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I Wonder Why: Tunnels Are Around and Other Questions about Building
I Wonder Why: Tunnels Are Round and Other Questions About Building answers children’s curious questions about how buildings and structures are made. The book explains why tunnels are round, how skyscrapers stand tall, what materials are used in construction, and how bridges are built. With clear explanations and colorful illustrations, it introduces young readers to basic engineering and cons…
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- 9780753405222
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- NF 690 PAR i
100 MILITARY INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Nothing ensures the rapid development of new technology like the involvement of the military. From the trebuchet and the cannon to the tank and the ballistic missile, military research programmes have produced the most devastating weapons imaginable, but military masterminds are responsible for a number of surprises along the way as well. Radar, walkie-talkies and the jet engine are more obviou…
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- 978-1-62087-563-6
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- 282 p. ; 20 cm.
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- 908 GRE 1 c.1 201930214
HORRIBLE SCIENCE: FRIGHTFUL FLIGHT
Horrible Science: Frightful Flight is stuffed with hair-raising heights, dizzying drops and mind-blowing facts about flying! Readers will be amazed to learn how to see the earth's shadow, how to build a flying saucer, and how, after centuries of fearsome flight flops, people have finally taken to the skies. Redesigned in a bold, funky new look and illustrated throughout by Tony De Saulles for t…
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- 978-1407-14451-1
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- 208 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm.
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- Horrible Science
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- 629.13 ARN h c.1 201930192
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