The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds

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Publisher Description

Chas Newkey-Burde (author)
Chas Newkey-Burden is a journalist and author of several books including The Reduced History of Britain, 64 Geeks: The Brains Who Shaped Our World and Get Lucky: Rituals, Habits and Superstitions of the Rich and Famous.

Ken Okona-Mensah (Author)
Ken Okona-Mensah is a freelance science writer and the author of Cracking Anatomy, who has over 16 years of experience working in academia and writing about health-based topics. He previously worked as a scientific writer for Imperial College London.

Nigel Henbest (Author)
Nigel Henbest is a future astronaut with Virgin Galactic and has written over fifty books on astronomy and space, including the bestselling Stargazing series.

Sarah Tomley (Author)
Sarah Tomley is the co-author of The Sociology Book (2015) and the Children's Book of Philosophy (2015). Her 2017 book, What Would Freud Do? was translated into 15 languages.

Simon Brew (Author)
Simon Brew is the founder of Den of Geek, and the editor and presenter of the Film Stories magazine and podcast. He is the author of three books including Movie Geek, TV Geek and The Secret Life of the Movies.

Tom Parfitt (Author)
Tom Parfitt works as a storyliner and researcher for a popular British television series and is the author of the successful 50 Years of Emmerdale book.

Trevor Davies (Author)
Trevor Davies is the editor of some of the bestselling pet titles in the UK and the author of some of the least.

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The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds Reviews

4.5

Kay Hertz

Created 5 months ago

“This has been so fun to pull out and read all the crazy, interesting, wild, thought providing, mind boggling, zany facts! 5000 - you're guaranteed to know some, have incorrectly thought you knew others, and will absolutely love discovering the rest! I can definitely see is buying this as a table book to have on hand to flip through randomly. The Traveling Book Kids and I really had a great time plucking numbers out of the air to decide which cool fact we'd read next. (But we did read all of them!) I do wish it had a few more images, possibly photos or lithographs/ prints of some facts that could be visually reinforced, but that's a minor thing Because truthfully, I suppose by NOT having those, you're forced to go out and learn more on your own. A massive, dare I say colossal, them you to Octopus Publishing US & Cassell for the opportunity to read and review this book! All opinions are our own.”

BooksThrillJessica

Created 7 months ago

“I picked this book up for my 7-year-old, who loves fact-filled reads and material packed with interesting information. While the content itself was great and full of fascinating facts, the structure just didn’t work for my younger reader. The bullet-point format felt more like an encyclopedia, which quickly lost his interest after just a few pages. This might be a better fit for older kids who enjoy nonfiction and don’t mind a more reference-style layout. It’s informative, but not particularly engaging for younger, more narrative-driven readers. *Thank you to the authors, Octopus Publishing US | Cassell and Netgalley for the copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.”

Stefani Riker

Created about 1 year ago

“~Thanks to Octopus Publishing Group & NetGalley for allowing me to review this book.~ Wonderful book of facts! As a self-proclaimed “facts connoisseur”, I was extremely impressed and happy that I learned a lot of new facts while reading this book! It definitely helped that I was hooked within the first couple of facts (wombats are cooler than I thought and I’m so glad lemmings don’t follow the crowd). The pacing and tone of the book is great - not overly explanatory/mind-numbing but gives you enough info to understand. I will absolutely be purchasing this for my high school English classroom - I believe it will be a great book for my reluctant readers.”

KatieCraig

Created over 1 year ago

“This book is a great book of facts for those of us who like random facts. This book is a lot of fun.”

ink.readsalot

Created over 1 year ago

“The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds by Nigel Henbest; Simon Brew; Sarah Tomley; Ken Okona-Mensah; Tom Parfitt; Trevor Davies; Chas Newkey-Burden is so much fun I cannot even. So my review will simply be; You had me at "Wombat poo cubes" Glorious Thank you to Netgalley, Octopus Publishing US, Cassell and the authors for this hilarious ARC! My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own”

About Nigel Henbest

Nigel Henbest is a leading science populariser and writer specialising in astronomy and space. As well as writing over fifty books, including the bestselling Stargazing series, he has produced and scriptwritten many television programmes on astronomy and is a regular media commentator on breaking astronomy news. He has been a consultant to both the Royal Greenwich Observatory and New Scientist magazine. Nigel is now based in the USA and is a future astronaut with Virgin Galactic. Asteroid 3795 has been named 'Nigel' in his honour.

Other books by Nigel Henbest

Philip's 2027 Stargazing Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky Britain & Ireland

Nigel Henbest

$2.99

Philip's 2026 Stargazing Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky Britain & Ireland

Nigel Henbest

$2.99

Philip's Stargazing 2025 Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky Britain & Ireland

The Night Sky

Philip's Stargazing 2024 Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky Britain & Ireland

Nigel Henbest

$2.99

Philip's Stargazing 2023 Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky Britain & Ireland

Nigel Henbest

$2.99

Philip's Stargazing 2022 Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky in Britain & Ireland

Nigel Henbest

$2.99

Philip's 2021 Stargazing Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky in Britain & Ireland

Nigel Henbest

$2.99

The Secret Life of Space

Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest

$25.99

The Astronomy Bible

Nigel Henbest

$3.99

Nothing

Jeremy Webb & NewScientist &

$11.99

The Story of Astronomy

Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest &

$0.99

Simon Brew

Simon Brew is the former editor and founder of Den of Geek - the popular culture news and reviews website. He is the author of three books including Movie Geek, TV Geek and The Secret Life of the Movies. Simon is also the founder of the magazine and podcast Film Stories.

Other books by Simon Brew

Could You Survive Midsomer? – A Fete Worse than Death

Simon Brew & All3Media International Ltd

$8.99

Could You Survive Midsomer? – A Winter's Murder

Simon Brew & All3Media International Ltd

$2.99

Code the Classics Volume II

Simon Brew & Allister Brimble &

$14.99

Could You Survive Midsomer?

TV Geek

Movie Geek

Den of Geek & Simon Brew

$2.99

Sarah Tomley

Sarah Tomley is an author, editor and counsellor living in Suffolk, UK. She has contributed to many books on the social sciences, and is the co-author of The Sociology Book (2015) and the Children's Book of Philosophy (2015). Her latest book, What Would Freud Do? was published in June 2017.

Other books by Sarah Tomley

Instant Psychology

Nicky Hayes & Sarah Tomley

$9.99

The Sociology Book

Sarah Tomley & Mitchell Hobbs &

$8.99

What Would Freud Do?

Sarah Tomley

$2.99

Ken Okona-Mensah

Ken Okona-Mensah is a freelance science writer who has over 16 years of experience working in academia and writing about health-based topics. With a background in pharmacology and toxicology, research and science communication, he previously worked as a scientific writer for Imperial College London where he produced technical and lay reviews for scientific advisory committees of Public Health England. He also sat on the editorial committee for People & Science magazine and contributed content relating to public engagement with science and health.

Other books by Ken Okona-Mensah

Cracking Anatomy

Ken Okona-Mensah

$2.99

Tom Parfitt

Tom Parfitt's journey from the South Wales Valleys to the Yorkshire Dales began with an undergraduate degree in English & Philosophy, to a masters' degree in Scriptwriting, followed by roles in television broadcasting. He finally arrived in the rolling fields of Emmerdale as a storyliner, and later, researcher. With an encyclopaedic knowledge that's been described as "disgusting and astounding in equal measure", and nested within the cast and crew, Tom is the ideal tour guide through 50 Years of Emmerdale, his most recent book.

Other books by Tom Parfitt

50 Years of Emmerdale

ITV Ventures Ltd & Tom Parfitt

$3.99

Trevor Davies

Chas Newkey-Burden

Writer Chas Newkey-Burden is the author of over 30 books including Great Email Disasters and a best-selling biography of Amy Winehouse. His magazine work has included interviewing celebrities like David Beckham and Ricky Gervais.