Townsend, John

Chronicles the history of physics, focusing on some of the stranger tales of eccentric scientists and dangerous experiments that led to discoveries and breakthroughs in the field.

Simple text and photographs describe how forensic scientist use bones to determine the age, gender, race, and cause of death of a person.

"Presents different ways cyber crime is committed and the many ways electronic equipment can be used to solve crimes. Includes case files and case studies from real cyber crime situations"--Provided by publisher.

Explores how the world's weather patterns have changed over time, with examples of rising temperatures, record-breaking floods, and melting roads, discusses possible reasons for the changes, and explains how they may impact the future.

Explores the ways juvenile crime was dealt with in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, presenting details on individual children sent to prison or punished in other fashions.

Presents a look at a wide range of unusual food and clothing customs from different cultures around the world. Includes glossary.

Describes the ways average people have lived in various cultures from ancient times through the twentieth century, presenting details on homes, family structures, and daily customs.

Describes the ways medicine has developed over time, including information on a variety of cultures from ancient times through the twentieth century, explaining how various diseases were diagnosed and treated.

Explores the ways education has changed since the sixteenth century, describing one-room schoolhouses, reading boards, quill pens, and other details about schooling in different historical periods.

Presents an illustrated overview of the history of surgeryand its techniques, from antiquity to modern times.