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The Internet

Introduces readers to the science that makes the Internet possible.
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Roller coasters

An introduction to roller coasters and how physics are used to give wild rides.

Go-karts

Learn how go-karts work and how they are used for entertainment.

Drones

An introduction to drones, the parts of the remote-control aircraft, how it flys, and what it is used for.

Windmills

2017
Text and photographs look at how windmills work.

Cotton candy machines

2017
Text and photographs look at how a cotton candy machine works.

Roller coasters

Text and photographs look at how roller coasters work.

Drones

Looks at how drone aircraft work.

Cotton candy machines

Text and photographs look at how a cotton candy machine works.

Weather instruments; how they work

Describes the modern machines--meterograph, transosonde, balloons, satellites--that have replaced the old methods of weather forecasting--wet finger and discerning eye.

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