Dineen, Jacqueline

Explains how sugar is derived from sugar cane and beets and how it is processed into many usable forms.

Describes the cultivation of vegetables and other oil-producing plants and examines their many uses.

Explains how nuclear energy is produced and discusses whether it is safe and where its future may lie.

Explains how rubber is grown and processed into useful objects.

Explains how wool is removed from sheep and used in our clothes, carpets, furnishings, and many other things.

Describes how cotton and silk are naturally produced and how they are prepared and made into cloth.

Explains what plastics are, how they are made, and their many uses.

Explains how tea, coffee, cocoa, fruits, and grains are grown, manufactured into drinks, and distributed all over the world.

A collection of twenty brief biographies of inventors.

An introduction to violent storms, discussing weather patterns, damaging effects, human causes, monitoring equipment, and what can be done to protect people and property.