Ships - This book looks at ships, sailing boats, jet skis and hydrofoils. It outlines the basic science of maritime technology, then tackles the key subjects of keeping afloat, power in the water, boat construction and control in separate chapters. Each chapter contains diagrams and cutaway artwork that reveals how everything from sailing a dinghy to the ocean liner has transformed science into technology.

 

This is volume 3 in How Science Works .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Hachette Children's Group .

Nigel Hawkes is an experienced children's non-fiction writer. He has written may books on science, technology and apace subjects.