Product Description: Why do certain geometric patterns appear to pulsate? What makes your eyes see color where there is none? How do colorful rings appear on a spinning black-and-white disk? These questions and more are answered at the Exploratorium, San Francisco's renowned hands-on science museum...read more

A collection of puzzles and activities dealing with memory, math, verbal skills, and visual perception

Details what roles different ingredients and techniques play in cooking and provides tools to modify and improve recipes and avoid cooking disasters

Explains the basic scientific principles of weather, including wind, rain, snow, storms, climate, and forecasts (view table of contents)

In a companion to The Science Explorer, both chidren and parents can learn about a variety of objects while enjoying exciting experiments and discoveries inside and outside of the home. Original. 50,000 first printing.

Created in collaboration with the San Francisco Exploratorium, a world-famous children's museum, a combination book and science project includes objects and instructions that teach readers about light, physics, chemistry, photography, and much more.

Offers an explanation of human physiology and aerodynamics in relation to athletic performance while also providing an in-depth look at the diverse choice of apparatus used in different sports and games. Original. (view table of contents)

Provides a comprehensive overview of gardening, furnishing useful how-to tips, as well as informative facts about soil, lighting, fertilization, plant selection and cultivation, irrigation, and hydroponics. Original. (view table of contents)

Instructions for more than one hundred hands-on experiments, activities, and tricks provide young readers with a fascinating, interactive introduction to the world of scientific exploration. Original.

Examines symmetry and patterns in nature, and theorizes, mathematically and geometrically, about each design pictured

Inspired by the San Francisco Exploratorium, this hands-on introduction to science offers dozens of activities--complete with equipment bound in--that reveal the principles of physics, biology, magnetism, and more. (view table of contents)