Explanations of key STEM (engineering) topics in an original, highly entertaining way through comical trial and error scenarios In this book, find out how a skyscraper stays up, why it matters what its built from and what a supertube is, plus much more. This series looks at how things work such as how a plane can fly or a boat can float through the comical endeavours of an inventor who tries to replicate what he sees without knowing the science, with hilarious results. We discover what went wrong and why through the scientific explanations that follow each attempt, making tricky concepts accessible and entertaining in equal measure. Perfect for children age 7+
Tom Jackson (Author) Tom Jackson has written more than 80 books and contributed to hundreds more. His specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom spends his days finding fun ways of communicating facts, new and old, to all age groups and reading abilities. Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children. He studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working at zoos. Tom has also worked as a conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing wildlife from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing has also taken him to the Galápagos Islands, Amazon rainforest, coral reefs of Indonesia and Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic. Good Wives and Warriors (Illustrator) Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell have been working collaboratively as Good Wives and Warriors since 2007, soon after graduating from the Painting Department at The Glasgow School of Art. They divide their time between designing large-scale installations for fine art settings and undertaking design commissions for companies in the UK and abroad, including Absolut Vodka, Tiger Beer, Swarovski, Adidas, Chevrolet and Swatch. They have exhibited around the world, including shows in Berlin, Paris, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, San Francisco and Sao Paulo and have been featured in a number of publications and books including ICON Magazine, Wired Magazine and the Taschen books Illustration Now!3 and Portraits. They are currently based in London.
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