Illustrations with explanatory text describe such familiar everyday processes as generating electricity, producing a newspaper, handling sewage, and delivering flowers.
Illustrations with transparent overlays and brief text present information about construction, describing what a site looks like, what a mason and joiner do, and how a subway and road are built.
Surveys the achievements of the ancient Chinese in science, medicine, astronomy, and cosmology, and describes such innovations as rockets, wells, the compass, water wheels, and movable type.
Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosophers-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes some of the scientific discoveries attributed to the Greeks and their impact on modern science.
Encourages students to explore their interest in space exploration, profiling a number of careers in that field including aerospace engineers, astrobiologists, mathematicians, pilots, and astronauts.