Provides a glimpse at scientific mysteries, including recommended websites. Explores areas of research including materials, energy, and biochemistry, and describes advances in technology, including nanotechnology, robotics, cloning, computing, and plastic farming.
This title examines some of the wonders and miracles on earth in detail, from obscure animals and strange animal behaviour to the sometimes scary aspects of the natural world. Chapters cover poisoning plant life and life under the sea.
Where do colours come from? Why does ice float on water? How can a silent sound help you to see beneath the sea? Which metal catches fire when it gets wet? Will travelling through time ever be possible? And could tine robots swimming in your blood keep you healthy? These and other scientific mysteries are unravelled inside this fascinating book. Find out how science has expanded the frontiers of knowledge, from the smallest specks of matter to the edges of space and time.
Much more than a guide to the world of science, this book delves into the many fascinating phenomena that can be found in laboratories and in the world surrounding us. It is linked to the internet to help readers build on their knowledge by accessing over 100 relevant web sites.
Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, which together with The Marvels, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy! A breathtaking new voyage from Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick.Two stand-alone stories--the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose--create a beguiling narrative puzzle.The journey begins at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage.Nearly a century later, runaway Joseph Jervis seeks refuge with an uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.A gripping adventure and an intriguing invitation to decipher how the two stories connect, The Marvels is a loving tribute to the power of story from an artist at the vanguard of creative innovation.
This book focuses its attention on a veritable treasure trove of compelling, strange and hitherto little known but thoroughly fascinating mysteries of every kind, from Oliver the mysterious ape-man and Steller's gigantic sea-cow to flowers that give electric shocks and trees that weep.
This title examines some of the wonders and miracles of science in detail, from the deep mysteries of atoms and electricity to the futuristic marvels of technology, including thinking robots and machines the size of sand grains.