engineering

Presents practical problems and science fair projects related to engineering and physics, covering such subjects as force, friction, motion, sound waves, light waves, and mechanics.

Diagrams, illustrations, and text describe the different stages of designing and building a car.

Provides terms, definitions, and explanations in science, engineering, and technology.

Contains over eight thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about theories, issues, and breakthroughs in the sciences of plant and animal life, biology, chemistry, Earth, energy sources and power technology, mathematics and engineering, medicine, physics, and space, and includes photographs, drawings, tables, graphs, and diagrams.

Contains over five thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on terms and concepts in science and technology, covering physics and chemistry, Earth and space sciences, life sciences, energy and environmental sciences, materials sciences, and information sciences.

Contains over six hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about some of history's most famous and noteworthy human engineering achievements, featuring landmarks from around the world, including dams, tunnels, skyscrapers, castles, cathedrals, monuments, bridges, and other structures.

Contains interviews with real people working in a variety of science careers in which they discuss the pros and cons of their jobs, explain their job responsibilities, and tell how they got started in their fields; and includes information about qualifications and salary ranges.

A career guide that provides a detailed look at eight specific engineering occupations, discussing education and training needed, skills required, and salary ranges, and also explains immediate steps for beginning a career in this field.

Discusses the computer and its ability to create online networks that has profoundly transformed science, industry, business, and society itself.

Profiles twenty-two careers in the manufacturing industry with information on the history of the job, its primary and secondary duties, education requirements, necessary certification, and earnings.