Transport: The Amazing Story of Ships, Trains, Aircraft and Cars, and How They Work (Illustrated Science Encyclopedia) (Illustrated Science Encyclopedia S.)

by Chris Oxlade (Author), Chris Oxlade (Author), Peter Mellett (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $5.21

  Looking at each method of transport in turn, this exhaustive reference examines the developing technologies through the ages and charts discoveries such as the wheel, steam power, the internal combustion engine and jet propulsion. Over 40 projects show how things work, including how ships float and how birds fly, make a monorail or a model plane. Meet the pioneers and inventors that made it all happen and find out what the future holds.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $5.76

  The reader can trace how trains, boats, planes and cars evolved through history, how they revolutionized human life and progress, and also understand how they work. The book examines each type of transport in turn, exploring different aspects - such as speed, navigation, or what the future holds - in contained double-page spreads that offer information and photographs. Discover how ships have shaped history over the past 3500 years - and are still the same basic shape, how the flight of insects and birds inspired human aviation, and how Formula 1 racing cars get up to speed. Step-by-step experiments and model-making projects help you to work out how things work. They include making model rails and tunnels, a diving submarine, and aerodynamic paper airplanes. The book aims to capture the thrill of transport and travel past, present and future, with its dramatic photographs and helpful illustrations. This reference aims to supplement national curriculum science, design and technology, and history studies at Key Stage 2.