EurekaEven in the twenty first century the popular image of a scientist is a reclusive genius in a lab coat, mixing formulas or working out equations inaccessible to all but the initiated few. The idea that scientists are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common, yet dangerous, misconception, getting us off the hook for not knowing,or caring,how the world works. How did science become so divorced from our everyday experience? Is scientific

Jammed with sage advice genuine encouragement and surprising examples (of how to write and how not to write) this book gives beginning writers and confident students alike an easy-to-follow roadmap for improving one of the most important skills for success

which housed the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition - and a state-of-the-art stadium built to house the first London Olympics

With Yuno now in her third year

The result is a fascinating review of the global economy and the changing role of economics in the new world order

helping the good guys

'The most detailed amusing and accurate account ever of the post-war world of the English Establishment' William Shawcross Daily Telegraph

A motley collection of travellers

to the cramped conditions of steerage or third class travel

the gang feel duty-bound to investigate

Nevertheless committed

Paulo Coelho's 'Zahir' is a thought-provoking tale of one man's quest to reclaim what's lost

family ties and fairy tales weaving through history