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WELCOME BACK TO FACTOPIA! 6 SCIENCE FIRSTS 8 FOSSILS 10 WACKY EXPERIMENTS 12 MUSIC 14 PLANTS 16 TEETH 18 MOTION 20 CROSS REALITY 22 FACT FRENZY 24 TIME 26 SPACE 28 ANCIENT EGYPT 30 THE BRAIN 32 SENSES 34 FISH 36
FACT FRENZY 38 SPACE ROCKS 40 GOLD 42 THE BODY 44 BLOOD 46 FOOD SCIENCE 48 GEMSTONES 50 ANTS 52 SPORTS 54 PHYSICS 56 LABORATORIES 58 FACT FRENZY 60 CHEMISTRY 62 ELEMENTS 64 POISONS 66 THE SEA 68 BUBBLES 70 FACT FRENZY 72 THE UNIVERSE 74 ANIMAL DISCOVERIES 76 RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY 78 THE SEASONS 80 MICROORGANISMS 82 MARS 84 FACT FRENZY 86 UNUSUAL JOBS 88 SNAKES 90 LIGHT 92 ELECTRICITY 94 GREEN SCIENCE 96 COMPUTER SCIENCE 98 LANGUAGE 100 FACT FRENZY 102 ENGINEERING 104 ROCKET SCIENCE 106
ARCHAEOLOGY 108 SCIENCE MYSTERIES 110 BLACK HOLES 112 COLOUR 114 SNOW 116 SURVIVAL SCIENCE 118 EGGS 120 FACT FRENZY 122 CRYSTALS 124 ROCKS 126 WEATHER 128 THE SUN 130 THE MOON 132 CLOUDS 134 WATER 136 ACOUSTICS & SOUND 138 NAVIGATION 140 FACT FRENZY 142 GENETICS 144 SLEEP 146 GAMES 148 VISION 150 GADGETS & GIZMOS 152 ANIMAL TOOLS 154 FIRE 156 LIGHTNING 158 SOIL 160 FACT FRENZY 162 BIOMEDICINE 164 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 166 BIRDS 168 FEATHERS 170 HAIR 172 GRAVITY 174 FACT FRENZY 176 GLACIERS 178 FARMING 180 ROBOTS 182 SEA LIFE 184 MUSHROOMS & FUNGI 186 SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS 188 FACT FRENZY 190 VOLCANOES 192 MINERALS 194 INSECTS 196 FUTURE SCIENCE 198 SOUND LIKE A SCIENTIST QUIZ 200 INDEX 201 MEET THE FACTOPIANS 205 SOURCES 206 PICTURE CREDITS 207
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Watermelon snow, caused by algae, can be pink or green, and it often has a sweet scentAuthor: Rose Davidson
Illustrator: Andy Smith
Ages: 8+ years • Price: £10.99
Format: Hardback • Extent: 208 pages
Size: 207 x 153 mm
Pub date: 8th February 2024
ISBN: 9781804660249
An enthralling and hilarious journey through the worlds of space, animals, engineering, numbers, machines and more in 400 connected facts!
Science FACTopia! is the sixth title in the bestselling FACTopia! series. Follow an ingenious trail of 400 facts about space, animals, rocks and crystals, virtual reality, the body, coding, 3D printing, engineering, plants, fungi, maths and more, where each fact is connected to the next in entertaining and unexpected ways. You’ll meet a parrot called Squawkzilla, find out about the fastest muscles in the body, discover gems that can change colour and learn about black holes that ‘burp’.
Lavishly illustrated with witty illustrations that combine artwork and photography, and verified by the experts at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Science FACTopia! brings STEM topics to life with facts children will be desperate to share with their friends and family.
Author
Rose Davidson is a writer, editor and researcher. Inspired by her own love of animals and nature, she has penned countless stories about interesting wildlife behaviours, strange science phenomena, historic heroes and much more. Currently based in Ohio, USA, she is a contributing editor for National Geographic Kids magazine and the author of multiple children’s books.
Illustrator
Andy Smith studied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. His work combines illustration and typography to create images that have humour, energy and optimism executed with a handmade, hand-printed, tactile feel. When not producing commercial work for clients, Andy can be found in the studio screen printing books and posters. He lives and works by the sea in Hastings, East Sussex.
• Explores 400 of the most exciting STEM facts with light-touch wit and humour
• Forms innovative and unexpected connections between topics as varied as geology, dinosaurs, astronomy and more
• Every fact has been rigorously checked and verified by the experts at Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Includes over 300 colour photographs and specially commissioned illustrations
• Perfect for children who love space, the human body, computers, rocks and crystals, maths and so much more
• Great for reluctant readers
More in the series: FACTopia!, Return to FACTopia!, Gross FACTopia! Animal FACTopia!, History FACTopia! All available now
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