Why do ships float?
By: by Susan Markowitz Meredith ; science and curriculum consultant, Debra Voege.
Series: Science in the real world
Publisher: Chelsea Clubhouse
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604134667
Subjects: Floating bodies -- Juvenile literature; Archimedes' principle -- Juvenile literature; Ships -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Sinking and floating; title: The shape of things; title: How weight fits in; title: Water has density, too; title: Designing a ship; title: A ship's hull; title: Keeping a ship steady; title: A ship's power source; title: Steering a ship; title: Ships doing business; title: Military ships; title: Submarines; title: Ships of the future.