The fight for flight

Readers will will be blown away by how to see the earth's shadow, how to build a flying saucer, and how, after centuries of fearsome flight flops, people have finally taken to the skies. With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of Horrible Science readers.

Science with the squishy bits left in! The Fearsome Fight for Flight will send you sky-high! Are you in a flap to discover:

• who put a parachute on a puppy?
• why scientists fire dead birds from cannon?
• what happened to the world's first flying sheep?

If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we go plane crazy. Laugh at some seriously silly flying stunts, find out which scientist was blown up in a balloon, and learn how to build a world-beating plane. With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons The Fearsome Fight for Flight is a real high-flier!

Science has never been so horrible!