In the next three seconds. Surveys various prisons throughout time, including the Tower of London, the Bastille, and Alcatraz. Includes brief biographies and illustrations of nine famous prisoners and challenges the reader to find them in the larger illustrations. I wonder why soap makes bubbles and other questions about science. Discusses what other planets may have the right conditions to support life and surveys aliens, unidentified flying objects, and our exploration of space.
Cosmic light shows.
Introduces various astronomical phenomena visible from earth, including the sun, stars, comets, the moon, eclipses, and auroras. Discusses how we know about black holes, how they affect matter around them, and what would happen if you got inside one. Really weird animals. Introduces such unusual animals as the narwhal, tarsier, hagfish, tuatara, and zorilla. Describes the Big Foot family of trucks.