Thing explainer : complicated stuff in simple words
Record details
- ISBN: 9780544668256
- ISBN: 0544668251
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Physical Description:
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61 pages (3 folded) : color illustrations, color maps ; 34 cm - Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Page before the book starts : introduction -- Shared space house : International Space Station -- Tiny bags of water you're made of : animal cell -- Heavy metal power building : nuclear reactor -- Red world space car : Curiosity Rover -- Bags of stuff inside you : human torso -- Boxes that make clothes smell better : washing machine and dryer -- Earth's surface : physical map of the earth -- Under a car's front cover : car engine -- Sky boat with turning wings : helicopter -- The US's laws of the land : US Constitution -- The US's Laws of the Land : USS Constitution -- Food-heating radio box : microwave -- Shape checker : padlock -- Lifting room : elevator -- Boat that goes under the sea : submarine -- Box that cleans food holders : dishwasher -- Big flat rocks we live on : tectonic plates -- Cloud maps : weather maps -- Tree : tree -- Machine for burning cities : nuclear bomb -- Water room : toilet and sink -- Computer building : data center -- US Space Team's Up Goer Five : Saturn V rocket -- Sky boat pusher : jet engine -- Stuff you touch to fly a sky boat : cockpit -- Big tiny thing hitter : large Hadron Collider -- Power boxes : batteries -- Hole-making city boat : oil rig -- Stuff in the earth we can burn : mines -- Tall roads : bridges -- Bending computer : laptop -- Worlds around the sun : solar system -- Picture taker : camera -- Writing sticks : pen and pencil -- Hand computer : smart phone -- Colors of light : electromagnetic spectrum -- The sky at night : night sky -- The pieces everything is made of : periodic table -- Our star : sun -- How to count things : units of measurement -- Room for helping people : hospital bed -- Playing fields : athletic fields -- Earth's past : geologic periods of earth -- Tree of life : life's family tree -- The ten hundred words people use the most : the ten hundred most common words in our language -- Sky toucher : skyscraper.
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- 43 of 51 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 500 MUN (Text) | 36015000209227 | Adult Nonfiction Oversize | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | 500 MUN (Text) | 36015001299532 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | 500 MUN (Text) | 36015001217286 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | 500 MUN (Text) | 36015000803474 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
