The Professor's reading shelf
Curiosity is excellent. Confidence without checking is my department. Here are books and a model for the checking part.
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Selections are based on publisher and manufacturer information, not hands-on tests. These are optional further reading and activities, not the evidence for our fact checks. The original sources stay on each myth page.
Absurd questions, serious science.
Could you cool the planet by opening every freezer? I have a theory. Fortunately, this book does the maths.
For readers who enjoy strange thought experiments. Not a guide to trying them.
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Start with the picture.
Atoms, forces, living things, space. A visual guide for when my explanation has become mostly waving.
Illustrated introductions to core science, with updated topics including AI and quantum computing.
Pending: exact 2025 edition not found. No Amazon link.
For the Patch-minded reader.
Zips, engines, computers. Find out what the parts actually do before declaring the whole thing powered by tiny robots.
An illustrated look inside everyday devices and the principles behind them.
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You live in one. Read the manual.
A tour of the extraordinary machinery under your skin. No razor blades, swallowed gum experiments or other Professor behaviour required.
Popular science about the body and how it works. Not medical advice.
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The microscopic defence department.
Viruses, bacteria, antibodies and a very busy immune system. Consider this the longer answer after our wet-hair myth.
An illustrated introduction to the immune system. Not a diagnosis or treatment guide.
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Beyond the three-second myth.
How animals sense, move, communicate and survive. A better use of your eyes than assuming the bat has none.
Photography-led zoology, organised around body parts and how they work.
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A body you can put back together.
Build the torso and fit its organs into place. At last, a laboratory activity where losing your brain is a tidy-up problem.
Manufacturer age: 8+. Small parts: choking hazard, not suitable for under 3s. Keep the instructions. This is a model, not a medical tool.
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