| Description |
96 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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Reptint: Originally published: London : Usborne, c2004. |
| Contents |
Mysterious world -- Getting close: Smallest scale -- Building blocks -- Smashing atoms -- Chemical detectives -- Designer molecules -- What's the matter/ -- Matter on the move -- Crystals -- Mixing it up -- Strange matter -- Material world -- Wonderful water -- Metal marvels -- Fantastic plastics -- Cool carbon -- Stunning silicon -- Nature's ideas -- Get up and go: Investigating energy -- Power to the people -- Feeling the force -- Gripping gravity -- Travels in time -- Moving molecules: Under pressure -- Good vibrations -- Sounds of silence -- Heat is on -- cold science -- Bright sparks: current affairs -- Taking charge -- Body electric -- Might magnets -- Electromagnetism -- Seeing the light: Invisible light -- Light fantastic -- making light work -- Color -- Optical illusions -- Techno talk: Computer everywhere -- Caught in the net -- Thinking computers -- Rise of the robots -- Small wonders -- Body business: In the genes -- Clever cells -- Body mechanics -- Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Science -- Juvenile literature.
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Science -- Computer network resources -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Howell, Laura.
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Khan, Sarah.
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Furnival, Keith, illustrator.
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Rogers, Kirsteen.
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| Added Title |
Internet-linked mysteries and marvels of science |
| ISBN |
0439815681 |
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9780439815680 |
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