Handy Science Answer Book, The: 5th Edition (The Handy Answer Book Series) - Softcover

The Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578596912 ISBN 13: 9781578596911

Publisher: Visible Ink, 2019

Synopsis

Science is everywhere, and it affects everything DNA and CRISPR. Artificial sweeteners. Sea level changes caused by melting glaciers. Gravitational waves. Bees in a colony. The human body. Microplastics. The largest active volcano. Designer dog breeds. Molecules. The length of the Grand Canyon. Viruses and a retroviruses. The weight of a cloud. Forces, motion, energy, and inertia. It can often seem complex and complicated, but it need not be so difficult to understand. Celebrating it's twenty-fifth year and with over one million copies sold, the newly updated and completely revised fifth edition of The Handy Science Answer Book makes science and its impact on the world fun and easy to understand. Clear, concise, and straightforward, this informative primer covers hundreds of intriguing topics, from the basics of math, physics, and chemistry to the discoveries being made about the human body, stars, outer space, rivers, mountains, and our entire planet. It covers plants, animals, computers, planes, trains, and cars. This friendly resource answers more than 1,600 of the most frequently asked, most interesting, and most unusual science questions.

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Review:

"Clear, concise and straightforward, with a wide range of information ... This newly updated 5th edition continues to be an educational resource that is both informative and enjoyable. The questions are interesting, unusual, frequently asked, or difficult to answer. ... answers burning questions, supports homework assignments, provides engaging trivia, and helps satisfy an innate thirst for knowledge."-- SirReadALog.org

Praise for the previous edition ...

"Easily read by students in grades 4-12, this resource invites the curious mind to explore.... What a fun and educational way to explore the wonders of the world of science, the world in which we live."-- National Science Teachers Association

"...this science resource will resolve arguments, support homework assignments, provide engaging trivia, and help satisfy readers' curiosity."-- SciTech Book News

"...a superior source on essential science data..."-- American Reference Books

"A book filled with answers to the frequently asked questions of science and technology, this fourth edition updates the research. The straight-forward writing could be understood by fourth grade and up. The book is organized with an extensive table of contents at the beginning and an even more extensive index at the end."-- Children's Literature

"A user-friendly guide explaining scientific concepts in plain English. Recommended."-- Christian Library Journal

"Here's a way to answer those burning questions you wonder about, or the ones your teacher asks for homework."-- Dallas Morning News

"The eight years since this title's last appearance constitute an era in some sciences, marking high time for a new edition. Recommended."-- Library Journal

"Fascinating stuff. Most readers will have hours of fun just picking pages at random."-- Pittsburgh Magazine

About the Author:

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has answered hundreds of thousands of questions in the fields of science and technology. Established in 1902, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh was the first major library to devote a separate department to science and technology. Since then, it has patiently answered reference questions from patrons at a rate of more than 80,000 per year. The answers to many of those questions have been collected and compiled for The Handy Science Answer Book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Visible Ink
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1578596912
• ISBN 13: 9781578596911
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 540