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(0)Jorge Cham
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Series
Oliver's great big universe volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school--new friends, new classes, new everything. But at least there's one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns--like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs, and most important, how the Big Bang is basically just like a fart...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"You've got questions: about space, time, gravity, and your odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here. As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can't I travel back in time? Where did the universe come from? What's inside a black hole? Can I rearrange the particles in my cat and turn...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Humanity's understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps you can safely ignore--there are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the world works. Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson team up to explore everything we don't know about the universe, and while introducing the biggest mysteries in physics, they also helpfully demystify many complicated things we do know. And although the universe is full of weird things that...
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Language
English
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Elinor and her friends become plant detectives in this first Elinor Wonders Why picture book!
When Elinor and Olive check on their class plants before leaving school for the weekend, everything looks good. But when the friends get back on Monday, they discover one of the plants has grown in a zigzag - up, then to the side, then up again. Their teacher said most plants only grow up, toward the sun. So, what happened to this one? Could it have something...
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Language
English
Description
Elinor and her friends solve a "sticky" mystery, in this latest title in the series.
Ari's cool new watch makes a skrrrrtch sound when he opens the strap, and then he can just press it closed again. Neither part of the strap is sticky, so how does it work? Elinor, Ari and Olive decide to investigate, starting with determining what else the material sticks to. While they're searching outside, some spiky seeds get stuck on Ari's sweater. Hmm, they...