The New Everyday Science Explained: From the Big Bang to the Human Genome...and Everything in Between - Hardcover

Suplee, Curt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792273575 ISBN 13: 9780792273578

Publisher: National Geographic Books, 2004

Synopsis

Comprehensive, carefully researched and reviewed by scientific experts, this text is a lively and informative guide to science that should entertain and enlighten young people and adults.

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Product Description

The book is brand new and will be dispatched from UK.

Review

The New Everyday Science Explained updates Curt Suplee's coffee table classic with 21st-century answers to many of the most common science questions, and quite a few uncommon ones. Why is the sky blue? How can we get rid of body fat? Why do we get sunburned? Is light a wave or a particle? Organized around general principles such as "Matter and Motion" and "The Chemistry of Life", this is an ideal family reference book, genuinely appropriate for both adults and children. And because it's from National Geographic, it's full of amazing photographs--a tightrope walker, red blood cells killed by malaria protozoans, a monstrous traffic jam--chosen to help explain scientific fundamentals. Within each larger chapter are 15 or more two-page spreads focused on a single idea. With just two to four paragraphs per topic, Suplee manages to clearly communicate the facts in a chunk that's easily digestible, even for science-phobes. For parents who want to be able to help with the homework, students who need a quick reference, and browsers who love National Geographic-calibre knowledge and photos, The New Everyday Science Explained is a delight. --Therese Littleton, Amazon.com

Edition details

• Publisher: National Geographic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792273575
• ISBN 13: 9780792273578
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272