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Mammoth science, (with a little help from some elephant shrews), David Macaulay

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Mammoth science, (with a little help from some elephant shrews), David Macaulay

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

For ages 9+ years

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mammoth science

Oclc number

1148375919

Responsibility statement

David Macaulay

Sub title

(with a little help from some elephant shrews)

Summary

David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science. From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of different materials explore what gives them mass, and step into a X-ray machine to reveal the bones beneath their woolly exterior. Observing and recording the mammoth's behaviour is bestselling illustrator David Macaulay, whose How Machines Work won the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2016. Renowned for his ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius, Macaulay captures the oddball humour of his subject matter, making Macaulay's Mammoth Science the perfect introduction to scientific principles for the young and the young-at-heart

Table Of Contents

Matter -- Life -- Energy -- Forces -- Earth and space

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

The big ideas that explain our world, tested by mammoths

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