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  • Formaat: Hardback, 160 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 283x222x17 mm, kaal: 902 g
  • Sari: DK David Macaulay How Things Work
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Aug-2020
  • Kirjastus: DK Children
  • ISBN-10: 1465491465
  • ISBN-13: 9781465491466
  • Formaat: Hardback, 160 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 283x222x17 mm, kaal: 902 g
  • Sari: DK David Macaulay How Things Work
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Aug-2020
  • Kirjastus: DK Children
  • ISBN-10: 1465491465
  • ISBN-13: 9781465491466
"From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerfulforce, make mammoth models of different materials explore what gives them mass, and step into a X-ray machine to reveal the bones beneath their woolly exterior."--

David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science.

From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of different materials explore what gives them mass, and step into an X-ray machine to reveal the bones beneath their woolly exterior.

Observing and recording the mammoth's behavior is bestselling illustrator David Macaulay, whose How Machines Work won the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2016. Renowned for his ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius, Macaulay captures the oddball humor of his subject matter, making Macaulay's Mammoth Science the perfect introduction to scientific principles for the young and the young-at-heart.

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Not only informative but laugh-out-loud delightful. The Wall Street Journal

A unique and amusing encyclopedia of general scientific topics from master draftsman Macaulay The Horn Book

Matter
6(2)
States of matter
8(2)
Changing states
10(2)
Density
12(2)
Materials
14(2)
Separating mixtures
16(2)
Elements
18(2)
Atoms
20(2)
Molecules
22(2)
Chemical reactions
24(2)
Rapid reactions
26(2)
Combustion
28(2)
The pH scale
30(2)
Life
32(2)
What is life?
34(2)
Bacteria
36(2)
Cells
38(2)
Types of cell
40(2)
Plants
42(2)
Flowers
44(2)
Seeds
46(2)
Food chains
48(2)
Digestion
50(2)
Breathing
52(2)
Circulation
54(2)
Waste disposal
56(2)
Bones
58(2)
Muscles
60(2)
Nervous system
62(2)
The eye
64(2)
The ear
66(2)
Body defenses
68(2)
Growing up
70(2)
Reproduction
72(2)
DNA
74(2)
Evolution
76(2)
Energy
78(2)
What is energy?
80(2)
Heat
82(2)
Sound waves
84(2)
Light
86(2)
Reflection
88(2)
Refraction
90(2)
White light
92(2)
Seeing color
94(2)
Electromagnetic radiation
96(2)
Static electricity
98(2)
Electric current
100(2)
Magnetism
102(2)
Forces
104(2)
What are forces?
106(2)
Deforming forces
108(2)
Acceleration
110(2)
Momentum
112(2)
Action and reaction
114(2)
Gravity
116(2)
Friction
118(2)
Drag
120(2)
Pressure
122(2)
Hydraulics
124(2)
Floating
126(2)
Flight
128(2)
Simple machines
130(2)
Earth and space
132(2)
Earth
134(2)
Plate tectonics
136(2)
Rocks
138(2)
Fossils
140(2)
Water cycle
142(2)
Seasons
144(2)
Climate
146(2)
Greenhouse effect
148(2)
Moon
150(2)
Solar system
152(2)
Milky Way
154(2)
Glossary 156(2)
Index 158
British-American artist David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone. He has won numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post Childrens Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006 he received a MacArthur Fellowship. His work is renowned for its humor, detail, and ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius.