The Handy Science Answer Book - (Handy Answer Books) 5th Edition by James Bobick & Naomi E Balaban (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Informative, easy-to-use guide to everyday science questions, concepts and fundamentals celebrates its twenty-fifth year and over one million copies sold!
- About the Author: Naomi E. Balaban, a reference librarian for more than twenty-five years at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, has extensive experience in the areas of science and consumer health.
- 624 Pages
- Science, Reference
- Series Name: Handy Answer Books
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About the Book
Now newly updated and completely revised, this edition takes an engaging, fun, and easy-to-understand look at science. Clear, concise, and straightforward, it covers hundreds of intriguing topics and answers more than 1,600 of the most frequently asked, most interesting, and most unusual science questions.Book Synopsis
Informative, easy-to-use guide to everyday science questions, concepts and fundamentals celebrates its twenty-fifth year and over one million copies sold!Science is everywhere, and it affects everything! DNA and CRISPR. Artificial sweeteners. Sea level changes caused by melting glaciers. Gravitational waves. Bees in a colony. The human body. Microplastics. The largest active volcano. Designer dog breeds. Molecules. The length of the Grand Canyon. Viruses and retroviruses. The weight of a cloud. Forces, motion, energy, and inertia. It can often seem complex and complicated, but it need not be so difficult to understand. The thoroughly updated and completely revised fifth edition of The Handy Science Answer Book makes science and its impact on the world fun and easy to understand.
Clear, concise, and straightforward, this informative primer covers hundreds of intriguing topics, from the basics of math, physics, and chemistry to the discoveries being made about the human body, stars, outer space, rivers, mountains, and our entire planet. It covers plants, animals, computers, planes, trains, and cars. This friendly resource answers more than 1,600 of the most frequently asked, most interesting, and most unusual science questions, including ...
For anyone wanting to know how the universe, Earth, plants, animals, and human beings work and fit into our world, this informative book also includes a helpful bibliography, and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. It will help anyone's science questions!
Review Quotes
"... an enjoyable way for the scientifically inclined to while away a few hours." - Library Journal "This update of the 2010 edition offers a plethora of fun facts along with brief scientific explanations. ... informative and entertaining title ..." - Booklist "Clear, concise and straightforward, with a wide range of information ... This newly updated 5th edition continues to be an educational resource that is both informative and enjoyable. The questions are interesting, unusual, frequently asked, or difficult to answer. ... answers burning questions, supports homework assignments, provides engaging trivia, and helps satisfy an innate thirst for knowledge."-- SirReadALog.org "... addresses questions in general science, math, physics, chemistry, astronomy and space, geology and earth science, meteorology and climatology, biology, genetics, botany, zoology, anatomy and physiology, ecology, and applied science and technology ..." - Protoview Book News Praise for the previous edition ... "Easily read by students in grades 4-12, this resource invites the curious mind to explore.... What a fun and educational way to explore the wonders of the world of science, the world in which we live."-- National Science Teachers Association "...this science resource will resolve arguments, support homework assignments, provide engaging trivia, and help satisfy readers' curiosity."-- SciTech Book News "...a superior source on essential science data..."-- American Reference Books "A book filled with answers to the frequently asked questions of science and technology, this fourth edition updates the research. The straight-forward writing could be understood by fourth grade and up. The book is organized with an extensive table of contents at the beginning and an even more extensive index at the end."-- Children's Literature "A user-friendly guide explaining scientific concepts in plain English. Recommended."-- Christian Library Journal "Here's a way to answer those burning questions you wonder about, or the ones your teacher asks for homework."-- Dallas Morning News "The eight years since this title's last appearance constitute an era in some sciences, marking high time for a new edition. Recommended."-- Library Journal "Fascinating stuff. Most readers will have hours of fun just picking pages at random."-- Pittsburgh Magazine
About the Author
Naomi E. Balaban, a reference librarian for more than twenty-five years at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, has extensive experience in the areas of science and consumer health. She edited, with James Bobick, all the previous editions of The Handy Science Answer Book as well as The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Biology Answer Book, and The Handy Technology Answer Book. She has a background in linguistics and a master's degree in library science. She resides in Pittsburgh.Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 7.1 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 624
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: Reference
Series Title: Handy Answer Books
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback
Author: James Bobick & Naomi E Balaban
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2019
TCIN: 82969118
UPC: 9781578596911
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-6628
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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