| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
121 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Science comics |
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Science comics (First Second (Firm))
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| Note |
Includes a forward by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, PhD, author, The Physics of NASCAR. |
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"From oddball inventors tinkering in their grages to global corporations, learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline--or an electric battery, or even steam--make a car move? Rev your motor and see how cars have impacted billions of people and the world around us. Vroom, vroom!"--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 121). |
| Contents |
Intake : prehistory of cars -- Compression : putting it all together -- Power : explosive growth -- Exhaust : cars and our environment -- Glossary. |
| Summary |
A young reader's introduction to where cars came from and how they work. Presented in comic book format. |
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"In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars, you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline - or electric batteries, or even steam - make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its explosive effects on our modern lives."--Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Automobiles -- Juvenile literature.
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Automobiles -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Automobiles -- Cartoons and comics.
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Automobiles -- History -- Cartoons and comics.
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Cartoons and comics.
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Automobiles. (OCoLC)fst00823232
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Automobiles -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Automobiles.
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories.
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Comics (Graphic works).
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Educational comics.
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Nonfiction comics.
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Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
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Educational comics. (OCoLC)fst01921640
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Nonfiction comics. (OCoLC)fst01921721
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Graphic novels.
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Educational comics.
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Nonfiction comics.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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| ISBN |
9781626728226 (paperback) |
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1626728224 (paperback) |
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9781626728219 (hardcover) |
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1626728216 (hardcover) |
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9781725402737 (FollettBound) |
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1725402734 (FollettBound) |
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