Have you got 30 seconds to spare?

What if you could learn everything there is to know about a Rubik’s Cube – except how to solve it – in 30 seconds? Or Pavlo’s Dogs or universal gravitation theory?

This month we’ve been delving into Icon Books’ 30-Second series – take an idea; two pages; a couple of hundred words and a picture and you’ve got the recipe for quick learning. Ideal for those summer afternoons when you don’t want anything too heavy to read – but can’t bear to part from your science.

In 30-Second Psychology­ you’ll learn about the 50 most thought-provoking psychologies theories – including psychoanalysis, Milgram’s obedience study and Charcot’s hysteria – from a range of authors including Vaughan Bell and Christian Jarrett.

Learn about Ockham’s Razor, Schrödinger’s Cat, quantum mechanics and 47 other theories from authors such as Michael Brooks and Jim Al-Khalili in just half a minute in 30-Second Theories.

And 30-Second Maths covers the 50 most mind-expanding mathematical theories including Fermat’s Last Theorem and Godel’s incompleteness theorem for a general reader in just 30 seconds.

30-Second series, Icon Books, £12.99

To be in with a chance of winning a bundle of 30-Second Theories, 30-Second Psychology or 30-Second Maths, just send your name, address and organisation/institution to phil.prime@laboratorynews.co.uk by 27^th July.