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1001 Inventions That Changed the World
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Jack Challoner (Editor)
We take thousands of inventions for granted, using them daily and enjoying their benefits. But how much do we really know about their origins and development? This absorbing new book tells the stories behind the inventions that have changed the world, with details abouta Convenience items, such as safety pins, toothbrushes, and bifocals ...
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Hurricane & Tornado
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Jack Challoner
A description of the reasons for and impact of hurricanes and tornadoes.
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Energy
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Jack Challoner
Part of the "Eyewitness Science" series, this book explains energy including a look at muscle energy, energy from fire, wind and water, potential energy, electromagnetism, conservation of energy, potential energy, measuring energy, fossil fuels and alternative energy forms. The book includes photographs, illustrations and 3-D models which help to ...
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Electronics
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Roger Francis Bridgman
The "Eyewitness Science" series follows the story of science, tracing the major discoveries through the eyes of the great scientists. The text is simple and straightforward, and each spread contains detailed artwork and photographs. The series combines landmark experiments in the history of science with the human element - the great men and women ...
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The Visual Dictionary of Physics
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Jack Challoner
"The Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries differ from the Eyewitness books in that the text is longer and the vocabulary more difficult.... The photographs are outstanding.... The brief text compresses many details into a few sentences, The vocabulary is scholarly...and charts combined with the text give a clear overview of the subject[s+". -- RQ
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The Science of Aliens
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Jack Challoner
This stunning volume features specially commissioned cutting-edge digital imagery, which shows how twenty-first-century scientists are beginning to visualise the possibilities of alien life. Exploring scientific principles as well as science fiction, "Aliens: Are We Alone?" takes readers on a fascinating journey through time and space. Published ...
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Artificial Intelligence
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Dorling Kindersley Publishing (Creator), Jack Challoner
The Essential Science series makes the difficult and fascinating world of cutting-edge science accessible to everyone with a stimulating mix of lively illustrations and jargon-free text. Important scientific theories are explained clearly in these authoritative guides that feature cross-references, glossaries, and thorough indexes.
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The Digital Revolution
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Jack Challoner
The internet and other digital technologies have transformed our world, yet many of us have little or no understanding of how they work. This book explains it all, from binary code to interactive TV, and surveys the changes just around the corner. This stimulating new series uses an innovative mix of graphics, artwork, and photographs to explain ...
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Luz y Sonido
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Larousse Bilingual Dictionaries, Jack Challoner, Larousse Editorial (Editor)
Introduces the science of sound, color, and light as children create their own rainbow and record their voices on a homemade microphone. Coleccion donde podran encontrar una gran gama de experimentos de facil realizacion para los pequenos, se pueden realizar en el colegio o en casa. Cuenta con un glosario e instrucciones precisas para que el nino ...
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Weather Tracker Weather Tracker: Backyard Meteorologist's Logbook Backyard Meteorologist's Logbook
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Jack Challoner, Leslie Horvitz
Amateur meteorologistsaas well as everybody else who is interested in understanding the dynamics of weatherawill find what theyare looking for in this meteorology primer and daily logbook. An expertly written text explains the fundamentals of meteorology to beginners and offers interesting pointers on weather prediction to more experienced weather ...
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Let's Build an Invention
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Jack Challoner
An introduction to basic inventions that readers can make themselves, including step-by-step instructions and an illustrated checklist of required materials.
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Learn About: Rocks and Minerals
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Jack Challoner
Discover the amazing world beneath your feet with Learn About Rocks and Minerals. Deep inside the Earth, precious metals, beautiful crystals and rocks as hard as granite are formed. Find out how new rocks are created, why mountains form and what happens when a volcano erupts.
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My First Batteries & Magnets Book
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Jack Challoner
Boldly coloured life-size objects and projects that are fun for younger children, yet teach them the basic principles of electricity and magnetisms, form the basis of this book. The book includes information on setting up simple circuits and making connections as well as wiring a cardboard haunted house, making a battery-powered whirling mobile or ...
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Rocks & Minerals
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Jack Challoner
Deep inside the Earth, precious metals, beautiful crystals and rock as hard as granite are formed. This book shows how new rocks are created, why mountains form and what happens when a volcano erupts.
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Science Book of Numbers
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Jack Challoner, Neil Ardley
Includes simple activities that illustrate some of the ways we use numbers.
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Science and Technology
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Jack Challoner
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Atlas of Space
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Robin Kerrod, Jack Challoner
An exciting scientific journey through space from the planets and moons in our solar system to the far reaches of the universe! Special features on scientific background, new technologies, and key people provide fascinating information. Highlights include many of the space exploration successes -- and failures -- throughout history.
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Let's Experiment With Science: a Step-By-Step Guide
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Jack Challoner Angela Wilkes
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Hurricane (Eyewitness Guides)
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Jack; Phillips Challoner, Sarah
Get swept away in a twister of a tale as you witness the primal nature of hurricanes and the havoc they generate. This book lets you discover how hurricanes start, what makes them spin and how they have so much power. It is great for project work.
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Chemistry
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Jack Challoner
Text and illustrations present the fundamentals of chemistry, including such topics as atomic bonds, catalysts, chemical reactions, and various elements.
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Hands-On Science: Forces and Motion, Matter and Materials, Sound and Light, Electricity and Magnets
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John Graham, Jack Challoner, Peter Mellett
Science takes a hands-on approach in this giant book of projects and experiments. All the essential subjects are covered -- electricity and magnets, forces and motion, sound and light, and matter and materials. Hundreds of simple, easy-to-do experiments explore the various scientific principles behind natural phenomena such as gravity, friction, ...
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Desirable Future?: Consumer Electronics in Tomorrow's World
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Jack Challoner
With the pace of current development in consumer electronics, it is tempting to picture a future in which everyone carries miniature gadgets whose batteries never run out, and which inform, entertain, translate, communicate, memorise and organise. Is this a realistic picture...or is the future of consumer electronics threatened by factors such as ...
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Explorers' handbook.
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Jack Challoner, Science Museum
A fully illustrated souvenir and follow-up book for young visitors and their families, with information about the main themes covered in the Science Museum's hands-on and historical galleries. A number of home experiments and activities are included.
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Flight: The Hands-On Approach to Science
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World Book Encyclopedia (Editor), Andrew Haslam, Jack Challoner
Introduces basic facts about the properties of flight with instructions for related experiments and projects.
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Amazing Planet Earth: The Story of Our World and the Forces That Shaped It with
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John Farndon, Jack Challoner, Robin Kerrod
Powerful photography, specially commissioned artworks and informative text work together to tell the story of life on earth. Find out how the world began, about the fearsome forces of nature that shape the land, and why the Earth's plant and animal life is so rich and varied. Meet a deep-water fish that first appeared 400 million years ago, marvel ...
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