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"In this fun, fascinating and full-color guide, the fan-favorite heroes of Big Hero 6 introduce young readers to the most fascinating, unusual and downright mind-boggling concepts from science, technology, engineering and math and of the critical thinking skills they need to become super-brain superheroes in their own right!"--Provided by publisher.
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Dr. Stephen Hawking was the most renowned scientist since Einstein, known both for his groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and for his mischievous sense of humor. He educated millions of readers about the origins of the universe and the nature of black holes, and inspired millions more by defying a terrifying early prognosis of ALS, which originally gave him only two years to live. In later life he could communicate only by using a few facial...
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What If? volume 1
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"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
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Illustrations and text in question and answer format provide miscellaneous information about science.
Have wonderful fun learning about Science within the pages of this book. Do you know why snowballs melt in your hand, or what is invisible but covers the earth, or if ghosts make spooky noises at night? All these and more exciting questions are answered within these beautifully illustrated pages. The Ask Me Why series entertains, amuses, intrigues,...
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Astound your friends. Impress party guests. Annoy your relatives. This book is crammed with captivating scientific questions and answers- all of them based on real-world science. So you'll learn why boomerangs come back, whether you can make a truck fly and of course how to get an egg into a bottle. The answer to each problem explains a scientific principle in easy-to-understand terms, so not only are you solving puzzles, you are learning the secrets...
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Science is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, 'infographics' style, with snippets of information about all aspects of science from particle physics to genes and DNA.
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What If ? volume 2
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"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool...
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The creator of the popular webcomic "xkcd" uses line drawings and just ten hundred common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts.
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"Imagine a machine that can pull water out of thin air. Picture a tiny disk that can store huge amounts of data for billions of years. These are just some of the new discoveries made by scientists. Readers learn about fascinating developments in medicine, technology, archeology and more through carefully-leveled, engaging books reviewed by Smithsonian experts."--
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"A series of mind-bending mini-mysteries each with a scientific spin, featuring STEM concepts in a wide range of scientific disciplines, from geology to astronomy, chemistry, biology, and more! Each case includes an in-depth explanation and ideas for hands-on experiments to enhance readers' scientific understanding"--
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