"Describes the technology used for creating and playing video games. Includes information on how different platforms work and the direction video game technology may be going"--provided by publisher.
Examines the question of whether there is life on other planets, looks at how scientists try to solve that mystery, and includes reportedly true accounts of encounters with aliens.
Discusses the causes, types, and effects of floods, with case studies from the North Sea coasts, the Mississippi River, Japan, India and Bangladesh, Boscastle Valley in the U.K., and New Orleans, and covers flood prediction and defense.
An illustrated history of skyscrapers, discussing the invention of the metal frame in the 1880s which allowed for the construction of tall buildings, looking at the styles of different eras, and including detailed examinations of the New York skyline, the Chrysler building, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, and the Petronas Towers.
