design and construction

Examines the relationship between how children learn and the school environment, describes nearly eighty strategies for improving schools, and includes interviews with child-minded professionals, including children's singer and advocate Raffi, inventor James Dyson, chef Ann Cooper, and others.

A journalist and lifelong serious cyclist documents his efforts to build a customized dream bike while tracing the cultural and scientific history of the bicycle as reflected by each of the components that went into his bike's construction.

Explains the physics of race car driving, focusing on how NASCAR stock cars are engineered and the applications of engine power, aerodynamics, and tire grip capability.

Explains the physics of race car driving, focusing on how NASCAR stock cars are engineered and the applications of engine power, aerodynamics, and tire grip capability.

This guide for the backyard astronomer provides basic information, offers activity ideas, and gives construction details and assembly drawings for six telescopes.

Tells the story of how fifteenth-century goldsmith and clock maker Filippo Brunelleschi devised the plan to build the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, an engineering feat that had puzzled architects for over a century.

Looks at pyramids as an important part of ancient Egyptian culture, and discusses how they were built, what they were made of, and their purpose.

Introduces the toys, games, and dolls of many cultures and provides instructions for making some simple toys.

Presents a brief history of forts, step-by-step instructions for building indoor and outdoor forts, hints on where to obtain materials, and safety tips.