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Books in Secrets of Science series

  • Sounds and Music

    Robin Kerrod

    Library Binding (Marshall Cavendish Corp, Sept. 1, 1991)
    Projects, experiments, and activities explore the world of sounds, both musical and otherwise.
    Z+
  • Sound

    Jason Cooper

    Library Binding (Rourke Publishing, Dec. 15, 1992)
    Provides a simple discussion of sound waves, frequencies, and the uses of radar and sonar.
    C
  • Is It Magic?

    Robin Kerrod

    Library Binding (Marshall Cavendish Corp, Feb. 1, 1990)
    Projects, activities, and experiments explore such aspects of physics as gravity, temperature, and static electricity.
    S
  • Weights and Measures

    Robin Kerrod, Susan Baker, Mike Atkinson

    Library Binding (Marshall Cavendish Corp, March 1, 1991)
    Explains the origins of weights and measures, how they have changed over the years, and how they can be used to measure different things. Includes projects and questions.
    N
  • Secrets of Habitats

    Andrew Solway

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Oct. 28, 2010)
    Discover different habitats that exist on the planet as well as the animals that inhabit them.
    T
  • Magnets

    Jason Cooper

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Nov. 1, 1992)
    Provides a simple discussion of natural magnetic force, electromagnets, and magnetic fields
    I
  • Sound

    Jason Cooper

    Paperback (Rourke Pub Group, )
    None
    P
  • Science Secrets Discovery Library: Wind

    Jason Cooper

    Hardcover (Rourke Educational Media, )
    None
    N
  • Secrets of Heat and Cold

    Andrew Solway

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2010)
    Introduces the concept of hot and cold temperatures, how and why they occur, the effects of heat and cold, and temperature extremes.
    T
  • Joseph E. Murray and the Story of the First Human Kidney Transplant

    Joanne Mattern

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Oct. 15, 2002)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.The American doctor whose research into organ transplant rejection led to the first successful kidney transplant.
    V
  • Willem Kolff and the Invention of the Dialysis Machine

    Kathleen Tracy

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Oct. 16, 2002)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.Story of the doctor who invented the artificial kidney, or dialysis machine after watching helplessly as countless patients died from renal failure.
    U
  • Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine

    John Bankston

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Aug. 10, 2001)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.One of the best-known microbiologists, celebrated for his development of the polio vaccine
    U