John Farndon
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From wild tornadoes to blinding blizzards, learn what makes our climate and weather work in this stunning visual guide. Fiercer hurricanes, hungrier wildfires, flash floods, and desertification are becoming a part of daily life as our climate shifts and changes. Weather covers the most important areas of this timely topic, delivering up-to-date expert information on everything from the water cycle to winds, cloud galleries, fog, and snow, and from...
44) Oxygen
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Explores the history of the chemical element oxygen and explains its chemistry, how it works in the body, and its importance in our lives.
48) Hydrogen
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Explores the history of the chemical element hydrogen and explains its chemistry, how it reacts, its uses, and its importance in our lives.
50) Do not open
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True facts about secret stuff, weird history, strange science, mysterious places, random happenings, and freaky facts of nature.
51) Tiny killers
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"From early ideas about what made people sick to modern understanding of the tiny but powerful bacteria all around us, read this book to learn all about the history of the science of what makes us sick."--
53) Strange medicine
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Read this book to learn all about the different ways in which people used to treat illness, from roots and plants to the medicine we use today. --
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"With electronic devices in nearly every home, electrical and magnetic currents are a common part of everyday life. Understanding how these concepts work in a safe and practical way is an important part of every young scientist's journey. Through this volume's simple, hands-on experiments, young scientists will get a good look at both in action, encouraging their understanding of these complex forces. With experiments on static electricity and magnetic...
57) Human body!
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A guide to the human body describes the various parts and discusses how different systems work.
58) Engineers
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Examines the lives and motivations of engineers, spanning the ancient world to modern times, and providing illustrated narratives, detailed accounts, photo-essays, and more.
59) How space works
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How the Universe works - and how we explore it - explained in simple words and clever graphics. The clearest, most visual guide to space and the Universe for complete beginners to astronomy. Have you ever asked yourself how big the Universe is, how far it is to the nearest star, or what came before the Big Bang? Then this is the book for you. How Space Works shows you the different types of object in the Universe (so you'll know your pulsars from...
60) The movie book
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"Written in plain English and packed with iconic film stills, contemporary posters, and witty infographics, The Movie Book explores the characters, plots, and key themes of more than 100 of the greatest movies ever to grace the silver screen."
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