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The Science Of...

11 total works

Cover of The Science of Natural Disasters
This fascinating guide to natural disasters combines fact-packed, easy-to-read text with colourful and quirky illustrations. From earthquakes to volcanoes, it is an eye-opening introduction to the devastating and often terrifying power of the natural world.

Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations and side panels such as Fascinating Facts, Helpful Hint, Can You Believe It?, and Disgusting Data, which provide additional information and handy advice.

Cover of The Science of Rocks and Minerals
This fascinating guide to rocks and minerals combines fact-packed, easy-to-read text with colourful and quirky illustrations. From tectonic plates to soil, it is an eye-opening introduction to how these ubiquitous materials shape the world around us.

Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations and side panels such as Fascinating Facts, Helpful Hint, Can You Believe It?, and Disgusting Data, which provide additional information and handy advice.

Cover of The Science Of Poo & Farts

The Science Of Poo & Farts

by Alex Woolf

Published 1 August 2017
This gruesome guide uses fact-packed, easy-to-read text and humorous illustrations to explore the making of poo, the digestive process, and how this smelly waste product can also be hugely useful to civilisation. Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations and side panels such as Fascinating Facts, Helpful Hint, Can You Believe It?, and Disgusting Data, which provide additional information and handy advice.

Cover of The Science of Flying Reptiles

The Science of Flying Reptiles

by Alex Woolf

Published 1 October 2017
While the dinosaurs roamed the Earth, another species ruled the skies. These were the pterosaurs - flying reptiles. They were expert flyers and hunters, swooping, soaring, and gliding through prehistoric skies. In this gruesome guide, readers will discover all about these awesome creatures, how they lived, how they hunted, and why they eventually died out. Packed with fact-filled, easy-to-read text, quirky illustrations and side panels providing more icky information.

Cover of The Science of Buildings

The Science of Buildings

by Alex Woolf

Published 1 January 2019
This fascinating guide to the construction and architecture of buildings through the ages combines fact-packed, easy-to-read text with colourful and quirky illustrations. From cathedrals to skyscrapers, it is an eye-opening introduction to how humans have designed buildings to house the myriad different aspects of life.

Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations and side panels such as Fascinating Fact, Can You Believe It?, and Try It Yourself, which provide additional information and handy advice.

Cover of The Science of Sea Monsters

The Science of Sea Monsters

by Alex Woolf

Published 1 October 2017
Millions of years ago, the oceans teemed with creatures that were every bit as fascinating and ferocious as the dinosaurs that ruled the land. These were the marine reptiles, including the massive-jawed pliosaur and the long-necked plesiosaur. This gruesome guide explores how these awesome creatures lived, how they hunted, and how we know about them today. Packed with fact-filled, easy-to-read text, quirky illustrations and side panels providing more icky information.

Cover of The Science Of Acne & Warts

The Science Of Acne & Warts

by Alex Woolf

Published 1 August 2017
This gruesome guide to skin, the largest organ in the human body, uses fact-packed, easy-to-read text and humorous illustrations to explore everything from how skin protects us to how it can itch and irritate us, and delves into why skin is such a integral part of our identity. Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations and side panels such as Fascinating Facts, Helpful Hint, Can You Believe It?, and Disgusting Data, which provide additional information and handy advice.

Cover of The Science of Spacecraft

The Science of Spacecraft

by Alex Woolf

Published 1 January 2019
This fascinating guide to how humans mastered space travel combines fact-packed, easy-to-read text with colourful and quirky illustrations. From the first satellite, Sputnik 1, to the Apollo program and the interstellar probes operated by scientists today, it is an eye-opening introduction to the mechanics and marvels of spacecraft.

Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations and side panels such as Fascinating Fact, Can You Believe It?, and Try It Yourself, which provide additional information and handy advice.

Cover of The Science of Spacecraft: The Cosmic Truth about Rockets, Satellites, and Probes (the Science of Engineering)

Cover of The Science of Buildings: The Sky-Scraping Story of Structures (the Science of Engineering)

Cover of The Science of Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Reptiles of the Sea (the Science of Dinosaurs)