skip to content
How science works
ClosePreview this item

How science works

Author: Judith Hann
Publisher: London : Dorling Kindersley, 1999.
Series: Eyewitness science guides.
Edition/Format:   Book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Judith Hann
ISBN: 0751308323 9780751308327
OCLC Number: 41660873
Notes: Previous ed.: 1991.
Description: 192 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
Contents: Fascinating projects and experiments that reveal the secrets of science. The home laboratory. The world of matter. What is matter? What are chemicals? Solids. Liquids. Gases. Inside the atom. Elements and compounds. Chemical reactions. Mixtures. Solutions and crystals. Acids and bases. Salts and soaps. Organic chemistry. Energy, force and motion. Heat energy. Expansion and contraction. Conduction and insulation. Convection and radiation. Force and motion. Stopping and going. Friction. Action and reaction. Velocity and acceleration. Gravity. Turning forces. Moving in circles. Gears and pulleys. Stretching and squashing. Light and sound. Light and shadow. Reflection. Refraction. Experimenting with light. Images and illusions. Recording images. Moving pictures. The colour of light. Mixing colours. Pigments. Waves of light. What is sound? Pitch and tone. Resonance. Echoes and acoustics. The sound of music. Air and water. In the air. Upsetting the balance. Air pressure. Weather. Wind station. Air streams. Water supply. Water power. Raising water. Floating and sinking. Liquid density. Surface tension. Static electricity. Current electricity. Making connections. Simple circuits. Electrical chemistry. Magnetism. Poles and fields. Magnets. Electromegnets. Generating electricity. Personal telephone. Electric motors. Electronics. Electronic circuits. A basic radio. Electronic intelligence.
Series Title: Eyewitness science guides.
Responsibility: Judith Hann.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.