The DK Science Encyclopedia

by Nigel Henbest

This encyclopedia can make anyone feel like a scientist! Not only does it have fascinating facts on everything from atoms to zephyrs, it also shows how scientists work--describing, measuring, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789421909
• ISBN13: 9780789421906
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 4.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12

Customer Reviews

DK Science Encyclopedia

This book is great. It gives many pictures and illustrations. It helped me immensely with my science class.

Great Intoduction to Science for Children

This is a book well suited to give a overview of a wide range of scientific topics. It may not be the end all as a scientific reference, but will spark your child's interest and imagination about science. After reading this book, your child will want to go on to more detailed books about their specific areas of interest. The book is organized into chapters of broad topics such as Matter, Reactions, Materials, Electricity, Sound and Light, Weather, Space, Living things, etc. The breadth of subjects is a welcome change. The school curriculum of elementary children tends to be patchy, and this book fills in many gaps that they may not even touch on in Science Class. Each page is filled with colorful and attention grabbing illustrations. There is a short synopsis of the subtopic and then the page is filled with factoids which match the attention span of children this age. My son enjoyed this book immensely and it was his favorite for two years. It was a great nightime "story" book.

A valuable reference for anyone interested in space

This is a wonderful book, exploring nearly every aspect of space, from the Big Bang to black holes. The book is easy to understand and fun to read whether you're doing a project about space or if you just enjoy reading about it. It's chock-full of hundreds of beautiful photographs and realistic-looking pictures, too. The book is accurate, colorful, and up-to-date, and I enjoy looking through it and reading it in my spare time.This book covers many, many topics in space. Some of them include the solar system, the planets, the sun, meteors, comets, asteroids, the Milky Way, how the universe started and what it will be like in the future, galaxies, stars, the Big Bang, other solar systems, black holes, and much more. Plus, the book has an entire stargazing section, with directions to make your own simple telescope, star maps, observing the sky, binocular astronomy, and a lot more! Overall, I highly recommend this book. Adults will enjoy reading it and they will learn a lot too, and young children will enjoy looking at the photographs and having adults explain to them the text. This is a valuable and complete reference, and nearly everyone will enjoy reading it.

A superb interactive space encyclopedia for grades 5 and up.

Ages 8 and older will relish this interactive space encyclopedia, which provides the latest images transmitted by the Hubble Telescope and includes dramatic color photos and charts on every page. A free cd rom is included in a presentation which will reach a wide age range, from grades 5 and up.

Excellent combination of graphical and textual learning

This book can clearly teach you the core basics of every branch of science. This book is a joy to read and see.This book will appeal to old and young alike.This book does not dwell on any subject for too long so don't expect exhaustive information on a particular category.For people who like comics this book is especially suited.With this book alone, anyone can have obtain an extensive understanding of the world of science and nature.