Editing Adam Hart-Davis (section)

== Published works ==

He has written many books, including a history of the toilet, entitled ''Thunder, Flush and Thomas Crapper'', and ''Taking The Piss'' (''A Potted History of Pee'').<br>
Published works include:

===Author===
* ''Scientific Eye '', HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (November 1985), ({{ISBN|0-7135-2584-3}})
* ''Mathematical Eye'', Collins Educational (September 1989), ({{ISBN|0-04-448043-1}})
* ''Scientific Eye: Exploring the Marvels of Science'', Sterling Pub Co Inc (Mar 1990), ({{ISBN|0-8069-5758-1}})
* ''Amazing Math Puzzles'', Sterling Publishing; Reprint edition (May 1997), ({{ISBN|0-8069-9669-2}})
* ''Thunder, Flush and Thomas Crapper: An Encycloopedia'', Michael O'Mara Books; New Ed edition (10 October 1997), ({{ISBN|1-85479-250-4}})
* ''Chain Reactions: Pioneers of British Science and Technology'', National Portrait Gallery Publications (24 November 2000), ({{ISBN|1-85514-291-0}})
* ''What the Victorians Did for Us'', Headline Book Publishing (5 August 2002), ({{ISBN|0-7553-1137-X}})
* ''The World's Stupidest Inventions'', Michael O'Mara Books (18 August 2003), ({{ISBN|1-84317-036-1}})
* ''What the Tudors and Stuarts Did for Us'', Boxtree Ltd (5 September 2003), ({{ISBN|0-7522-1556-6}})
* ''What the Past Did for Us'', Publisher: BBC Books (14 October 2004), ({{ISBN|0-563-52207-0}})
* ''Why Does A Ball Bounce?: And 100 Other Questions From the World of Science'', Ebury Press (1 September 2005), ({{ISBN|0-09-190268-1}})
* ''Just Another Day'', Orion (21 September 2006), ({{ISBN|0-7528-7334-2}})
* ''History: The Definitive Visual Guide – from the Dawn of Civilisation to the Present Day'', Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (4 October 2007), ({{ISBN|1-4053-1809-0}})
* ''Eurekaaargh!! A spectacular collection of inventions that nearly worked''. Past Times edition published 1999.
*''The Book of Time'', 2010.
*''Very Heath Robinson'', Sheldrake Press (2017), ({{ISBN|1-873329-48-2}})

===Collaborations===

* ''Where There's Life'', (with [[Hilary Lawson]]), Michael Joseph Ltd (10 May 1982), ({{ISBN|0-7181-2137-6}})
* ''Test Your Psychic Powers'', (with [[Susan Blackmore]]), [[Sterling Publishing]]; Reprint edition (May 1997), ({{ISBN|0-8069-9669-2}})
* ''"Local Heroes" Book of British Ingenuity'', (with Paul Bader), [[Sutton Publishing]] Ltd; (25 September 1997), ({{ISBN|0-7509-1473-4}} )
* ''More "Local Heroes"'', (with Paul Bader), Sutton Publishing Ltd (20 August 1998), ({{ISBN|0-7509-1797-0}})
* ''100 Local Heroes'', (with Paul Bader), Sutton Publishing Ltd; Rev Ed edition (22 July 1999), ({{ISBN|0-7509-2373-3}})
* ''What the Romans Did for Us'', (with [[Philip Wilkinson (author)|Philip Wilkinson]]), [[Boxtree Ltd]]; New Ed edition (20 July 2001), ({{ISBN|0-7522-6172-X}} )
* ''The Book of Victorian Heroes'', (with Paul Bader), Sutton Publishing Ltd (23 August 2001), ({{ISBN|0-7509-2820-4}})
* ''Classic Mathemagic'', (with Raymond Blum and Bob Longe), MetroBooks (NY) (August 2002), ({{ISBN|1-58663-683-9}})
* ''Catchphrase, Slogan and Cliché'', (with Judy Parkinson), [[Michael O'Mara Books]] (1 October 2003), ({{ISBN|1-84317-063-9}})
* ''[[Henry Winstanley]] and the Eddystone Lighthouse'', (with Emily Troscianko), Sutton Publishing Ltd; New Ed edition (23 October 2003), ({{ISBN|0-7509-3379-8}})
* ''Taking the Piss: A Potted History of Pee'', (with Emily Troscianko), The Chalford Press (10 October 2006), ({{ISBN|1-84588-351-9}})
* ''The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide'', (with Paul Bader), [[BBC Books]] (21 June 2007), ({{ISBN|1-84607-212-3}})
* ''Science : the definitive visual guide'', Dorling Kindersley Limited ({{ISBN|978-0-241-24047-2}})