Crazy chemistry and epic experiments

Science is Lit

Alright BOOM, Big Manny is here to show you how you can become a real-life scientist and create awesome experiments at home using ordinary ingredients. 
 
We'll learn some basic (and not-so basic) chemistry tings - from combustion to chromatography (chroma-what-now?). 
 
We'll meet the amazing elements that each have their own personalities - from fiery hydrogen to the main man oxygen. 
 
And we'll create explosive reactions - from fizzing mixtures to dish soap volcanoes! 
 
Let's start experimenting and find out why science is lit, innit. 
 
Written by TikTok science sensation Big Manny, this is the perfect book to inspire young scientists aged 8–12.

Emanuel Wallace (aka Big Manny) is a 27-year-old science-first content creator and music artist making the periodic table and Bunsen burners cool again. With a master’s degree in biomedical science, Manny creates age-friendly and class-friendly content that is entertaining, educational, and experimental. Manny has a combined following of 3.4 million on TikTok and Instagram, has appeared on Blue Peter and regularly collaborates with BBC Bitesize. 
 
Subi Bosa is an illustrator based in Cape Town, South Africa. After studying Architecture he realised his passion was in illustration and became a freelancer, working with self publishing authors worldwide while studying graphic design at the Academy of Digital Arts in Cape Town. In 2020, Subi was awarded a Mo Siewcharran Publisher’s Prize for Illustration. Subi works across picture books, comics and graphic novels – and now science books!

Alright BOOM, Big Manny is here to show you how you can become a real-life scientist and create awesome experiments at home using ordinary ingredients. 
 
We'll learn some basic (and not-so basic) chemistry tings - from combustion to chromatography (chroma-what-now?). 
 
We'll meet the amazing elements that each have their own personalities - from fiery hydrogen to the main man oxygen. 
 
And we'll create explosive reactions - from fizzing lava lamps to dish soap volcanoes! 
 
Let's start experimenting and find out why science is lit, innit. 
 
Written by TikTok science sensation Big Manny, this is the perfect book to inspire young scientists aged 8–12.

Big Manny

Alright BOOM, Big Manny is back with more amazing experiments that you can try at home! 
 
This time we're gonna be learning all about physics tings – from sound waves to circuits. 
 
We'll meet the awesome forces – from mad magnetism to fantastic friction. 
 
And we'll create mind-blowing experiments – from bending water to building an electroscope! 
 
(If you want to know what an electroscope is, you're gonna have to read the book fam!) 
 
Let's start experimenting and find out why science is lit, innit. 
 
Written by TikTok science sensation Big Manny, this next title in the SCIENCE IS LIT series is perfect for inspiring young scientists aged 8–12.

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