Nick Arnold
About Author
Nick Arnold's first published books appeared seven years ago when he was working at the University of North London on a project teaching children about nature. From this, he started to write magazine articles. One day Nick had a brilliant idea - if he could write articles, then he could write books... Since then, Nick has lost count of the number of books he's written.
From this idea, the Horrible Science series was created. There's currently thirteen titles on sale - from Ugly Bugs about the ugly secrets of creepy-crawlies and their revolting relatives the insects to Blood, Bones & Body Bits which probes the sickly sinister side of the awesome human anatomy.
There's also Chemical Chaos, Nasty Nature, Fatal Forces, Disgusting Digestion, and Sounds Dreadful. Vicious Veg digs up the dirt on the world of plants and Bulging Brains puts your grey matter under the spotlight.
Read Frightening Light to find out how eclipses turn day to night and what makes your legs look bendy in the swimming pool! Shocking Electricity provides all the electrifying facts you could ever need, while Suffering Scientists provides the low down on scientists and their discoveries, breakthroughs and experiments, and Deadly Diseases dishes the dirt on some seriously dangerous illnesses.
The Awfully Big Horrible Science Quiz Book is a real hit as are Microscopic Monsters, Explosive Experiments, Killer Energy and Angry Animals. The latest book to hit the shelves is The Stunning Science of Everything, a full colour hardback which reveals all you could ever want to know about science and much more!
Ugly Bugs and Blood Bones & Body Bits won the prestigious Rhne-Poulenc Junior Science Books Prize in 1997 while Really Rotten Experiments picked up the Junior Aventis Science Book Prize 2004. Nick also had the honour of being a judge for the Rhne-Poulenc Prize for Science. Most recently Nick has also been nominated for the 2005 Descartes Prize for Science Communication for Really Rotten Experiments which will be awarded at a ceremony in London in December 2005.
When he's not writing books, Nick is constantly taking his one-person show to bookshops, libraries and festivals. The show is everything you would expect from a Horrible Science book, packed with revolting experiments and gory descriptions.
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