Covering from Ptolemy to today's SETI project, this work profiles the scientists and the ideas that led to today's understanding of our solar system. The text, combined with sidebars and reproductions of artwork and scientific images, effectively explains such complex ideas as the "Gravity Slingshot." Biographical information provides interesting asides about famous astronomers, including many women.
An examination of ethics and controversies in science that discusses the scientific method, conflicts over technology, evolution, and global climate change, and other related topics.
Explains the causes of climate change and how scientists gather data about global warming. Also describes the different ways people and nations are combating climate change, and provides examples of how people and animals are adapting to a new climate.
Examines the science behind how and why species change over time, discussing adaptation and variation, Darwin's theory of evolution, eras of Earth's history, human ancestors, and other topics.
Discusses the ways scientists affect animal welfare covering such topics as animal testing, animals on farms, animals in the wild, lives of pets, climate change and more, and examines ethical questions involving animal welfare.
Explains what genetic technology is, what can be done with it, what will be possible in the future, and what the ethical concerns are regarding this evolving technology.
Offers children an introduction to fossil fuels, explaining where they come from, how they are used, why they are damaging to world climate, how they produce electricity, and other related topics.
