Following the huge success of Smelly Old History , Smelly Science is a new series that uses your sense of smell to make sense of science! Your most primitive sense makes finding out about the world around you fun. Four scratch and sniff panels in each book combine with expert text and hilarious, but accurate, illustrations, to bring to your nostrils the joys of our breathtaking bodies, aromatic animals, pungent plants, and messy medicine. Glossary and index in each book. Noxious Nature. Nature smells! Whether you're rambling through the rainforest or tiptoeing through the tulips, these pungent plants and aromatic animals sure do get up your nose. Find out just how useful these smells can be, for disgusting defences, loathsome lures, and aromatic attractions - and much more! This book is intended for 7-11 years

 

This book is part of a book series called Smelly Science .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. It is scented. This book was published 1999 by Oxford University Press .

Mary and John Gribbin are well-known popular science authors who write for both adults and children. Children's titles include Time and Space (DK), What's the Big Idea? Time and the Universe (Hodder) Smelly Science (OUP) and the very recent The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (Hodder).