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These Impressive books explores virtually every
aspect of the world around us. Each provides a comprehensive review of it's
title subject. This enormously successful series is, in effect, the
world's most useful and comprehensive encyclopedia of science and nature.
Each volume contains a thought-provoking introduction to the subject,
followed by a highly-readable series of articles that cover every aspect of
it. The highly- informative text is accompanied by superb color illustrations
and photographs. Together they provide an outstanding presentation and
explanation. Although written for children age 8-12, parents may
use them to introduce younger children to the subject and college students
will find they are an excellent introduction to complex subjects.
Adults find them highly informative and though provoking. All of the
volumes are 8.5" x 11", contain 64 pages, and have matching hardback covers.
They are an invaluable addition to any library. |
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Eyewitness Electricity
Circuits and Conductors.
As scientists experimented with circuits, they discovered that some materials let electric
charges pass them them while other would not. The former became known as conductors,
and the latter as insulators. This information is later used to show how
such components were used in everything from radios to space
satellites. |
Eyewitness Life
The Title of this article is "Light Energy. Here solar energy is
explored. The text provides excellent information about the present day state of the art
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how solar panels work, how they are used in vast arrays to collect energy
and even used to power a car. Even discusses how light energy
effects plants, |
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Eyewitness Skeleton
This spread compares different types of skulls. Other pages show that
other animals have different types of skeleton, such as the Arthropods
(insects, crustaceans, spiders) that have external skeletons and animals
that have unique skeleton, such as the turtle that has both a bone
skeleton and an external shell. Emphasis is on human skeleton, but
invaluable for comparative anatomy. |
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