Books with title Science and technology

The Oxford First Encyclopedia series is the ideal starting point for a child's early learning, now updated in these new editions. It takes young readers on a fascinating journey of discovery through the world of knowledge. The five books in the series - Animals and Plants, Earth and theUniverse, My Body, People and Places and Science and Technology - have the answers to all a child's early questions about themselves and the world around them. Lively text and captions, lots of friendly, colourful pictures, and intriguing fact boxes make the books irresistible to young children.They will want to get involved with the text and pictures, to find out things for themselves, and to try the simple, fun activities.

All About Science and Technology brings one of the most important subjects of our time to life and within the grasp of the average reader. Written in a lively style with a thematic approach, and featuring examples from everyday life, complex subjects become easy to understand. Safe and simple experiments, which can be done at home, enable readers to discover for themselves how principles work. From matter and molecules to computers and communication, the essential information is here in this colorful, topic-based book.

Discover 1000 facts on Science and Technology, an amazing guide to the core scientific subjects. Short, sharp facts combine with hundreds of pictures and illustrations to deliver information with punch. You'll find all the things you ever wanted to know, plus so much more, in one fascinating book. Key subject areas are clearly highlighted: finding information is effortlessly simple with the use of buttonlike icons. Compact and easy to use, this really is the complete reference resource for the fact hungry.

Science and technology are central to history of the United States, and this is true of the Colonial period as well. Although considered by Europeans as a backwater, the people living in the American colonies had advanced notions of agriculture, surveying, architecture, and other technologies. In areas of natural philosophy―what we call science―such figures as Benjamin Franklin were admired and respected in the scientific capitals of Europe. This book covers all aspects of how science and technology impacted the everyday life of Americans of all classes and cultures.Science and Technology in Everyday Life in Colonial America covers a wide range of topics that will interest students of American history and the history of science and technology: * Domestic technology―how colonial women devised new strategies for day-to-day survival * Agricultural―how Native Americans and African slaves influenced the development of a American system of agriculture * War―how the frequent battles during the colonial period changed how industry made consumer goods This volume includes myriad examples of the impact science and technology had on the lives of individual who lived in the New World.