Forces and motion
By: Gerard Cheshire
Series: Science essentials. Physics; Science essentials
Publisher: Evans
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780237530075
Subjects: Force and energy; Juvenile literature; Motion
Description: This series is an introduction to key scientific principles and processes. This volume introduces the reader to the forces in our lives. Find out how forces make things speed up and slow down, and discover how humans have overcome the force of gravity to travel into space.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Motion; title: The force of gravity; title: Escaping the Earth; title: Friction; title: Flight and buoyancy; title: Pressure; title: Machines; title: Stresses and strains.