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Clean Water! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) by Roger Canavan
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
We could not live without water. Almost two-thirds of our body weight is water. We rely on it to keep ourselves clean, to keep our bodies nourished, and to get rid of waste. But water can also carry deadly germs and poisons. One of the greatest challenges for scientists and governments today is to make ...Show more
The Science Of: Warfare - The Ferocious Facts about How We Fight by Roger Canavan
$21.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: The\Science Of... Ser.
This fascinating guide to how humans have developed increasingly sophisticated military technology combines fact-packed, easy-to-read text with colourful and quirky illustrations. From medieval trebuchets and siege towers to the tanks and high-powered aircraft of today, it is an eye-opening introduction ...Show more
The Science of Vehicles - The Turbo-Charged Truth about Trucks and Cars by Roger Canavan
$21.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: The\Science Of... Ser.
This is a fascinating guide to the science of automobiles of all kinds. Readers explore the technology that lies behind everything from passenger cars, school buses, and taxis, to delivery vans, fuel trucks, and emergency vehicles. They'll see how some of the same scientific principles that are learned ...Show more
Writing (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without) by Roger Canavan
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
Writing is one of the most important inventions in the history of the human species, enabling people to communicate and transmit knowledge across vast distances in space and time. This books tells the story of writing, how it developed in ancient civilisations, and its many manifestations from printing ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bacteria! by Roger Canavan
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths
Though most of them are too small to be seen with the naked eye, bacteria are everywhere. They appeared on Earth more than 3 billion years before the first dinosaurs. Some bacteria cause deadly diseases, but many of them are helpful to us. They fertilise the soil by breaking down dead material, and they ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Extreme Weather! by Roger Canavan
$19.99 NZD
Category: Geography and Travel
It's a nuisance when it rains on a picnic. It's a tragedy when a tornado destroys a neighbourhood. But our planet would be a very different place if it didn't have extremes of weather. Weather has shaped the world we live in, and humans have learned to live in almost every climate that can be found on E ...Show more
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