Really, really big questions about science / written by Holly Cave ; illustrated by Marc Aspinall.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Kingfisher, [2014]Description: 63 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0753471817
- 9780753471814
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 500 C378 | Available | 33111007608140 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Prepare to exercise your mind as you investigate big ideas in Really, Really Big Questions About Science by Holly Cave, illustrated by Marc Aspinall. Cool illustrations, brainteasers, and quirky quotations add to the simple and fun question-and-answer format, introducing readers to life's important questions.
What's in empty space if it's not empty? What makes something funny? Can elephants cry? and what came first: the chicken or the egg? Get the answers to these questions and more in the fifth installment of the Really, Really, Big Questions series. The most common questions about living things, the weird world around us, inventions, and Earth are asked and answered through humorous writing, funky art, and fun features like optical illusions, quotes and mind-teasers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Combines illustrations, brain teasers, and quirky quotations with philosophical musings to provide answers to such science questions as what is in empty space, what makes something funny, and whether the chicken or the egg came first.