Developed to support the teaching of chemistry and industrial processes, the CD-ROM is built around 15 video clips each lasting approximately five minutes. These clips cover the following industrial processes: aluminium, ammonia, chemicals from salt, copper refining, gases from the air, iron and steel, nitric acid...

Adults drink more frequently than adolescents, but when adolescents drink they tend to drink larger quantities. There is evidence to suggest that the adolescent brain responds to alcohol differently from the adult brain. Scientists at the University of Oxford are...

This resource, from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), looks at worrying studies into young people's drinking habits. Studies have looked at how and why excessive drinking has become a normal part of life for many young people and the psychological pressures put upon people to drink alcohol,...

Alessi is one of the 20th century''s most enduring and influential designers and manufacturers. The list of personnel he has commissioned reads like an A-Z of contemporary design.

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Originally presented as a mascot for the Alessi/Philips marketing operation, the Anna G corkscrew soon proved to be one of Alessi's most popular...

The Diva Watering can, designed by Eero Aarnio, has a comma-like shape thrusting upwards towards the top of the spout, almost an expression of...

Part of a collection of design classics, this kitchen timer miniature was designed by Michael Graves for Allessi.

Numbers are everywhere, in books and newspapers, in buildings and technology and in our daily routines. The author discusses...

In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to...

Celebrating the centenary of the birth of one of the most influential 20th-century sculptors, Alexander Calder, this illustrated text explores both his life and works, including lesser known pieces, examined and...

This volume is part of a biography series exploring the lives and achievements of important inventors and pioneers of science. As well as providing the life story of Alexander Fleming and an analysis of his work,...

This book traces the life of Alexander Graham Bell, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the invention for which he is best known: the...