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Cutting-edge science : up-to-the-minute discoveries, facts and inventions / Colin Barras.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
502 BARR	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. On Loan .	4 May 2024
502 BARR	Adult Non Fiction		Earlwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781787393097 (paperback)
Name	Barras, Colin author.
Title	Cutting-edge science : up-to-the-minute discoveries, facts and inventions / Colin Barras.
Published	London : Carlton Books, 2019.
Published	©2017
Description	224 pages : illustrations (chielfy colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	How did the atom bomb help save the elephant? Have we found the secret to eternal youth? Could a parasite be manipulating you right now? This dazzling collection of stories reveals the key recent breakthroughs in science, across all fields. Inside you will meet the killers lurking in Earth's ice, the super-coral that could save our seas and the neuroscientists hunting ghosts. You will travel beyond our galaxy to worlds where the sun sets twice, and beyond our time to a future where the Internet is unhackable and chickenosaurs roam the land. Divided into sections covering physics, space, humanity, the brain, plants and animals, and linking stories from different fields, Cutting-Edge Science offers a boundless journey of discovery for anyone with a passion for the world around them. Prepare to be shocked and amazed on every page.
Subjects	Science -- Miscellanea.
Genre	Trivia and miscellanea
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Science -- Miscellanea . Trivia and miscellanea . Authors: Barras, Colin .