Category Archives: books-science

The true story of a battle. It was fought during a howling winter storm in the air waves above the Atlantic Ocean. Marconi was stubbornly determined to show that his ideas about radio signals were right. Satellite TV, commercial radio and laser communications all grew from his courage and curiosity.

Beverley Birch interweaves historical detail and scientific understanding to create lively narrative accounts of some of the greatest discoveries of modern science. The reader shares in the tension building up to the moment of discovery and gains insights into the everyday life and feelings that form the backdrop.

TES MAGAZINE

It is a wise publisher who has engaged the talents of Beverley Birch in the teaching of science to children.

BOOKS FOR KEEPS

Illustrated by Robin Bell Corfield

[Published by Mathew Price Ltd]

The true story of a man who helped save millions of lives.

Because of his work, the diseases that had killed people for centuries were finally defeated. His imagination, patience and clear thinking have transformed our world for ever.

Illustrated by Christian Birmingham

‘Beverley Birch interweaves historical detail and scientific understanding to create lively narrative accounts of some of the greatest discoveries of modern science. The reader shares in the tension building up to the moment of discovery and gains insights into the everyday life and feelings that form the backdrop.’

TES MAGAZINE

‘It is a wise publisher who has engaged the talents of Beverley Birch in the teaching of science to children.’

BOOKS FOR KEEPS

[Published by Mathew Price Ltd]

The true story of one man’s curiosity and the important discoveres he made because of it. Through his courageous experiments, he found how to protect people from the dangers of lightning – and opened the way for our modern world to harness electrical enegy.

illustrated by Robin Bell Corfield

‘Beverley Birch interweaves historical detail and scientific understanding to create lively narrative accounts of some of the greatest discoveries of modern science. The reader shares in the tension building up to the moment of discovery and gains insights into the everyday life and feelings that form the backdrop.’

TES MAGAZINE

‘It is a wise publisher who has engaged the talents of Beverley Birch in the teaching of science to children.’

BOOKS FOR KEEPS

[published by Mathew Price Ltd]

The true story of one woman’s resolute intelligence, and the ways in which the world changed because of her discover.

Her extraordinary persistence and determination proved the existence of radium and opened the gateway to the nuclear age in which we live.

Ilustrated by Christian Birmingham

‘Beverley Birch interweaves historical detail and scientific understanding to create lively narrative accounts of some of the greatest discoveries of modern science. The reader shares in the tension building up to the moment of discovery and gains insights into the everyday life and feelings that form the backdrop.’

TES MAGAZINE

‘It is a wise publisher who has engaged the talents of Beverley Birch in the teaching of science to children.’

BOOKS FOR KEEPS

[published by Mathew Price Ltd]