Description
Book SynopsisLord Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London. He is one of a kind - a world-renowned scientist who has combined ground-breaking academic work with an ability to communicate ideas and understanding to the general public. Recently he has demonstrated amazing science experiments on The Late Late Show with James Corden from two of his recent DK books. Robert Winston's previous DK books for children include
Home Lab and
Utterly Amazing Science, which both have won the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize.
Trade ReviewSteam is something this madcap book never runs out of, as it dashes through topics from the Big Bang to the science of floating and sinking * Jewish Chronicle *
Whatever you need to know, Robert and his Science Squad explain complicated ideas in an easy-to-understand way, making this book the perfect introduction for children starting to learn STEAM subjects in school, or who simply want to know more about the world around them. * Parent Talk *
A fabulous introduction to a host of STEAM subjects. Chemistry, physics, astronomy, biology, maths, and engineering are all covered. Each page takes a basic STEAM concept and introduces it to its audience in an accessible fashion...It's pitch perfect for its intended age of around 6-11. * GeekDad *
This colourful and well presented book will really enthuse children for STEAM subjects and give them an excellent start in understanding them. * Parents in Touch *
Everything a curious child of 7 or 8 wants * The Best New Children's Books Supplement, Guardian *
Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Meet the Science Squad
- 3: The Universe
- 4: The Solar System
- 5: Our super Sun
- 6: The Earth
- 7: The Earth’s atmosphere
- 8: The Moon
- 9: The water cycle
- 10: Solids, liquids, and gases
- 11: The weather
- 12: Dangerous planet
- 13: Animals
- 14: Plants
- 15: Evolution
- 16: The Arctic food web
- 17: Ecosystems
- 18: Inside a rainforest
- 19: Climate change
- 20: Microlife
- 21: The human body
- 22: Think about it
- 23: The senses
- 24: Technology
- 25: Simple machines
- 26: Time
- 27: Measuring
- 28: Using numbers
- 29: Materials
- 30: Building bridges
- 31: Take to the skies
- 32: Floating and sinking
- 33: Friction
- 34: Electricity
- 35: The Internet
- 36: Robots
- 37: Glossary
- 38: Index
- 39: Acknowledgements
