Steve Oliver. 500 Things You Should Know About Science

Miles Kelly Publishing, 2002. — 232 p. — ISBN 1-84236-365-4. 24681097531.The book is a fantastic introduction to the world and how it works. Between the covers of this stunning book find out about planet Earth, oceans, weather, space and the fundamentals of science.
Panels throughout the book provide a variety of funny facts, quizzes, puzzles and projects to engage active minds.
Superb, clearly labelled artwork and an extensive index make it even easier to extract every morsel of information from this fact-packed book.
Contents:
In a spin; Inside the Earth; Hot rocks; Boil and bubble; Breaking down rocks; Settling down; Uncovering fossils; Rocks that change; Massive mountains; Shaking the Earth; Cavernous caves; The Earth’s treasure; Wild weather; Lands of sand and grass; Fantastic forests; Rivers and lakes; Water world; The planet of life; Caring for the planet; Surrounded by space; Our life-giving star; A family of planets; The living planet; The Earth’s neighbours; The smallest of all; The biggest of all; So far away; Comets, asteroids and meteors; A star is born; Death of a star; Billions of galaxies; What is the Universe?; Looking into space; Three, two, one... Lift-off!; Living in space; Home from home; Robot explorers; Watching the Earth; Voyage to the Moon; Are we alone?; Water world; Ocean features; Tides and shores; Life in a rock pool; Colourful coral; Swimming machines; Shark!; Whales and dolphins; Sleek swimmers; Ocean reptiles; Icy depths; Amazing journeys; On the wing; Perfect penguins; Harvests from the sea; First voyages; Pirates!; Going under; Superboats; Riding the waves; Ocean stories; What is weather?; The four seasons; Fewer seasons; What a scorcher!; Our atmosphere; Clouds and rain; Not just fluffy; Flood warning; Deep freeze; When the wind blows; Thunderbolts and lightning; Eye of the hurricane; Wild whirling winds; The power of lasers; Pretty lights; Mystery magnets; Made for weather; Electric sparks!; Weather myths; Making sounds and pictures; Rain or shine; Compu-science; Instruments and inventors; Web around the world; World of weather; Weather watch ; What’s it made of? ; The world of chemicals ; Changing climate ; Pure science ; Why do we need science? ; Small science ; Machines big and small ; Scientists at work ; When science is hot! ; Science in nature ; Engine power ; Body science ; Science on the move ; Science in the future ; Noisy science ; Let’s have some fun! ; Look out — light’s about!