9781526321060
Paul Mason
1: FORCES
1: WHAT ON EARTH IS PHYSICS?
1: FORCES
1: GRAVITY
1: WEIGHT LOSS FOR ASTRONAUTS
1: Weight
1: THE SAD STORY OF THE
1: SANDPAPERED SKATEBOARDER
1: Friction
1: TROUBLE WITH SUNKEN TREASURE Buoyancy
1: TREASURE CHESTS
1: Wedges and levers
1: RESCUED FROM THE ROCK FACE!
1: Pulleys
1: THE HUMAN CANNONBALL RETURNS TO EARTH Air resistance
1: MEET THE MAGNETS
1: Magnetism
1: EXPLORING MAGNET EARTH
1: Magnetic poles 22
1: CAR CATASTROPHE!
1: Magnetic attraction and materials
1: HOW A MAGLEV LEVS
1: Magnetic repulsion
1: Energy and light
1: ENERGY
1: Types of energy
1: THE FASTEST THING IN THE UNIVERSE Light energy, air resistance
1: DAWN PATROL
1: Sunlight
1: THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING A MATE (IF YOU'RE A FIREFLY)
1: Light sources
1: TOKYO'S TRANSPARENT TOILETS Transparency and opacity
1: ISAAC NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF COLOUR COLOUR AND LIGHT
1: HOW TELESCOPES CHANGED THE UNIVERSE Magnification
1: THE MIRROR-IMAGE EXPERIMENT Reflections
1: Sound science
1: SOUND
1: What is sound?
1: THE BANG THAT WAS HEARD AROUND
1: THE WORLD
1: Sound volume
1: CALLING (REALLY) LONG-DISTANCE
1: Sound and distance
1: INSTRUMENTS TO MAKE AT HOME
1: Pitch
1: MEET THE FOLEY ARTIST
1: Making sound effects
1: Electricity
1: WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?
1: Electricity
1: THE ELECTRON RACETRACK
1: ElectricAL circuits
1: DANCING ON THE ELECTRIC CARPET
1: Static electricity
1: PEDAL HARDER, THE LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT! Electrical energy
1: Glossary
1: Index
