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Cool Stuff 2.0 and How it Works (Hardcover) |
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| Following on the success Cool Stuff and How it Works, this spectacular book shows and explains, in a brilliantly visual and easy-to-understand way, exactly how the technology that shapes our world works. Taking the reader on an eye-opening journey from the engine of a hydrogen-fuelled car, into the virtual world of Second Life, and up the earthquake-proofed structure of the world’s tallest office building, learn about the science behind every machine and gadget, and find out when and how things were invented—from mobile phones and games consoles to smart cards and space planes. Ages 8 to 12/ 256 pages. |
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9780756632076 |
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SPACE & FLIGHT SERIES: Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - (Hardcover) |
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| The dream of flight is as old as human history. Based on the outstanding collection of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, Book of Flight traces the remarkable story of the pioneers, inventors, scientists and pilots who turned this dream into reality. |
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1-55407-292-1 |
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Cool Stuff Exploded |
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| Hardcover. 256 pages. 10-17 years.The third installment of our visually stunning and incredibly successful Cool Stuff series will blow your mind. This super cool technology book deconstructs—or literally explodes—everyday objects so readers can see exactly how they work. Beautifully photographed spreads show a piece-by-piece breakdown of cell phones, computers, cars, and more, detailing how each part works and how they all fit together as a whole. This unique look at the items we use every day brings science, technology, and wonder to the fore, giving us all a great appreciation for how our twenty-first-century world works. Set into the cover is a CD-ROM containing animations of the “exploded” views featured in the book. |
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9780756640286 |
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THE BRAINWAVES: How Nearly Everything Was Invented (Hardcover) |
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| A lighthearted look at more than 300 of the world's most important inventions, this fascinating book begins with six key inventions and explores the people who created them, the mechanics that make them work, and the ideas and innovations that inspired them. Illustrated with hilarious artwork teeming with tiny people (the Brainwaves!), How Nearly Everything Was Invented makes it easy to see how one crazy notion leads to another culminating in the remarkable technological revolutions that change our lives forever. Ages 10 and up/ 64 pages. |
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9780756620776 |
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THE BRAINWAVES: How the Incredible Human Body Works |
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| The Brainwaves, the pint-sizzed stars of How Nearly Everything Was Invented, return to take readers on a rollicking, rip-roaring romp around the human body. This quirky yet informative book offers a fund and wacky peek at the body's phuysiological processes and its anatomical make-up. Watch the Brainwaves fight with the body's defense force against invasions from toxic bacteria, dodge squirting digestive juices that can reduce anything to a pulp, or get washed away on a raging red river bo blood. Ages 8+. 64 pages. Hardcover |
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9780756631451 |
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THE BRAINWAVES: The Most Explosive Science Book in the Universe (Hardcover) |
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| Everyone's favorite little Brainwaves are back-and this time they're making an incredible journey into SCIENCE! Lighthearted illustrations and funny, punny commentary guide the reader through the scientific method, science history, and the big three: physics, chemistry, and biology. Entertaining yet educational, The Most Explosive Science Book in the Universe...By the Brainwaves is the perfect book for any budding scientist. Ages 8 to 14. 64 pages. |
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9780756651527 |
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THE BRAINWAVES: The Most Fantastic Atlas of the Whole Wide World (Hardcover) |
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| Everyone’s favorite zany and informative illustrated books are back with an extremely fantastic atlas. Fun and accurate illustrations bring the world to the reader’s lap in this bright and brain-tastic atlas. Ages 8 to 14. 64 pages. |
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9780756640095 |
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HIDDEN! SERIES: Hidden Depths: Amazing Underwater Discoveries - (Hardcover) |
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| There are some amazing surprises hidden beneath the sea. In 1961, astronaut Gus Grissom's space capsule splashed down in the Atlantic and began filling with water. Grissom escaped, but the craft sank three miles to the ocean floor and wasn't recovered until 1999.
Of course, some vessels were designed to sink. During the American Civil War, the world's first combat submarine successfully sank a blockade ship in the waters near Charleston, South Carolina. Unfortunately for the triumphant crew, the experimental sub never resurfaced until it was raised 136 years later! |
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1-55037-863-5 |
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HIDDEN! SERIES: Hidden Treasure: Amazing Stories of Discovery - (Hardcover) |
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| Dig this: In 1840 a surprised English workman uncovered a 900-year-old Viking treasure. The buried silver hoard contained over 7000 coins!
Not all treasures are found so easily. American treasure hunter Mel Fisher searched the Gulf of Mexico for fifteen years before discovering the wreck of a centuries-old Spanish treasure ship in 1985. That treasure contained over 130,000 silver coins! |
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1-55037803-1 |
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HIDDEN! SERIES: Hidden Worlds: Amazing Tunnel Stories - (Hardcover) |
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| Did you know that...
A hundred years ago Chicago had a miniature underground train system that criss-crossed beneath the streets, delivering coal and other materials? The trains could go right into a building's basement. Even today, few people know these tunnels exist....
Or that Paris has over six million skeletons buried in ancient chambers and tunnels beneath the city? The ancient Romans first dug up this spot while mining for rock, but 200 years ago the overcrowded city of Paris needed new space to bury its dead. |
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1-55037-745-0 |
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