Peppa Pig: Practise with Peppa: Wipe-Clean First Numbers
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Summary
Develop and practise first number skills with Peppa Pig and friends in this colourful wipe-clean activity book。 Children will learn how to write the numbers 1-10 and begin to link number words with the numerals （one = 1） through a range of fun Peppa-themed activities。
Ideal for young readers who are starting school and developing first number skills and pencil control。 Children can wipe the page clean and practise again and again。 Includes a free pen。
For more confident learners， why not also try Practise with Peppa: Wipe-Clean First Counting to practise numbers up to 20？
Ideal for young readers who are starting school and developing first number skills and pencil control。 Children can wipe the page clean and practise again and again。 Includes a free pen。
For more confident learners， why not also try Practise with Peppa: Wipe-Clean First Counting to practise numbers up to 20？
Reviews
Petra-X has no life so is reading a book a day
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Before I read this book， I didn't think it was a problem defining what was alive and what wasn't。 Now， I'm no more sure than the scientists and philosophers。 If something dies after a 100 days， then it was alive， right？ That's red blood cells。 Not many of us would say they were alive， had life。 The most fascinating thing so far is a pretty， yellow single-celled slime mould （that isn't really a mould） that can grow all across a forest floor， can learn and can pass on its knowledge， although no on Before I read this book， I didn't think it was a problem defining what was alive and what wasn't。 Now， I'm no more sure than the scientists and philosophers。 If something dies after a 100 days， then it was alive， right？ That's red blood cells。 Not many of us would say they were alive， had life。 The most fascinating thing so far is a pretty， yellow single-celled slime mould （that isn't really a mould） that can grow all across a forest floor， can learn and can pass on its knowledge， although no one knows how。 This is Physarum。 Physarum is chemically-attracted to various nutritive elements， say sugar。 It is always hunting whether tiny in a laboratory or huge across a forest floor。 It puts out tentacles which eventually will sense the sugar and move towards it。 Where the tentacles have been is left a slime trail。 Physarum will not go again where it has left slime， so it has 'memory' of where it has been。 It also can only go where the surface is damp。Scientists constructed an acrylic maze with sugar at the ends of it and damped the base。 Over 120 hours， the slime mould had not just found the sugar but had done so in the straightest possible way。 So， in another experiment （not in the book） scientists "took 2，000 P。 polycephalum specimens and trained them to cross a salt bridge to reach food。 These were called “habituated” slime molds。 Then， they took another 2，000 specimens and had them cross a bare bridge （no salt） to reach their food。 They called these the “naive” slime molds。 Then， they divided the specimens into habituated， naive， or mixed groups。 The slime molds fused together when paired （a natural behavior）。 The researchers tested each fused group to see how quickly they would cross the salt bridge to reach food。What they found was quite remarkable - any group that had contained a habituated specimen crossed the salt bridge just as fast as a habituated specimen alone！ They went a step further and separated the fused specimens and found that only naive specimens that had been fused to habituated specimens crossed the salt bridge。 The researchers take this as proof of learning。 Now the trick is to figure out how the slime molds pass their learning to other individuals。" https://www。labroots。com/trending/mic。。。 So now， it is not just life that has become hard to define， but also intelligence， communication and learning。 。。。more
Guy Lenk
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This is a really interesting book。 I've rarely read something so packed full of information and still walked away feeling like I know so little。。。。This is a great book about what it means to be alive and life。。。 whatever that is。 :） This is a really interesting book。 I've rarely read something so packed full of information and still walked away feeling like I know so little。。。。This is a great book about what it means to be alive and life。。。 whatever that is。 :） 。。。more
Jim Witkins
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As always， Zimmer’s science writing is infectiously thrilling， and there’s plenty to enjoy in this loosely connected series of stories and anecdotes about how to define or think about “life”。 The section on Assembly Theory， looking for ways to measure a living to non-living spectrum， based on molecular bio signatures， was new to me。 If anything， I was disappointed the book seemed to be on the short side。
Alex Telfar
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Very much on the 'pop sci' side of science with。 Lots of anecdotes and not-that-relevant context （was at the beach， I visited X in Y， 。。。）。There were def some interesting bits。 The history of science normally pretty interesting。 Unfortunately， I was familiar with most of the ideas in here tho。 So that was a bit of a let down。My new position on the definition of life is; our notion of life is probably incoherent。 I'm just going to focus on adaptive systems。 Very much on the 'pop sci' side of science with。 Lots of anecdotes and not-that-relevant context （was at the beach， I visited X in Y， 。。。）。There were def some interesting bits。 The history of science normally pretty interesting。 Unfortunately， I was familiar with most of the ideas in here tho。 So that was a bit of a let down。My new position on the definition of life is; our notion of life is probably incoherent。 I'm just going to focus on adaptive systems。 。。。more
Doug Stone
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This book had so much promise， but I had to abandon it in the sample。 The intro about radiobes presented something I had never heard of， and that was good， but the writing was boxy， and the point about mistakes along the way of our learning about life was weak。 Either start of with a BANG about something tangential， or bring us into the topic in a logical fashion， such as chronologically。 I was then expecting some enlightenment or deep philosophy as to what life is， but based on section and chap This book had so much promise， but I had to abandon it in the sample。 The intro about radiobes presented something I had never heard of， and that was good， but the writing was boxy， and the point about mistakes along the way of our learning about life was weak。 Either start of with a BANG about something tangential， or bring us into the topic in a logical fashion， such as chronologically。 I was then expecting some enlightenment or deep philosophy as to what life is， but based on section and chapter headings and other reviews， no such luck。 I have a degree in biology （from long ago but I've tried to keep up）， so perhaps this book is mostly review for me。 And for others it's too advanced。 Oh well， life is too short。 NEXT！ 。。。more
Alisa
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Zimmer presents a fascinating overview of different forms of life on earth and what it means to be alive。 While reading， I couldn't help but be reminded of this quote from Bill Bryson:"Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive。 I know this sounds a trifle obvious， but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact。 By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create y Zimmer presents a fascinating overview of different forms of life on earth and what it means to be alive。 While reading， I couldn't help but be reminded of this quote from Bill Bryson:"Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive。 I know this sounds a trifle obvious， but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact。 By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist。” 。。。more
Will Byrnes
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…the question of what it means to be alive has flowed through four centuries of scientific history like an underground river… More than 150 years later， despite all that biologists have learned about living things， they still cannot agree on the definition of life。 I have had the pleasure of driving up a mountain through mist and cloud， and of walking in London through pea soup fog。 Where exactly did the clear air end and the more particulate air begin？ It is not entirely…um…clear。 Sure， the …the question of what it means to be alive has flowed through four centuries of scientific history like an underground river… More than 150 years later， despite all that biologists have learned about living things， they still cannot agree on the definition of life。 I have had the pleasure of driving up a mountain through mist and cloud， and of walking in London through pea soup fog。 Where exactly did the clear air end and the more particulate air begin？ It is not entirely…um…clear。 Sure， there is a difference between standing， or driving in air that one cannot visually penetrate and looking through a wide outdoor expanse on a cloud-free， crystalline winter day。 But it is not a barrier drawn with a straight edge。 Thus it appears with the line between living and not-living。 With the examples detailed in Life’s Edge， it is clearer than ever that there are more things under heaven and earth than had been dreamed of in our philosophies。 There are those， certainly， who proclaim that this or that specific location is where the thing called life begins。 Rules have been drawn up to plant markers， to draw lines。 But like an outdoor crime-scene police-tape， the fog of what lies within and without wanders freely past those lines， with no regard for the designs or preferences of humans。 Carl Zimmer - image from The Psychology Podcast New York Times science columnist and multiple-award-winning science-writer Carl Zimmer’s fourteenth book takes readers on an exploration to that amorphous borderland between the living and the non-living。 It is a journey that raises a lot more questions than it answers。 Zimmer employs a tried and true approach， each chapter moving on to the next lab， the next researcher， the next wild bit of research， and filling in with nice chunks of science history， as he circles around the question。Alysson Muotri – image from The Stem Cell PodcastMany of the things Zimmer reports on are fascinating。 Some， however， will disturb your sleep。 For an example of the latter， Alysson Muotri， at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine， takes skin samples and reprograms them into neurons to study neurological diseases and possible treatments。 They are grown into miniature organs called organoids， and are allowed to reproduce， up to a point。 When he started growing these things， he assumed that they could never become conscious。 “Now I’m not so sure， he confessed。” Zimmer tells， also， of a researcher， a very long time ago， who was notorious for experimenting on living animals。 Cerebral organoid - image from European Research CouncilClearly a significant concern for our culture is where “life” begins， and further， where “human life” begins。 It all comes down to definitions。 Is Thomas Aquinas’s notion of the “ensoulment” of human embryos the same as defining when life becomes human life？ There have been other notions employed in the history of Christianity。 Zimmer looks at how legal definitions of life， for purposes including supporting abortion laws， and concerning a widening spectrum of medical and legal issues， fail to hold up under scientific scrutiny。”It’s Alive！” （or is it？） – from Frankenstein – image from BuzzfeedThe concern here is not just what is life， but how can we tell when something actually is alive？ He looks at how humans perceive life and react to it。 We have a sense of life being present or absent， an intuition that is not unique to our species。 Ravens hold what can only be seen as funerals for dead flock members。 Chimps engage in group laments for late members， as do many other creatures。 To be alive is to not be dead…Humanity did not come to this realization through logic and deduction。 Our understanding of death is not like Darwin’s theory of evolution or Thompson’s discovery of the electron。 It has its origins in ancient intuitions。 Zimmer looks at metabolic rate。 In the 17th century， there was a widespread fear of being afflicted with a death-like state that might leave its victims without detectable breath or heartbeat， thus generating a rampant terror of being buried alive。 This concern inspired a well-known short story。 The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague。 - Edgar Allan Poe， The Premature Burial Zimmer reports on a woman who was pronounced dead， twice。 Where is the line between brain death and true， no backsies， total death？ Can a person meet the criteria for brain death one day， and later not meet it？From The Night of the Living Dead - image from WikipediaBut what constitutes life？ How about adding some ingredients to agar， leaving it alone for a few hours and then finding a thriving slime mold， one with remarkable survival skills。 What about spores， some of which can survive in space？ Are spores alive？ Or only potentially alive， or an ingredient in a recipe for making life？ Scientists have been arguing over whether viruses are alive for about a century， ever since the pathogens came to light。 Writing last month in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology， two microbiologists at University College Cork named Hugh Harris and Colin Hill took stock of the debate。 They could see no end to it。 “The scientific community will never fully agree on the living nature of viruses，” they declared。 - from Zimmer’s Secret Life piece in the NY Times “I vunder vut it vood be like to be really dead” – image from The Indy ChannelWhether you prefer your undead to be of the vampiric， zombie， or reanimated sort， or are more inclined to unicellular spore candidates， or maybe pre-conscious organoids， there are plenty of candidates for entities on the fringes of life。 In addition to providing readers with a better handle on the attempt to delineate the line between life and not-life， there are plenty of interesting questions raised and fun facts to be gleaned。 We learn， for example， that Erwin Schrödinger was set up by the governmental at Trinity College。 （But he may have simultaneously both been there and not， depending on whether any students saw him give a lecture。） We also learn that when Vitamin C was discovered， the discoverer wanted to name it “Godnose。” And how about meteorites as a possible source of Terran life？ Or maybe they contributed one or more of the ingredients necessary for the recipe？ I particularly enjoy when science writers imbue their work with a sense of humor。 That is mostly lacking here， which is disappointing。 But there is plenty of material to keep your brain cells flashing on and off。 Who decides on a definition of life？ In an ideal world， science should lead on matters that are subject to physical investigation and repeatable experimentation。 And yet…It may be enough for you to align with Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart who， when it came time to issue a ruling pertaining to pornography， said that he knows it when he sees it。 We as a species tend to think that we know life when we see it。 But it would be a good thing to recognize that all extant definitions of life are squishy， relying on philosophy or religion for their support。 So I would appreciate it if no one would use their definition to tell me or anyone who does not share their perspective what they can or cannot do。 Because when it comes to folks twisting science to political ends， I know it when I see it。 Life’s Edge may not provide a definitive guide to the line between living and nonliving。 Such a line does not really exist in biology。 But it does point out where the arguments lie about where those lines might be drawn， or， at least， where they might be investigated。 It raises the larger question， though， of whether that line can， at least from a scientific perspective， be drawn at all。 Life is what the scientific establishment （probably after some healthy disagreement） will accept as life。 Review posted – March 19， 2021Publication date – March 9， 2021I received an e-book ARE if Life’s Edge from Dutton in exchange for an honest review， and some of those interesting things that have been growing， unasked， in my basement。=============================EXTRA STUFFLinks to the author’s personal， FB， Instagram， Tumblr， PInterest， and Twitter pagesItems of Interest from the author-----What is Life - audio – A series of live conversations between writer Carl Zimmer and eight leading thinkers on the question of what it means to be alive。-----Slate – excerpt - What on Earth are These Things？ - on organoids-----NY Times - The Secret Life of a Coronavirus - is it alive？Songs/Music-----From Sondheim’s Company - Being Alive-----Aerosmith - Livin’ On the Edge-----Opening of Saturday Night Fever – The Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive-----Madonna - Borderline-----GaGa - Edge of Glory-----Shruti Haasan - Edge-----Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life - Every Sperm is Sacred 。。。more
Nicole Barbaro
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Wonderful book and great delivery。 Each chapter is a mini science adventure story to demonstrate either a characteristic of life or a pending question。 Must read！
Jim French
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There are scattered sections with interesting unfamiliar information， but for the most part if the reader has had a general biology class it's mostly review。 Darwin， Watson， Crick， Vitamin C， all covered here and not in a novel or interesting way。 And who really cares about coming up with a definition of life？ It's pointless imho。 It's another meaningless attempt to classify something that can't be classified。 See "Why Fish Don't Exist"。 There are scattered sections with interesting unfamiliar information， but for the most part if the reader has had a general biology class it's mostly review。 Darwin， Watson， Crick， Vitamin C， all covered here and not in a novel or interesting way。 And who really cares about coming up with a definition of life？ It's pointless imho。 It's another meaningless attempt to classify something that can't be classified。 See "Why Fish Don't Exist"。 。。。more
Melissa
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Fascinating！ I tend to study life as it is currently rather than spend time pondering what life is exactly and how it came to be， but I enjoyed going a little way down that rabbit hole。 Zimmer is an engaging writer。 （I also enjoyed She Has Her Mother’s Laugh。） Its funny。。。halfway through the book I found myself thinking “I figured this book would be more about abiogenesis than the definition of life and the extremes that help/make it more difficult to define it。 About four sentences later， Zimme Fascinating！ I tend to study life as it is currently rather than spend time pondering what life is exactly and how it came to be， but I enjoyed going a little way down that rabbit hole。 Zimmer is an engaging writer。 （I also enjoyed She Has Her Mother’s Laugh。） Its funny。。。halfway through the book I found myself thinking “I figured this book would be more about abiogenesis than the definition of life and the extremes that help/make it more difficult to define it。 About four sentences later， Zimmer transitioned into a discussion of abiogenesis。 Really cool stuff！！ 。。。more
Hill Krishnan
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This book along with inquiring about what life is also revealed some interesting info and some are:1。 The weight of some bats 🦇 are same as an empty envelope！2。 During digestion of a rat 🐀 by a python the fatty acids in the python blood could kill a human being。 Pythons ATP usage and metabolic activity is fascinating: BMR could almost get to zero for python when resting。3。 The sex of maple tree is done by wind because it can’t move to its mate （very poetic）。 It’s male pollens odds of success are This book along with inquiring about what life is also revealed some interesting info and some are:1。 The weight of some bats 🦇 are same as an empty envelope！2。 During digestion of a rat 🐀 by a python the fatty acids in the python blood could kill a human being。 Pythons ATP usage and metabolic activity is fascinating: BMR could almost get to zero for python when resting。3。 The sex of maple tree is done by wind because it can’t move to its mate （very poetic）。 It’s male pollens odds of success are 1 out of millions！4。 For anyone who would argue life is formed in conception: The genes of mom and dad are not mixed right away in a fertilized egg。 It's separate like employees in different cubicles for certain time！ 。。。more
Rennie
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Ok， I totally see why Carl Zimmer is such a popular science writer now。 This was great， really interesting and well told stories around various iterations of life and why it’s so complicated to define what that actually means。 It was mostly accessible for a non sciencey type like me too， but I did make the mistake of reading it too often before bed and then would get lost in some scientific definitions and the like。 Still！ Incredible learning experience and exciting stories。
Bob
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