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Why Does A Ball Bounce?

  • Imprint: Ebury Press

  • ISBN: 9780091902681

  • Length: 224  Pages

  • Dimensions: 197mm x 22mm x 200mm

  • Weight: 745g

  • RRP: £14.99

Why Does A Ball Bounce?

  • and 100 other questions from the world of science

Why does a ball bounce? Why does a balloon burst? How can a stone move on its own? Television scientist and historian Adam Hart-Davis brings you the answers to 100 essential questions about life, the universe and everything, fully illustrated with his own superb colour photographs. A passionate scientist, Adam's aim is to make complex ideas as easy to understand as possible, and his photographs are stunning in their simplicity: from spiders' webs to water drops, from sparks from a plug to a match igniting - you can see science in action and close up.

  • Imprint: Ebury Press

  • ISBN: 9780091902681

  • Length: 224  Pages

  • Dimensions: 197mm x 22mm x 200mm

  • Weight: 745g

  • RRP: £14.99

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  • "'No fact in Adam Hart-Davis's hands is not a fascinating fact.' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian"

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About the Author

Adam Hart-Davis

Adam Hart-Davis is a well-known BBC television presenter and popular science enthusiast. From 1995 to 2000 he presented Local Heroes, in which he cycled around the country telling the stories of the pioneers of science and recreating their experiments. He went on to present What the Romans Did For Us, followed by series on the Victorians, the Tudors and Stuarts, and the Ancients, all of which were accompanied by successful tie-in books. In April 2006 he presented Stardate: Mysteries of Venus to coincide with the Transit of Venus. Paul Bader is the Executive Producer of The Cosmos - A Beginner's Guide. Paul has worked with Adam for many years and the two have co-authored several books together.

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