Mammoth Science: The Big Ideas That Explain Our World
暫譯: 猛獁科學:解釋我們世界的大觀念

Macaulay, David, DK

  • 出版商: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
  • 出版日期: 2020-08-04
  • 售價: $990
  • 貴賓價: 9.8$970
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 160
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 1465491465
  • ISBN-13: 9781465491466
  • 相關分類: 物理學 Physics
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商品描述

David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science.

From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of different materials explore what gives them mass, and step into an X-ray machine to reveal the bones beneath their woolly exterior.

Observing and recording the mammoth's behavior is bestselling illustrator David Macaulay, whose How Machines Work won the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2016. Renowned for his ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius, Macaulay captures the oddball humor of his subject matter, making Macaulay's Mammoth Science the perfect introduction to scientific principles for the young and the young-at-heart.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

大衛·麥考利(David Macaulay)帶領著一群好奇的猛獁象,透過這本非傳統且極具創意的科學指南,向你介紹物理學、生物學和化學的基本概念。

從原子的內部到太陽系及更遠的地方,這些猛獁象試圖理解科學。這些勇敢的科學示範者將不遺餘力地進行教育和娛樂。他們與磁鐵搏鬥以理解其強大的力量,製作不同材料的猛獁象模型以探索什麼賦予它們質量,並走進X光機中揭示其毛茸茸外表下的骨骼。

觀察和記錄猛獁象行為的是暢銷插畫家大衛·麥考利,他的《機器如何運作》(How Machines Work)在2016年獲得英國皇家學會青年圖書獎。麥考利以簡單的天才解釋複雜概念的能力而聞名,他捕捉了主題的古怪幽默,使《麥考利的猛獁科學》(Macaulay's Mammoth Science)成為年輕人和心懷年輕的人的完美科學原則入門書。

作者簡介

British-American artist David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone. He has won numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006 he received a MacArthur Fellowship. His work is renowned for its humor, detail, and ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

英美藝術家大衛·麥考利(David Macaulay)是一位獲獎的作者和插畫家,他的書籍在美國的銷量已達數百萬本。他獲得了多項獎項,包括卡爾德科特獎(Caldecott Medal)及榮譽獎、波士頓環球-霍恩書獎(Boston Globe-Horn Book Award)、克里斯多福獎(Christopher Award)、美國建築師學會獎(American Institute of Architects Medal)以及《華盛頓郵報》兒童書籍公會非小說類獎(Washington Post Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award)。在2006年,他獲得了麥克阿瑟獎學金(MacArthur Fellowship)。他的作品以幽默、細緻和用簡單的天才解釋複雜概念的能力而聞名。