Robert Ehrlich

What If

Mind-Boggling Science Questions for Kids

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Produktbeschreibung

Amazing answers to quirky questions about our world. What if the earth stopped spinning? What if we were the size of insects? What if we could see sounds? What if the moon fell down? What if aliens landed who only wanted to talk to dogs? Bizarre and fantastic questions like these are the popular terrain of Robert Ehrlich.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780471176084
• ISBN-10: 0471176087
• Artikelnr.: 21680136

Autorenporträt

ROBERT EHRLICH is a physics professor at George Mason University. He is the author of The Cosmological Milkshake, What If You Could Unscramble an Egg?, and Why Toast Lands Jelly Side Down.

Inhaltsangabe

Big, Blue, Spinning Ball: The Earth.

It's Raining Frogs: Weather and Climate.

What's the Matter with Matter?: Forces and Energy.

Are You Seeing Things?: Light and Sound.

Into the Wormhole: Time.

Candle Clocks and Supercomputers: Inventions.

Smart Pigs and Pet Dinosaurs: Plants and Animals.

The Amazing, Changing Me: People and Animals.

The Superstar and the Big Cheese: The Sun and the Moon.

Nonstop Flight to Neptune: Visiting Other Planets.

Beam Me Up: The Stars and Beyond.

Glossary.

Index.