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The Technology of Baseball
Gr 4–6—These studies of technology's role in measuring (mostly) professional sports performance; in improving athletic gear, officiating, and safety; and in enhancing fan experience maintain a fine balance between general statements and specific details...
Bright Ideas: The Science of Light
Gr 3–4—Each volume in this misleadingly titled series offers 10 low-tech science activities, none of which will produce more than a small-scale pop, ooze, or mess...
Helicopters
Gr 3–5—Standard fodder for casual browsers and enthusiasts, these surveys offer a mix of color photos and bite-sized comments or technical specs in a variety of type sizes...
Electricity for the Future
Gr 2–3—Shocking in topic if not treatment, these serviceable introductions explain how electricity is generated, stored, and transported...
Look!
PreS-Gr 1—Adding minimal two- to four-word captions that call attention to the depicted animals and actions ("Look! An elephant eats...
Bright!: Light Energy
Gr 3–4—Though presenting broad concepts well enough, these introductions to different kinds of energy are, at best, unsystematic when it comes to details...
Discovering New Planets
Gr 3–5—These titles offer properly tantalizing surveys of our local stellar neighborhood and its ongoing exploration...
ATLAS OF THE WORLD
Gr 8 Up—Available only in a print version but updated annually, this large-format resource continues to earn pride of place on the atlas case's top shelf for its combination of currency and eye-widening graphics...
Machines and Weaponry of the Cold War
Gr 4–6—Though one sided in focusing chiefly on the weaponry of the United States and its allies (and disingenuous in the inclusion of Vietnam War under this series title), these galleries offer a varied, browser-tempting smorgasbord of wheeled, floating, and flying vehicles, as well as hand and even chemical weapons...
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