Eamer, Claire

Contains information about historical food practices and humorous food facts.

Contains historical and scientific facts about everyday foods.

As the Earth's climate continues to warm, a treasury of preserved material, from human and animal remains to ancient tools are being revealed by the big melt. It's a race against time for archaeologists!.

"Explores the problem of garbage and how humans have dealt with it from prehistory to modern times. Topics include how archaeologists study ancient garbage; the growth of consumer culture and disposability; food waste; the environmental effects of garbage; "problem" garbage like electronic and toxic waste; sewage and dead bodies; andgarbage in the oceans and in space. Sidebars highlight people and organizations around the world who are making efforts to reduce or reuse waste."--Publisher.

Contains facts about microbes that live on or in the human body.

Features information on eight different scientists and the struggles they had in convincing the world that their revolutionary ideas were correct, including such figures as Nikola Tesla, Charles Darwin, and Ignaz Semmelweis.

Explores the connections between six groups of animals, describing ancient animals from the sea and their modern-day counterparts, covering sea scorpions, fan worms, cephalopods, platypus, and more; and also looks at how scientists have traced the links between the species.

Contains historical and scientific facts about everyday foods.

Explores the connections between ancient animals and their modern-day counterparts, and looks at how scientists have traced the links between the species.

Profiles thirty-six animals that have adapted in unique ways to life in hostile habitats, including a water-diving bird, a shrinking shrew, and others.