Kelley Library

1000 things you should know about science, [written and designed by John Farndon and Angela Koo]

eng

illustrations

index present

non fiction

1000 things you should know about science

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[written and designed by John Farndon and Angela Koo]

If you like your information served up in bite-size pieces, you will feast on 1000 things you should know. There are 100 illustrated topic panels on science and each panel contains 10 facts

Computers, turning forces -- Archimedes; magnetism -- New materials; salts and soaps -- Musical sound; lasers -- Aluminum; stretching and pulling -- Electrons -- Oxygen; Einstein -- Atoms; microscopes -- Electromagnetic spectrum -- Chemical bonds; pressure -- Machines; Faraday -- Electric circuits; plastics -- Chemical compounds; halogens -- Particle physics -- Forces; electricity -- Time; chemical reactions -- Periodic table -- Crystals; friction -- Lavoisier; electromagnetism -- Heat; iron and steel -- Fiber optics; metals -- Radioactivity -- Light and atoms; quantum physics -- Floating and sinking; electronics -- Telecommunications -- Splitting the atom; heat movement -- Light sources; weight and mass -- Curies; hydrogen -- Quarks; air -- Relativity -- Hawking; oil -- Scanners; vectors -- Genetic engineering -- Mixing colors; velocity and acceleration -- Organic chemistry; color -- Motion; molecules -- Space; elements -- Light -- Television; huygens -- Engines; solutions and mixtures -- Nuclear power -- Moving particles; inertia and momentum -- Internet; temperature --Newton; moving light -- Holograms; sound measurement -- Electrical power -- Copper; energy -- Thermodynamics; sound -- Time travel -- Sound recording; glass -- Radiation; water -- Carbon; echoes and acoustics -- Acids and alkalis; solids, liquids, and gases -- Nitrogen; nuclear energy -- Spectrum; energy conversion -- Calcium; oil compounds -- Index and acknowledgements

juvenile

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