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Halyna Yagenska tells Sai Pathmanathan about teaching in the Ukraine.
Ages: not applicable;
Gemma Guilera tells Montserrat Capellas about the joys of her rollercoaster approach to life. Fearlessly, she has started a new life more than once, making her home in very different European cities in the pursuit of a scientific career. Today, she faces a new challenge: motherhood.
Ages: 16-19;
This short book describes the development of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species and examines its wider impact.
Ages: 16-19;
These two DVD sets, produced by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as part of its Holiday Lectures on Science programme, address two highly interesting subjects which directly or indirectly affect our everyday lives: biological clocks and evolution.
Ages: 16-19;
Halina Stanley from the American School in Grenoble, France, reviews some of her favourite ‘ask a scientist’ websites in English and French. Thanks to the help of many readers throughout Europe, we can also draw your attention to sites in Croat, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian,…
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Everyone does it everywhere all the time. I am not talking about Germans smoking, Americans eating burgers, or adults having sex – although the latter gets us thinking in the right direction.
Ages: 16-19;
The Science Magic books are part of a series of home-based practical science books that take as their unusual theme the use of items typically found in particular rooms of the house.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
The foundations of democratic western civilisation are under threat, argues Dick Taverne. Since the Enlightenment, material and social progress in our society has relied to a large extent on the achievements of science and on the freedom of scientists to question and experiment, free from dogma and…
Ages: 16-19;
Fossils: A Very Short Introduction and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction are both real tours de force and very engaging books. Their small size makes them easy to pack and take away to read during any spare moments.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Rather than being a book in which one dips to search for the answer to a particular question or for a desired fact, Experimental Design for the Life Sciences is a book to read through in its entirety: the student begins at the beginning and works through, learning how to design a good experiment in…
Ages: 16-19;
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Teaching in the Ukraine: Halyna Yagenska
Topics: Profiles
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Chemistry: a career catalyst
Topics: Profiles
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Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’, By Janet Browne
Topics: Resources
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Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time and Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads
Topics: Resources
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‘Ask a scientist’ websites
Topics: Resources
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The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved, By Robbins Burling
Topics: Resources
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Science Magic: in the Kitchen and Science Magic: in the Bathroom, By Richard Robinson
Topics: Resources
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The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism, By Dick Taverne
Topics: Resources
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Fossils: A Very Short Introduction and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction, By Keith Thomson and David Norman
Topics: Resources
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Experimental Design for the Life Sciences (2nd Edition), By Graeme D. Ruxton and Nick Colegrave
Topics: Resources
