Clive knows exactly what he wants. He's seen them in a shop window. Trainers, but how can he earn enough money to buy them?.'
From tiny atoms and minute microchips to monster tractors and jumbo jets, this brilliant book comes packed with eye-catching illustrations to showcase science and technology in action today. You’ll see whizzing waves, zooming rockets, and mighty magnets on this epic journey of discovery. Jump in the basket to see how a hot-air balloon rises, scale a mountaintop to see the impact of erosion, a…
Kesuksesan dalam mengelola uang tidak selalu tentang apa yang Anda ketahui. Ini tentang bagaimana Anda berperilaku. Dan perilaku sulit untuk diajarkan, bahkan kepada orang yang sangat pintar sekalipun. Seorang genius yang kehilangan kendali atas emosinya bisa mengalami bencana keuangan. Sebaliknya, orang biasa tanpa pendidikan finansial bisa kaya jika mereka punya sejumlah keahlian terkait peri…
Mengapa di antara hewan ditemukan kerja sama, pengasuhan, bahkan pengorbanan diri? Sepintas itu semua sulit diselaraskan dengan gagasan evolusi sebagai “pertarungan untuk hidup”. Konsep gen egois hadir untuk menjelaskannya, juga kasus lain seperti keberadaan serangga sosial dan efek gen yang bisa melampaui tubuh pemiliknya. Namun gen cuma satu contoh replikator, sesuatu yang bisa membuat sa…
Saya ingin menunjukkan kepada Anda bahwa dunia nyata, seperti yang dipahami lewat sains, memiliki sihirnya tersendirijenis yang saya sebut sihir puitis: kecantikan yang mengilhami, yang semakin ajaib karena nyata sifatnya dan karena kita bisa memahami bagaimana cara kerjanya.... Sihir realitas sungguh mengagumkan. Mengagumkan, dan nyata. Mengagumkan karena nyata. Ada berbagai pertanyaan be…
Recognized as the father of analytic geometry, René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Kids will love this funny and very accessible tale - based on one of math's greatest myths - about the man who popularized the Cartesion system of coordinates.
Sssh, listen... what can you hear? From musical harmonies to sonic booms, discover the science of sound and how we hear things. Why is most of space completely silent? Why does a recording of your voice sound strange? And what do bats, dolphins and a boat full of scientists have in common? The answers are all in this book, with lots of flaps to lift and simple experiments to do at home.
Delve into underwater cities, soar through the solar system, walk hand in hand with robots, and travel by starship to distant floating lands. Then realise that these wonderful stories, paired with real science, are things that could actually happen one day.
Burrow down into the world's most amazing underground habitats, from warm Arctic warrens to sandy desert dens. Illustrated in incredible detail, Life Underground explores the different communities of animals and plants that live under the Earth. From the succulent soil of an Australian forest to the hard ground at the icy north, find out how animals and plants are adapted to their environmen…