science

Presents a variety of facts in such scientific areas as biology, astronomy, and physics.

Explores the scientific contributions of the early Islamic empires to science, medicine, and mathematics, including public hospitals, libraries, and universities; their achievements in mathematics and astronomy; the pursuit of alchemy; Arabic numbers; optics; music and musical instruments; and poetry and education.

Offers a theoretical prediction of how science will drastically change the world's daily lives over the next 100 years. Includes chapters on the future of the computer, Artificial Intelligence, medicine, nanotechnology, energy, space travel, wealth, and humanity, and offers a glimpse into what a day in the life in 2100 may be like.

Presents explanations for scientific terms in alphabetical order and includes colorful illustrations.

Discusses how a variety of people and scientists learn about the world through their observations and experiments. Features informative text, full-color photographs, a glossary, and a list of resources for further study.

Provides answers to questions from a variety of scientific areas, such as chemistry, astronomy, biology, and physics. Describes the origin of galaxies, force fields, the importance of proteins, and what killed the dinosaurs. Also includes an illustrated glossary.

In a future England where young people, or "Surpluses," are heavily regulated and everyone takes a drug called Longevity, a member of the Underground infiltrates the Pincent Pharma manufacturing plant, and uncovers horrific acts being committed in an attempt to create eternal youth.

Explores the history of science and technology in ancient China including the compass, gunpowder, and printing; and describes their military and agricultural contributions.

Reports on what scientists have learned through the study of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including mummies, dung beetles, and the pyramids, and considers the question of whether artifacts removed from the country in the 1800s and early 1900s should be returned.

Explores the achievements and life of seventeenth-century scientist Robert Hooke.