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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Soil!
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Paperback (Salariya Book Company Ltd, Jan. 7, 2016)Soil supplies a surprising variety of materials for making things. If soil didn't exist, life would have developed differently on Earth and humans probably wouldn't be here. You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Soil! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn't Want to Be series.
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Cars
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Paperback (Raintree, April 10, 2014)Did you know that every car has a life cycle? That's what we call the stages from its design, construction, and sale to its use, maintenance, and disposal at the end of its useful life. This book explains what happens during these stages, such as prototyping, the sourcing of components, the production process, and much more.
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Forces and Motion
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Paperback (Raintree, Aug. 14, 2014)An unfamiliar noise stops shoppers in their tracks. Cars and a truck are crashing into each other! This book looks at the topics of force and motion to explain about speed, acceleration, friction, and momentum. It shows how investigators use their knowledge of science and technology to sift through the evidence to determine the cause of the crash.
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What Do We Know about the Solar System?
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Paperback (Raintree, June 13, 2012)How do we know Earth isn't flat? What are the benefits of space exploration, and is it good value? How and why do scientists study the universe? This series answers questions like these, while tackling key curriculum topics relating to Earth, space, and the universe.
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Extreme Comparisons
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Paperback (Book House, )None
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Cars
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Hardcover (Raintree, Feb. 14, 2013)Did you know that every car has a life cycle? That's what we call the stages from its design, construction, and sale to its use, maintenance, and disposal at the end of its useful life. This book explains what happens during these stages, such as prototyping, the sourcing of components, the production process, and much more.
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Super Trucks
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Hardcover (Book House, Jan. 1, 2013)This title will teach readers the mechanics as well as the history of super trucks. Readers will learn how super trucks were invented and developed overtime. Detailed illustrations and lots of historical facts give the reader a comprehensive look at these machines
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Machines and Inventions
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Paperback (Book House, Feb. 1, 2009)What were the first ever inventions? When was the wheel first around? What's the fastest machine on Earth? This text answers all the questions children love to ask about the world's oldest and newest machines and inventions.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be on Apollo 13!
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham, David Antram
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Feb. 1, 2017)Count down to liftoff! You are about to go on the most exciting and dangerous journey of your life.This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history. You are part of the crew on the spacecraft Apollo 13. Find out all about NASA and the Apollo missions, what went wrong aboard Apollo 13, and how the crew managed to avoid total disaster and return safely to Earth.
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Electricity!
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Paperback (Book House, Jan. 15, 2015)We depend on electricity in almost everything that we do. It gives us heat, light, transportation and entertainment. Electricity has always existed, but it is only in the last 200 years or so that we have learned how to make use of it. Find out what electricity does for us - and how we managed without it in the past.
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From Falling Water to Electric Car
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Hardcover (Raintree, May 7, 2015)"Each book in this series follows a packet of energy along a journey. Each stage of the journey is described in a short chapter, and we learn what alternative paths the energy might have taken along the way. This book shows how the energy in falling water is turned into energy to power an electric car. It explains how hydroelectric power stations work, the science of electricity, how cars are made and how they use electricity, and how electric cars work. The topics covered are illustrated with experiments, amazing facts and scientific discoveries."--
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Planes, Rockets and Other Flying Machines
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham
Hardcover (Book House, Jan. 1, 2013)This title will teach readers the mechanics as well as the history of planes, rockets and other flying machines. Readers will learn how planes, rockets and other flying machines were invented and developed overtime. Detailed illustrations and lots of historical facts give the reader a comprehensive look at these machines.
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