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Win a copy of Why Icebergs Float with Goodreads!

By Alison Fox, on 19 September 2017

To celebrate a year since the publication of Why Icebergs Float, we’ve teamed up with Goodreads to offer avid readers the opportunity to win one of three copies! To enter, use the line below [free membership required].

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Why Icebergs Float by Andrew Morris

Why Icebergs Float

by Andrew Morris

Giveaway ends October 20, 2017.

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From paintings and food to illness and icebergs, science is happening everywhere. Rather than follow the path of a syllabus or textbook, Andrew Morris takes examples from the science we see every day and uses them as entry points to explain a number of fundamental scientific concepts – from understanding colour to the nature of hormones – in ways that anyone can grasp. While each chapter offers a separate story, they are linked together by their fascinating relevance to our daily lives. If you can’t wait to read it, it can be downloaded for free from here, or viewed online here.

The topics explored in each chapter are based on hundreds of discussions the author has led with adult science learners over many years – people who came from all walks of life and had no scientific training, but had developed a burning curiosity to understand the world around them. This book encourages us to reflect on our own relationship with science and serves as an important reminder of why we should continue learning as adults

Win a copy of A Conversation about Healthy Eating with Goodreads!

By Alison Fox, on 10 August 2017

To the launch of A Conversation about Healthy Eating, we’ve teamed up with Goodreads to offer avid readers the opportunity to win one of five copies! To enter, use the line below [free membership required].

Goodreads Book Giveaway

A conversation about Healthy Eating by Nicholas Lesica

A Conversation about Healthy Eating

by Nicholas Lesica

Giveaway ends September 19, 2017.

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Win a copy of Fabricate 2017 with Dezeen!

By Alison Fox, on 21 July 2017

Leading architecture and design magazine Dezeen is giving away five hardcover copies of Fabricate 2017: Rethinking Design and Construction, which brings together the best in projects involving digital fabrication. Bringing together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation, Fabricate 2017 details the best of the triennial international conference of the same name. Each conference leads to a supporting publication, to date the only one of its kind specialising in Digital Fabrication.

The 2017 edition features 32 illustrated articles on built projects and works in progress from academia and practice, including contributions from leading practices such as Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, and Ron Arad, and from world-renowned institutions including ICD Stuttgart, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton University, The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) and the Architectural Association. To enter visit Dezeen.com, or, if you’re feeling impatient, download the free PDF here.

Win a copy of Temptation in the Archives with Goodreads!

By Alison Fox, on 18 October 2015

To celebrate Temptation in the Archives: Essays in Golden Age Dutch Culture by Lisa Jardine passing 2000 downloads, we’ve teamed up with Goodreads to offer avid readers the opportunity to win one of five copies!

The competition started on 15th September, and will remain on until 15th October 2015.

To enter, use the link below:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/154304 (sign up required)