Visual Encyclopedia of Science

by Jack Challoner, David Burnie, Phillip Eden, et al.

Book Overview

Covering everything from aluminium to zinc and amperes to watts, this encyclopedia contains thousands of facts and figures at your fingertips. It features fun fact boxes and quick-reference sections... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789466767
• ISBN13: 9780789466761
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.4" x 6.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

great visuals

User-friendly, lures you to peek inside. Lots of colorful graphics and detailed (but not too detailed) descriptions.

This is a very handy encyclopedia !!!

The is a small but a thick book. ABSOLUTELY beautiful illustration printed on very nice paper with easy-to-understand words. Full of fun facts. Some types are intentionally bigger than the others so even an impatient person like myself will not give up the book so easily. Because of this book I started to realize how NICE DK Publishing's books' quality are and start looking for more of their encyclopedia ~ ! I can always find out the contents easily from the index pages at the end of the little book.

Excellent for all age

I wish I had this book when I was student. I am glad I found this one for my curious son. Visuals are excellent with great explainations.

Excellent

This is an excellent book. I wish I had this book when I was student. You MUST have this if you care about learning yourself or want to teach your kids (that's why I bought it) about science.

Compact and very useful!

The other day I was watching a show about the ocean and saw the most amazing thing. They were talking about "black smokers - strange chimneys that form on the ocean floor." Later, in a discussion with a friend, I needed some extra information and this book provided me with the specifics. When it comes to looking up this type of information, search engines are useful to a point. However, I find having a book gives me more confidence that the information is really accurate and true. Although, I do have a real problem with evolution in these types of books. Apart from that, the information is wonderful. There are very colorful pictures. The Maple leaves turning from green to orange is shown with an explanation as to why this occurs. There are so many pictures in this book and the type is very easy to see. If you have children and they need a book to look up facts for their school projects, this is a nice, compact size children will feel comfortable using. The only question you will have when this book arrives is: "What do I look up first?" Highly Recommended! ~The Rebecca Review