Horrible Science Series

From amazing Aristotle, to dithering Darwin, to incredible Isaac,and courageous Curie - they're all in "Suffering Scientists"! This is "The Horrible Science Guide" to the most influential scientists in history. Readers will discover brilliant breakthroughs, explosive experiments - and some feeble failures. They will find out what made Albert Einstein forget where he lived, which female scientist was chopped up into tiny pieces and why Galileo did a torturous stretch on the rack. With fantastic fact files, curious quizzes and Tony De Saulles' crazy cartoon illustrations - science has never been so horrible!

Horrible Science: Measly Medicine

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 September 2006

This is a romp through the history of healthcare, hosted by the inimitable Dr Grimgrave. It includes chapters on ancient medicine - Stone Age trepanning, Chinese medicine, Romans, Greeks: the dodgy diagnostics of the Middle Ages; the bloody operations before anaesthetics and hygiene were implemented; Florence Nightingale's nursing revolution and development of public; health; Life-saving surgery available today, including plastic surgery and transplants; and modern miracles - new drugs and treatment.

The Terrible Truth about Time

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 December 2002

Find out what happens if you go too close to a black hole and how
flies tell the time! With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible
bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is
sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of Horrible Science readers.

Horrible Science: Angry Animals

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 December 2005

Science with the squishy bits left in! Take a walk on the wild side with "Angry Animals". Dare you discover: who made false teeth for an elephant? Where you can find dragons with bad breath. Which scientist ate a poisonous snake for dinner? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we go on the hunt for the cruellest creature of them all. Get to grips with gruesome grizzly bears, wolf down some facts about, er, wolves and snap up some savage shark stories. With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, "Angry Animals" is a book to sink your teeth into! Science has never been so horrible!

Horrible Science: Bulging Brains

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 June 2002

Science with the squishy bits left in! 'Bulging Brains' will blow your mind! Get your brain cells buzzing as you discover what a fresh brain really smells like; why chopping your brain in half needn't be fatal; and whether girls or boys are smarter. If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as we put your grey matter under the spotlight. Science has never been so horrible!

Horrible Science: Fatal Forces/Fearsome Fight for Flight

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 May 2007

Continuing our "Horrible Science" paperback bind-up programme, this title brings together two popular subjects in the physics strad of the series. In "Fatal Forces" readers will find out what keeps the moon in the sky and what happens when an apple smacks a scientist on the bonce! In "The Fight for Flight" you'll laugh at some seriously silly flying

Horrible Science: Explosive Experiments + Experiments Cards

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 March 2005

Science with the squishy bits left in! The Explosive Experiments Pack is bubbling with eye-popping experiments to try yourself. Want to know...who blew himself up on a rocket-powered chair? how to test a bug's brain-power? how to make your own ghost? turn a bucket of water upside down without spilling a drop? Plus grab your fantastic experiment cards and find out how to shrink the moon, charm a worm and see a hole appear in your hand! Science has never been so horrible! 24 brand new experiments cards will be packaged with an abridged (144 pp) and resized (B format) edition of EXPLOSIVE EXPERIMENTS in an attractive slipcase.

Slimy Timeline Sticker Book

by Nick Arnold

Published 7 July 2016

Horrible Science: Slimy Timeline Sticker Book is bursting with mind-blowing
facts about science through the ages. Including a frightful
fold-out timeline which stretches for over three metres, readers
will travel all the way through time from the beastly Big Bang
to the deadly digital age. With over 200 stickers, children can
watch the dinosaurs, conduct experiments with Newton and much
more. It's the longest and squishiest timeline in the world!

Horrible Science Experiments Pack

by Nick Arnold

Published 20 September 2002

You don't need a fancy science lab to get to grips with Science - not when you've got the "Horrible Science Experiments Pack". We've got loads of experiments for you to try for yourself, plus some fantastic freebies to get you on the road to discovery. Inside the pack you'll find...24 easy-to-use experiment cards, with all the information you need for DIY science. Also included are free magnets and balloons - essential equipment for budding scientists.

Horrible Science: Blood, Bones and Body Bits: Shuffle Puzzle

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 August 2008

This work contains puzzles with the squishy bits left in. Dare you discover: How much your brain weighs? What makes your body's cells explode? Why your tummy rumbles? Move the tiles and discover gory and gruesome body facts hidden underneath the five fantastically foul shuffle-puzzles.

Angry Animals

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 June 2009

Science with the squishy bits left in!

Take a walk on the wild side with Angry Animals
Dare you discover:
* who made false teeth for an elephant?
* where you can find dragons with bad breath?
* which scientist ate a poisonous snake for dinner?
If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read
on as we go on the hunt for the cruellest creature of them all.
Get to grips with gruesome grizzly bears, wolf down some facts about,
er, wolves and snap up some savage shark stories. With fantastic
fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, Angry Animals
is a book to sink your teeth into!

Science has never been so horrible!

Horrible Science Annual 2008

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 December 2007

Science has never been so horrible! Stuffed full of frightful facts, awesome and icky experiments and beastly brainteasers - you'll find bags of squishy science bits inside!

The Seriously Squishy Science Book

by Nick Arnold

Published 5 February 2007

A stunning collection of all things squidgy and yucky from "Horrible Science". This is for World Book Day.

Horrible Science: Nasty Nature

by Nick Arnold

Published 1 June 2002

Science with the squishy bits left in! 'Nasty Nature' will leave you howling for more! You'll have a whale of a time when you find out which is the stupidest animal in the world. Why vultures have bald heads. What kind of frog lives in the toilet. How vampire bats suck blood. If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as we go slithering into the animal world. Science has never been so horrible!

Dangerous Diseases

by Nick Arnold

Published 7 January 2021

HORRIBLE SCIENCE: DANGEROUS DISEASES coughs up all the
disgusting details of the squelchiest sicknesses that mankind has
suffered through.
From the cruel common cold to shocking smallpox, see what happens
when your body is attacked by germs! Find out which brave nurse
drank diarrhoea, which scientist used eyeballs as food for bacteria,
why deadly cholera makes your skin turn blue and how munching
maggots can cure flesh diseases! With sickening sick notes, dreadful
disease facts, and lots of vicious viruses to make you vomit,
it'll leave you bursting with the knowledge of dangerous diseases!

This reloaded edition also includes a chapter on the coronavirus
crisis.

Redesigned in a bold, funky new look for the next generation
of HORRIBLE SCIENCE fans.