Jack Challoner

What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton? Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our fries and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. Everything in the known universe is made up of one of the 118 elements of the periodic table, and this book is the definitive illustrated guide. Every element is featured, their vital statistics given, their main compounds and uses explored, and their fascinating histories told.

Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background, and legends.

Presents over fifty science activities demonstrating such scientific properties as forces and motion, liquid and reactions, shapes and structures, and light and sound.

Surveys various sources of energy and the ways in which they have been harnessed.

An illustrated book of projects demonstrating the properties of flight.

"A beautifully illustrated and in-depth yet accessible introduction to the science of water, the most common substance on Earth, and one of its most peculiar"--

Presents over two dozen simple science activities using food, common household items, water, and the outdoors.

Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines.