Heston Blumenthal at home

 Until now, home cooking has remained stubbornly out of touch with technological development but Heston Blumenthal, champion of the scientific kitchen, changes all that with this radical book. With meticulous precision, he explains what the most effective techniques are and why they work.Heston's instructions are...

Smart textiles for designers

 Smart Textiles for Designers introduces the different qualities and properties that can be embedded in, integrated with, and applied to fabrics and looks at the different contexts in which these smart textiles can be used, from healthcare to haute couture, firefighting to sportswear. A survey of specific fabrics...

Building a meal

An internationally renowned chemist, popular television personality, and bestselling author, Hervé This heads the first laboratory devoted to molecular gastronomy and the scientific exploration of cooking and eating. By the testing recipes that have guided cooks for centuries, and the various dictums and maxims...

Hadid: complete works 1979-today

Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect whose work remained largely unbuilt for years, despite awards and critical acclaim. Yet in the past decade, Hadid has risen to fame and completed numerous structures like the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, the Glasgow Riverside Museum, and the Eli...

Manus x Machina: fashion in an age of technology

A stunning look at the paradoxical relationship between the artisanal and the technological in fashion The complex and often ambiguous relationship between the hand crafted and the machine made is examined in this intriguing look at the ever-changing world of fashion and taste. Manus x Machina traces styles of dress...

Signs, symbols and systematics: the ASE companion to 16-19 science

THE authoritative handbook for science teachers, examiners, and all those involved in science education. Recommended for OCR A-Level Physics specification. Covers the signs, symbols and systematics for biology, chemistry, physics, earth science and electronics at KS5.The emphasis is on the age range 16–19 but the...

Quest for quarks

This short introduction to elementary particles poses the questions: are quarks the fundamental building blocks of matter; what are they like; how many different kinds exist; and can they exist in a free state? It discusses the ultimate structure of matter: atoms, the nucleus, protons, neutrons and pions, and quarks....

Synoptic skills in advanced chemistry

This book provides the ideal advice and practice in preparing students for the new synoptic element of Chemistry A level, for which 40% of marks are allocated in the A2 exams.A large part of the text is taken up with practice synoptic questions, many written specifically for this book. In addition there are chapters...

Solids, liquids and gases

This series provides a detailed exploration of the world of materials. Each title looks at a key area of material science as required by the National Curriculum covering subjects such as: - states of matter - material characteristics and behaviour - uses of different materials - material processes and the technology...