Children's / Teenage general interest: Science & technology: gen

Explore the world's most significant, innovative and amazing discoveries in association with the Science Museum. Find out how, when and why vital discoveries took place, and learn more about the people who made the breakthroughs. Learn how the principles they discovered became the basis of invent...

A guided tour through the world's most significant, innovative and amazing technological inventions. Find out how, when and why the inventions which we take for granted today happened, and learn more about the people who created them.

This work brings a world of teeny creatures and tiny details vividly to life. Packed with exciting facts and amazing photographs, it includes practical, hands-on activities, for those with and without a microscope at home.

Did you know that a zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second? Or that the US once had 144 different time zones? Or that across your lifetime, you'll spend about 33 years in bed? Discover more questions, answers, and theories in this bumper book all about the past, present, future, a...

Did you know that the world's most complicated computer is the one inside your head? The brain is amazing. It controls everything we do. It makes us think, move, feel, sleep, remember, forget, imagine and have some pretty weird dreams. But it's also one of the most mysterious organs in the human ...

This new addition to the 'Brainiac' series approaches science and technology from a creative angle to make STEM learning as accessible and fun as possible. Hands-on activities include building a robot hand, making a mechanical hopping frog, testing yourself for artificial intelligence, designing ...

Quirky stories, interactive activities and off-the-wall infographics serve to answer young brainiacs' urgent questions about the climate and weather.

Combines bold, colourful illustrations with jokes and incredible science facts to introduce young readers to the amazing wobbly marvels inside their heads, and those of many other animals.

Did you know that bears have existed longer than modern day humans? Or that polar bears aren't actually white? Immerse yourself in this illustrated guide to some of the world's most powerful mammals, full of facts about bears, their habits and where to find them.

Explore the technology that is changing our world! Imagine a computer that can learn from experience and teach itself new things - that's AI in action! Trace the development of intelligent computers from the earliest ideas to today's technology. Discover how AI helps us in different ways, includi...