Knowledge Encyclopedia (Updated and Enlarged Edition): The World as You've Never Seen It Before (Knowledge Encyclopedias) [Illustrated] 9781465414175, 1465414177

Table of contents :
Contents 4
THE UNIVERSE 10
The Big Bang 12
Galaxies 14
Star birth 16
Star death 18
The Sun 20
The Solar System 22
Inner planets 24
Outer planets 26
The Moon 28
SPACE EXPLORATION 30
Astronomy 32
Mission to the Moon 34
Exploring the planets 36
PLANET EARTH 40
Inside the Earth 42
Earth’s climate 44
TECTONIC EARTH 46
Plate tectonics 48
Volcanoes 50
Earthquakes 52
EARTH’S RESOURCES 54
Rocks and minerals 56
WEATHER 58
Hurricanes 60
The water cycle 62
SHAPING THE LAND 64
Caves 66
Glaciers 68
EARTH’S OCEANS 70
The ocean floor 72
HOW LIFE BEGAN 76
Timeline of life 78
The dinosaurs 80
Tyrannosaurus rex 82
How fossils form 84
THE LIVING WORLD 86
Plant life 88
Green energy 90
INVERTEBRATES 92
Insects 94
Butterfly life cycle 96
VERTEBRATES 98
Fish 100
Great white shark 102
Amphibians 104
Frog life cycle 106
Reptiles 108
Crocodile 110
Birds 112
How birds fly 114
Mammals 116
African elephant 118
SURVIVAL SECRETS 120
Habitats 122
American desert 124
Amazon rainforest 126
African savanna 128
Coral reef 130
Animal architects 132
Predators and prey 134
BODY BASICS 138
Building blocks 140
The skeleton 142
Muscle power 144
The skin 146
FUELING THE BODY 148
From mouth to stomach 150
The intestines 152
In the blood 154
The heart 156
Fighting germs 158
Cleaning the blood 160
Air supply 162
IN CONTROL 164
Nervous system 166
Brainpower 168
How vision works 170
Inside the ear 172
Taste and smell 174
Control chemicals 176
LIFE CYCLE 178
A new life 180
Life in the womb 182
Growing up 184
Genes and DNA 186
MATTER 190
Atoms and molecules 192
Atom smasher 194
Solids, liquids, and gases 196
The elements 198
Chemical reactions 200
Material world 202
FORCES 204
Laws of motion 206
Engines 208
Simple machines 210
Flotation 212
Magnetism 214
Gravity 216
Flight 218
ENERGY 220
Electromagnetic spectrum 222
Signals from space 224
Light 226
Telescopes 228
Sound 230
Heat 232
Electricity 234
Power network 236
Radioactivity 238
ELECTRONICS 240
Digital world 242
Robotics 244
THE ANCIENT WORLD 248
The first humans 250
The first towns 252
Early empires 254
Ancient Egypt 256
The pharaohs 258
Ancient Greece 260
Ancient Athens 262
The Roman Empire 264
Roman society 266
THE MEDIEVAL WORLD 268
Viking raiders 270
Fortresses 272
Wars of faith 274
World religions 276
The Ottoman Empire 278
The Silk Road 280
Samurai warriors 282
THE AGE OF DISCOVERY 284
Voyage to the Americas 286
Ancient Americas 288
The Renaissance 290
Shakespeare’s theater 292
Imperial China 294
Rulers of India 296
THE MODERN WORLD 298
The slave trade 300
The Enlightenment 302
The American Revolutionary War 304
The French Revolution 306
The Industrial Revolution 308
The Age of Steam 310
The Civil War 312
World War I 314
Trench warfare 316
World War II 318
Modern warfare 320
The Cold War 322
The 1960s 324
The 21st century 326
REFERENCE 328
GLOSSARY 346
INDEX 350
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 359