miscellanea

Questions and answers present information about the building, passengers, launching, sailing, sinking, and rediscovery of the Titanic. Includes illustrations, archival images, and step-by-step diagrams.

Uses a question-and-answer format to explain how presidential elections and the U.S. government work.

Contains approximately 4,000 entries that provide information on historical "firsts" in the fields of science and technology, arranged chronologically within twelve subject chapters including computers, astronomy, and mathematics.

Answers questions about the day-to-day details of living in space, including what it feels like to be weightless, how food is cooked, and what happens to the body in space.

Uses a question and answer format to discuss the structure and function of plants.

Provides information for young readers about outer space, answering questions about heavenly bodies, planets, and space exploration, with chapter quizzes and an answer key.

Explores how machines used in everyday life work, and describes the scientific principles, secrets, and stories behind them.

Fifty stories of scientists, their work, and their discoveries, together with library research activities, discussion questions, and suggestions for additional topics to explore.

A guide to weather and natural wonders including such phenomena as lightning, the ten types of clouds, storms, solar halos, sundogs, and sunsets.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of mammals, insects, and other animals people often fear, dislike, or simply ignore.