Everyday Amazing: Fascinating Facts about the Science That Surrounds Us 9781721400287, 9781721400294, 1721400281

Like fan mail addressed to the natural world,Everyday Amazingis filled with uplifting and interesting musings on science

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Table of contents :
Teeny tiny building blocks: atoms and the super weird stuff they do --
The waves all around us: a tour of the electromagnetic spectrum --
This lovely space rock: Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, and surface --
The rocks on this space rock: geology, Earth history, and the elements we encounter --
Just a blade of grass: photosynthesis is pretty bonkers --
Water, water everywhere: the properties of water that make life possible --
Small but mighty: the many lives of cells, from stand-alone creatures to multicellular wonders like us --
Our squishy brain blob: mind-blowing neuroscience --
A big family tree: genetics and evolution, and how all living things are related --
Poop is relative: nothing really goes to waste, including you when you die.

Everyday Amazing: Fascinating Facts about the Science That Surrounds Us
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