Woodford, Chris

Text and illustrations discuss key concepts in biology, physics, chemistry, and other scientific fields, and includes fact boxes, images and diagrams, and information about key scientists and their work.

Introduces young readers to the basics of light, discussing what it is and how it works.

Introduces young readers to the basics of electricity, discussing what it is and how it works.

Introduces young readers to the basics of gravity, covering early observations, controversies, Einstein's revelation, the Big Bang, and more.

Looks at a variety of technological developments and inventions and explains how they work, featuring photographs, illustrations, and descriptions of smoke detectors, hydroponics, E-books, roller coasters, robots, jet skis, VentureOne, the space station, fusion reactors, the Falkirk wheel, ejector seats, tsunami alerts, and many other things.

Describes discoveries about the properties of light throughout history, from Euclid's studies of reflection and refraction in ancient Greece to the invention of lasers by American physicist Charles Hard Townes in the 1960s.

Describes the study of gravity throughout history, from the ponderings of the ancient Indians, Chinese, Babylonians, and Greeks to twentieth-century physicist Stephen Hawking's theories on black holes, and includes a glossary and further reading list.

Full-color photographs and text explore energy; covering temperature, food, nuclear and solar power, fossil fuels, propulsion, and other related topics.