Books in Science Fact Files series

From Africa, to Asia, to North America, take a tour of our world's continents. Find out all the need-to-know facts about climates, landforms, and unique features of each of these large land masses.

The Statue of Liberty and the American flag are both bold symbols of the United States of America. But what is the meaning behind them? Get the inside scoop on these and other symbols of American freedom and democracy.

The United States has some of the most unique, amazing landforms in the world. Learn about some of its most notable landforms from sea to shining sea.

Explores the process of criminal investigations from the crime scene to the courtroom, and describes the scientific methods used in witness and suspect interrogation, fingerprinting, DNA and psychological profiling, and autopsies.

Explores Earth's natural resources, including rocks and minerals, energy resources, and the future of the planet.

The United States was the world's first modern democracy. Learn about the three branches of U.S. government and how they balance each other in power.

Introduces basic concepts of genetics and heredity and examines the changes in science that could result from the mapping of the human genome.

Defines electricity and magnetism as forms of energy, describes their properties, and explains how electromagnetism has led to the development of telephones, doorbells, and coffee makers.

Explores the science of weather, called meteorology, examining why weather phenomena occur, weather patterns, how meteorologists make weather forecasts, and the interaction between weather and people's lives.

The United States was the world's first modern democracy. Learn about the three branches of U.S. government and how they balance each other in power.

Introduces different types of forces, the laws that govern them, and Einstein's theory of relativity.

Defines light and sound as forms of energy, describes their properties, and explains how they are used in such everyday objects as cameras and sonars.