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Series
Guinness World Records volume 69
Publisher
Guinness World Records Limited
Pub. Date
2023
Description
The theme of Guinness World Records 2024 is the BLUE PLANET, so take the plunge with our opening chapters, as we encounter bizarre and deadly sea creatures, swim through the largest coral reefs and explore the seabed for shipwrecks. With thousands of new and classic records, new topics include rollercoasters, robots, movie props and gaming. Rod Hunt?s final cover in his collectable series links with the previous three editions, taking his illustrated...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022
Description
The time has come to deal with the unaccountable power of digital technology. Early efforts at regulation have been confused, contradictory and often counterproductive. No single person or government has a plan of action. In 'The Digital Republic', acclaimed author and barrister Jamie Susskind tackles one of the biggest political and social questions of our time. He explores how developments in AI, big data, social media and other technologies are...
Author
Publisher
Arcturus
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Do you know the secret recipe for the world's most slippery slime? How can you draw a 3-D picture that will mess with your mind? Can you make an instant soap monster in the microwave? Young readers will love this awesome collection of incredible optical illusions, cool experiments, sneaky hacks, hilarious pranks, and shocking magic tricks. Explore biology, physics, and chemistry from a completely different point of view-one that teachers won't ever...
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Robert Winston takes a look at man's greatest discoveries & innovations & asks whether our dependence on science & technology has led us into a situation which is doomed to become worse before it gets better. As well as tracing the history & fall-out of our worst ideas, he also advocates the merits of scientific progress.