The Handy Science Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)
by Science and Technology Department Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Author: Science and Technology Department Carnegie Library of PittsburghEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN: 1578591406
Number of pages: 680
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
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Book Review: An Excellent Compact Resource for Science Teachers and Students
Summary: 4 Stars
As an experienced science teacher, I found this book quite informative. It combines the old (e. g. the Mohs scale, Morse Code) with the new (computer science, the Science of Chaos, buckminsterfullerite, etc). It teaches about astronomy, weather, the human body, breeds of cats and dogs, the Leyden jar, space travel, the largest meteorites, dry ice, the work of Einstein, the Spruce Goose (the largest wooden airplane ever built), and much more. In fact, the book centers on extremes: the first, the largest, the heaviest, etc.
Some parts of the book are timeless, while others become rapidly outdated. For instance, there are quite a few more known natural satellites orbiting the outer planets than enumerated in this book. Also, the west now knows that the dog Laika did not live several days in space, as the Soviets had originally claimed. She actually died a few hours after launch--from an overheated cabin.
This book touches on other matters. For instance, the authors acknowledge the fact that the Poles played a major role in the cracking of the "invincible" German Nazi ENIGMA Code during World War II. (p. 478)
For anyone interested in a one-volume encyclopedia of science, this is it. There is also an extensive bibliography provided for further study.
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