mechanics

Instructions for a variety of projects and experiments that examine different kinds of machines and how they work.

Describes different kinds of toys and the scientific principles that explain how they work.

Explains how almost every aspect of driving involves physics, from a car's handling and performance to fundamental concepts such as force, momentum, and energy.

Presents a children's book on things that are pushed or pulled such as a wheelbarrow, merry-go-round, and swing, and tells how the wind and water can push things.

Presents illustrated explanations of how classical mechanics works, describing planetary motion, pendulums and falling objects, Newton's three laws of motion, the law of universal gravitation, and the conservation of momentum, and providing a time line, biographical sketches of scientists, and a selected bibliography.

Explores how man has harnessed power and developed technology to achieve rapid transport, enhance sensory perception and control energy.

A historical essay discussing the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries and how to know we live in a dynamic universe.

Discusses the phenomena of force, movement, pressure, and friction, the mechanics involved in moving things, and the means by which machines work.

Presents an introduction to the concept of force, using an interactive approach, looking at force as something that pushes or pulls, and includes discussion of such forces as gravity, wind, magnetism, weight, and water.

Junior spacecraft mechanic Robin Plotnik arrives at the "Fist of Earth" flagship for his first job to learn he will be assisting brilliant mechanic Mac Gimbensky, who also happens to be an eight hundred-pound gorilla, but despite misgivings, they hit it off and between maintaining the fighter craft for the all-woman Barbarian Squadron, the two friends find their own path in the universe. Presented in graphic novel form.