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body

Author : Mindy Thomas

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 195 pages

File Size : 39,90 MB

Release : 2021-03-02

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0358309344

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Book Description

A #1 New York Times Bestseller! Based on their #1 kids podcast, Wow in the World, hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz take readers on a hilarious, fact-filled, and highly illustrated journey through the human body—covering everything from our toes to our tongues to our brains and our lungs! WHY in the world do I have a belly button? And WHAT in the world does it do? WHEN in the world will my nose stop growing? And HOW in the world does my pee keep flowing? The human body is a fascinating piece of machinery. It's full of mystery, and wonder, and WOW. And it turns out, every single human on the planet has one! Join Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz, hosts of the mega-popular Wow in the World podcast, as they take you on a fact-filled adventure from your toes and your tongues to your brain and your lungs. Featuring hilarious illustrations and filled with facts, jokes, photos, quizzes, and Wow-To experiments, The How and Wow of the Human Body has everything you need to better understand your own walking, talking, barfing, breathing, pooping body of WOW!



Transforming Bodies

Author : H. Steinhoff

Publisher : Springer

Page : 229 pages

File Size : 26,2 MB

Release : 2015-05-26

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1137493798

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Book Description

At the turn of the twenty-first century, American media abound with images and narratives of bodily transformations. At the crossroads of American, cultural, literary, media, gender, queer, disability and governmentality studies, the book presents a timely intervention into critical debates on body transformations and contemporary makeover culture.