Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents
Discovery number 1: Eclipses -- Discovery number 2: Measuring earth -- Discovery number 3: Understanding rainbows -- Discovery number 4: A heliocentric universe -- Discovery number 5: The water cycle -- Discovery number 6: Magnetism -- Discovery number 7: Planetary motion -- Discovery number 8: Using telescopes -- Discovery number 9: The rock cycle -- Discovery number 10: The greenhouse effect -- Discovery number 11: Continental drift -- Discovery number 12: The expanding universe -- Discovery number 13: Dark matter -- Discovery number 14: The big bang -- Discovery number 15: Alien worlds -- Timeline.