From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities.

Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter scale and learn how to measure the speed of light in your kitchen.

Skip through time with Darwin’s note on the pros and cons of marriage, take part in an 1858 Cambridge exam, meet the African schoolboy with a scientific puzzle named after him and much more.

• The Nature Magpie: A Cornucopia of Facts, Anecdotes, Folklore and Literature from the Natural World (Icon Magpie)
• Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe
• Discovering Words (Shire Discovering 300)
• I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School
• 30-Second Politics: The 50 most thought-provoking ideas in politics, each explained in half a minute