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50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Universe
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50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Universe

For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has the true scale, the astonishing variety and the remarkable strangeness of the cosmos come clearly into focus.
 
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BBC Focus – Science & Technology – Issue 288 – December 2015
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BBC Focus – Science & Technology – Issue 288 – December 2015BBC Focus – Science & Technology – Issue 288 – December 2015

With accessible features illustrated with the world's best photography, BBC Focus Magazine explains the theory behind scientific phenomena and really brings science to life. In every issue you'll find news of the latest major scientific developments, a lively Q&A section plus exclusive and astonishing photographic reports that range from the breathtaking to the downright odd.
 
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BBC Focus - Science & Technology - November 2015
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BBC Focus - Science & Technology - November 2015

With accessible features illustrated with the world's best photography, BBC Focus Magazine explains the theory behind scientific phenomena and really brings science to life. In every issue you'll find news of the latest major scientific developments, a lively Q&A section plus exclusive and astonishing photographic reports that range from the breathtaking to the downright odd.
 
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How it Works Book of Amazing Vehicles Volume 1
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How it Works Book of Amazing Vehicles Volume 1

From supersonic jets and rocket-powered planes to massive ocean liners and underwater cars, this book is packed with the most incredible machines on the planet. Learn about the amazing engineering behind some of the world’s fastest vehicles, discover how a new generation of airliners are changing the way we travel, and what the trains and planes of the future will look like. Learn how modern combat has been revolutionised by some truly astonishing vehicles, and get a detailed look at some of the iconic tanks, ships and planes that have cemented their place in the history books.
 
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Why Cats Land on Their Feet: And 76 Other Physical Paradoxes and Puzzles
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Why Cats Land on Their Feet: And 76 Other Physical Paradoxes and PuzzlesWhy Cats Land on Their Feet: And 76 Other Physical Paradoxes and Puzzles

Ever wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? Why Cats Land on Their Feet is a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their own physical intuition. And the surprising answers to virtually all of these astonishing paradoxes can be arrived at with no formal knowledge of physics.

 
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