Bill Nye The Science Guy knows how cool science can be. After all, everything in the universe involves science. And you already think scientifically everyday, even if you don't know it. So get ready for a universe of amazing fun,you'll have a blast. Read about quarks, quasars, and the questions that scientists are still trying to figure out. And find spectacular science projects that let you see how cool science guys and gals can be. Do you know: that everything you see is made up of just 92 kinds of atoms? why this book and your hands are mostly empty space? how to launch a hot-air baloon? that light comes as both waves and particles (but doesn't come out of a black hole?) how to build a miniature electric motor? why microwave ovens and lamps are like radios? how a television show arrives at your TV set? that we move more than 100 miles through space every second? about entropy? ozone? absolute zero? heavy water? pulsars?

 

This book is part of a book series called Bill Nye the Science Guy .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US .

Bill Nye The Science Guy hosts the syndicated television show on science "Disney Presents Bill Nye The Science Guy. " He studied at Cornell University, has won eleven Emmy Awards, and has appeared on TV shows ranging from "The New Mickey Mouse Club" to "Late Night with David Letterman. "

This book has the following chapters: * The Road to Knowledge; The Scientific MethodAristotle, Sherlock Holmes, and you; Occams Razor; extraordinary proof; and whether I weigh 5, 000 pounds * Matter; Every thing in the universesolids, liquids, gases; atoms and molecules; protons, neutrons, electrons, and even smaller things * The Four Fundamental Forces; Gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forcestheyre behind every change in the universe. * Heat; Different ways to read the temperature, four of the Three Laws of Thermodynamics, absolute zero, moving heat, and a hot air balloon * Light; Coming at you at the speed of light: mirrors and lenses, the rainbow, IROY G. BIVU, lasers, and a quantum leap in understanding energy * Electricity & Magnetics; Setting up force fields, compasses, a battery powered by lemons, an electromagnet, and you own tiny electric motor * Radio, TV & More; From the telegraph to high-definition television, with reports on Morse Code, microphones, AM/FM, movies and even microwaves * Weather; How hot air sloshes around our planet, what falls from the sky, and whats going on with the Greenhouse Effect and the ozone layer * Outer Space; How we humans explored our solar system even before we left Earth, and whats happening with the stars.