How It Works Amazing Answers to Curious Questions - Softcover

Imagine Publishing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908222344 ISBN 13: 9781908222343

Publisher: HOW IT WORKS, 2011

Synopsis

Discover the incredible secrets to the world we live in. Packed with fascinating facts and answers to loads of life's intriguing anomalies, Amazing Answers to Curious Questions brings together the best content from How It Works magazine and displays it in an easy-to-read format. An encyclopaedia of knowledge in 212 pages is waiting for you to impress your friends with and expand your horizons. *Science & Environment - Explaining how the world around us works. *Technology & Transport - Learn how planes fly, satnavs work and so much more. *Space & History - Discover the stories behind the greatest inventions and what lies beyond our solar system. *Thousands of facts - Over 200 pages packed with answers to questions you had never even though of. *Science - How does time work? - Can anything stop the body clock? - How do boats stay afloat? - How do fish breathe underwater? *Environment - Which are the world’s fastest animals? - How does a volcano erupt? - Why are geysers so rare? - How do blue whales live? *History - What did a Roman fort look like? - How did Romans like to relax? - What were ancient chariots used for? - How did the first steam engines work? *Technology - What is nuclear power? - How do they make whisky? - How do cranes get so high? *Transport - How do hang gliders fly? - How do jet skis work? - What do anti-lock brakes do? *Space - What happened at the Big Bang? - How is a star born? - What’s it like to live in space? - What’s inside the Sun? - Bitesize Q&A and much, much more!

Edition details

• Publisher: HOW IT WORKS
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908222344
• ISBN 13: 9781908222343
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212