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• Pocket Genius: Science: Facts at Your Fingertips

  • Dorling Kindersley

  4,7(3)Tarief

  Covering the basic principles of science, including matter and materials, energy and forces, and the living world, Pocket Genius: Science is a junior look at science, teaching young readers what things are made of, how things move, and how life works. Touching on biology, chemistry, physics, and more, Pocket Genius: Science answers questions such as Why do lemons taste sour? Where does electricity come from? How do plants make their own food? and more to help explain everyday science in our world. Redesigned in paperback, DK's best-selling Pocket Genius series is now available in an engaging compact and economical format that is ideal for both browsing and quick reference for use in school and at home. Catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each pocket-size encyclopedia is filled with facts on subjects ranging from animals to history, cars to dogs, and Earth to space and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers.

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• Pocket Genius: Elements

  • Dorling Kindersley

  • 160bladzijden
  • 6 uur lezen

  4,4(6)Tarief

  Find out about all 118 elements, the building blocks of matter that make up our entire universe, in this pocket-sized encyclopedia. Discover all the major elements of the periodic table, arranged in chapters according to their group, including alkaline earth metals, lanthanides, and noble gases. Every important element - from hydrogen via carbon, oxygen, and gold to oganesson (that's element number 118) - is presented here. Every entry includes a photo of the element in its raw state or in use, as well as its date of discovery and atomic information as found on the periodic table. Plus here are stunning full-page photos showing elements as you have never seen them before - perhaps inside machinery that you can't normally delve into; or in stunning macro photography that reveals microscopic details invisible to the human eye. The Pocket Eyewitness series is perfect for all children, from reluctant readers who can easily digest the key points through to budding Marie Curies and Louis Pasteurs who want to know more about the most essential particles on the planet.

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• Pocket Eyewitness Space

  • Auteurscollectief

  The series that packs a world of knowledge into your pocketGet fast facts at your fingertips with DK Pocket Eyewitness Space, packed with bite-sized chunks of information that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers. Explore the Universe; learn about the planets, moons and stars of our Solar System and far beyond. With 160 pages of amazing encyclopedic stats and genius gem facts to provide extra wow, DK Pocket Eyewitness Space will take you on a journey of spacecraft, manned Moon missions and robot space rovers. Plus you can learn all about the telescopes that let us see deep into space, perfect for any budding astronaut or scientist.

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• Ancient Rome

  • Dorling Kindersley

  • 48bladzijden
  • 2 uur lezen

  4,0(1)Tarief

  Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of history at home with Ancient Rome - an activity-packed exploration of people and places in this early empire. Divided into sections, the book starts with fast facts on topics including the army, religion, emperors, senators, towns, conquests, and architecture; and the book ends with charts of famous structures in Rome and famous rulers. Using this information, you can complete the puzzles in the main part of the book, plus there are hands-on activities such as a Roman recipe, making a Roman toga, and playing the Roman game of knucklebones. Finally, test your new-found knowledge with the quick quizzes (with answers supplied, but no peeking!). You can keep track of your achievements throughout with a star-chart to fill in every time you finish a page. Note to parents: The Eyewitness Project Book series is devised and written with the expert advice of educational and reading consultants and is designed to appeal to children aged 8 years and up. First published in 2007-2009, this series has been fully revised and updated for 2020.

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• Pocket Genius: Inventions: Facts at Your Fingertips

  • Dorling Kindersley

  • 160bladzijden
  • 6 uur lezen

  3,8(10)Tarief

  Discover the fascinating world of inventions and technology. From the first tools to the latest gadgets, Pocket Genius: Inventions showcases key inventors and inventions that changed the world from air, space, water, and land transportation to everyday objects in the home, medical tools and aids, plus telescopes, roller coasters, satellites, and robots, and a look at future technologies. Redesigned in paperback, DK's best-selling Pocket Genius series is now available in an engaging compact and economical format that is ideal for both browsing and quick reference for use in school and at home. Catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each pocket-size encyclopedia is filled with facts on subjects ranging from animals to history, cars to dogs, and Earth to space and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers.

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• Pocket Eyewitness Animals

  • Dorling Kindersley

  4,4(3)Tarief

  The series that packs a world of knowledge into your pocket.Get fast facts at your fingertips with this DK Pocket Eyewitness Animals, packed with bite-sized chunks of information that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers. Explore the animal kingdom's family tree and you'll discover the unique features that make a mammal a mammal, or a fish a fish. With 160 pages of amazing encyclopedic stats and genius gem facts to provide extra wow. There's a catalogue of species from scores of different animals to help you discover the variety of life on Earth.

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• Shark

  • Dorling Kindersley

  4,9(6)Tarief

  A picture-packed guide to the extraordinary shark family Did you know that sharks first appeared in the oceans 200 million years before the dinosaurs, and that they have an electrical sixth sense that helps them locate their prey? How dangerous is a great white shark? Can a whale shark really grow as big as a city bus? Find out all the answers in Eyewitness Shark, and many more weird and wonderful facts. Discover where they live, why they are hunted, and what can be done to protect them. Read about the broad finned angel sharks, the flathead hammerhead, and learn how the cookiecutter, wobbegong, and megamouth sharks get their names. Learn, too, about their relatives, the manta rays and skates. Eyewitness Shark even takes you inside a shark to learn how it eats and breathes. It explains, too, how they can swim so fast and different tail shapes affect the way each species moves. You'll see for yourself how a lemon shark is born, and which looks stranger, the hammerhead or the horn shark. Part of the best-selling DK Eyewitness series, which is now getting an exciting makeover, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information-seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness feature - fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field.

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