Presents experiments with easy-to-follow instructions demonstrating the properties of light and color, including creating a rainbow, making a telescope, and observing the properties of light through w
... a chill-cabinet of curiosities: hot stuff, and deeply cool ...'Heat and fire have been at humanity's command for at least 100,000 years, but we've been in control of the cold for barely one hundre
The refrigerator may seem mundane nowadays, but it is one of the wonders of twentieth-century science--lifesaver, food preserver, social liberator. Part historical narrative, part scientific decoder,C
A visual encyclopedia of amphibians, reptiles and mammals in the United States, Canada and South America, with over 350 illustrations. It features a natural history guide section that focuses on anato
The ultimate illustrated guide and identifier to the mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds and fish of the United States and Canada, with more than 1000 artworks, maps and colour photographs.
A vibrantly photographed treasury of did-you-know facts provides young natural history enthusiasts with detailed information about all aspects of life for a wide variety of rainforest birds.
