Early in the 17th century, Francis Bacon decided that the bestway to learn about the world was to discover things for oneself.Since then, science has been a marriage of observation andexperimentation. The experiments contained in each chapter allowyoung scientists to investigate basic principles using commonhousehold materials and easy-to-follow instructions. The titles arefilled with dozens of color photographs that illustrate experimentsand provide a glimpse of everyday and extraordinary uses of thesubject. In addition, engaging features such as Did You Know? boxesprovide fascinating facts. The In Focus sections offer in-depthlooks at specific features of each subject. In The Real World boxeshighlight pivotal experiments by real scientists.
【作者简介】
John Farndon is the London-based author of well over 300reference and general interest books for children and adults,including best-sellers such as How Science Works (DorlingKindersley/Readers Digest), How the Earth Works (DorlingKindersley/Readers Digest), the Harper Collins Children'sEncyclopedia and Do Not Open (Dorling Kindersley).
His books have been translated into most major languages. Hewrites for both adults on contemporary issues in books such asChina Rises (Virgin Books) and 101 Facts you should know about Food(Icon Books), and for children on a wide range of subjects, fromnature and environment to the frontiers of science.
In 2007, he was shortlisted for the fourth time for what isnow called the Royal Society Science Book Junior Prize for ScienceInvestigations: Electricity. His other shorltisted titles were Howthe Earth Works (Dorling Kindersley), What Happens When?(Scholastic) , and The Complete Book of the Brain (Hodder). JohnFarndon has also been interviewed on radio in the UK, USA andAustralia many times and appeared on TV in the UK to do sciencedemonstrations for children.
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