Part of the New Scientist series, this book investigates everything from what it's like to die, to exploding trousers and recycled urine.

The IEE Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) are the national standard to which the domestic and industrial wiring must conform. This book offers the contents of this regulation and includes: exhibition shows, photovoltaic (pv) power supply systems, floor and heating systems, marinas and fairgrounds and amusements parks.

Al Gore offers a visionary blueprint of the changes that we should make as a world community in order to prevent the climate crisis from threatening human civilisation.

A guide which enables competent electrician to deal with small installations (up to 100 A, 3-phase). It includes simple circuit calculations. It is suitable for electricians, electrical contractors and their managers, installation designers, and students in further education and professional training.

Focuses on the mother of all environmental scares: global warming. This book interweaves the science of global warming with that of its growing political consequences, showing how when the politicians are threatening to change our Western way of life beyond recognition, the scientific evidence behind the global warming theory is being challenged.

Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This book is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization.

Takes familiar features of the world we know and shows how they can be used to explain profound truths about the ultimate nature of reality.

Guidance Note 3: Inspection and Testing .

Guardian columnist Dr Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the bad science we're fed by the worst of the hacks and the quacks!

Have you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help, if you fell down a disused mineshaft? The chances are that someone, somewhere has conducted a scientific experiment to find out. This book covers some interesting experiments in biology and psychology.

Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it's no longer possible for businesses, or the rest of us, to keep doing things the same old way. Things are going to have to change - and fast. This book provides a strategy for clean fuel, energy efficiency and conservation.

Features a range of specially commissioned articles by some of the world's top astronomers, a collection of charts and astronomical data, and a month-by-month guide to events in a year: planets, eclipses, comets, meteors, nebulae and phases of the moon.

Gives guidance to those responsible for the inspection, testing and maintenance of electrical appliances. This text specifies the frequency and scope of inspections and testing in different environments. It is printed in colour and includes many drawings aimed at helping to identify common problems.

From the author of What on Earth Happened?, a radical new look at the story of life on Earth. Which living things have had the greatest impacts on the planet, other life and people?

The 30th anniversary edition of the million copy international bestseller, with a new introduction from the author. As relevant and influential today as when it was first published, this classic exposition of evolutionary thought, widely hailed for its stylistic brilliance and deep scientific insights, stimulated whole new areas of research.

This new book provides guidance to meet: Competance requirements for a Principle Duty Holder and a Qualified Supervisor; Competance requirements for a Level 2 Operative for a limited scope enterprise; EMTA Awards Level 2 certificate for a domestic installer; City & Guilds qualifications.

Presents a mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. This book mingles these with forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought, mathematical jokes, and inquiries into the great mathematical challenges.

Contains two full sample exam papers, together with answers and comments, designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the subject and to prepare candidates for the examination. This book features exam information and test practice, as well as handy tips and advice from examiners.

A book about one of the great undertakings of the twenty-first century - the mathematical modelling of humanity. It navigates us through a world that otherwise might seem remote or disconnected, but one which is absolutely relevant to our everyday lives.