Books in Cool Careers in Science series

Can you think fast? Can you keep a secret? Are you daring? Then chances are you would make a good spy. Learn all about the high-tech gadgets that spies use for their top-secret work. Spy Technology profiles common ways of spying―Image Intelligence, Communication Intelligence, and cryptography. This book shows the sneakiest spy techniques of the past and takes a look at cool new tools for twenty-first century spies.

After leaping from a plane, a skydiver opens a pair of carbon fiber wings and shoots through the sky at 200 miles per hour, in perfect control. Down on the ground, an Olympic pole vaulter soars to a world record on a state-of-the-art pole. A runner, born without feet, runs on space-age artificial limbs at speeds almost as fast as Olympic winners. Meanwhile, a swimmer slices through the water in a bodysuit modeled after sharkskin and shaves vital seconds off her time. How have these athletes managed such amazing feats? The answer is sports technology. Learn how science helps athletes stay safer, perform better, and have more fun.

This book contains kid-tested cool projects about the senses using biology and will inspire young science buffs to experiment with their own ideas. Kids will learn how to Observe, Hypothesize, Test, and draw a Conclusion by using The Scientific Method. Included with the experiments are detailed step-by-step instructions with original photography, material lists, an explanation of the science behind the fun, real-world applications of the principles behind the project, tips and project variations, and suggestions of what to keep track of in a science journal. A glossary and index is also included.