Woolf, Alex

"Introduces the reader to the science of spacecraft"--Provided by publisher.

"Without coding, all of the computers in the world would just be useless boxes of plastic and metal. Coding means creating a set of instructions that tells a computer how to perform a task. Discover how much we rely on coding in our daily lives to control things such as smartphones and laptops, kitchen appliances, weather forecasts, traffic lights, cars, and greenhouses"--Provided by publisher.

"Introduces the reader to sea monsters"--Provided by publisher.

Presents facts about rocks and minerals.

Explores natural disasters that occur around the world, including volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

"Describes what life would be like without bees."--Provided by publisher.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the history of books and how important they have been to civilization.

Uses humorous text and illustrations to describe what life would be like without mucus.

"How have technology and science helped artists through the years? How do today's artists use technology in their work? What role does technology hold for the future of art? From the invention of the camera obscura through to today's digital painting and Internet art, artists have always used contemporary technology to aid in the creation and display of their work. This book looks at how the creation of paintings, sculpture and engraving have changed over time and how newer mediums from photography to film and even computer games, have changed our perception of how technology can help us express ourselves"--Provided by the publisher.

"How have technology and science helped historians and archaeologists through the years? How does today's technology help us understand the past? What role does technology hold for the future of history studies? From the invention of metal detectors through to today's computer modeling of long-dead people, our knowledge of the past has always been improving thanks to technology. This book looks at historical, current and future techniques for helping us discover traces of the past from artifacts to human remains. We look at how dating these things has become more accurate and also how the Internet is giving us more access to historical records than ever before"--Provided by the publisher.