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Title: DK Science Encyclopedia (Revised Edition) by DK Publishing, Inc Staf Dorling-Kindersley Publis ISBN: 0-7894-2190-9 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Typos
Comment: This book covers almost everything school children will learn in science class. My children refer to it often to look for those extra new details concerning their classes. However they have discovered some errors (and this is the revised ed.)which I will call typos especially in the Periodic Table, which did dampen their enthusiasm with the book and shook their trust a little.
Rating: 3
Summary: Compact Visual Encyclopedia
Comment: This is a kid-size book even adults will love. It is small enough to toss in your purse or put in your pocket. There are over 1,000 full-color photographs, diagrams, charts and cutaway artworks. The information is organized into four key sections and packed with scientific facts, figures and statistics.
This book explains the basic concepts of "matter," "Kinetic Theory," "atoms," "elements (including the Periodic Table)", "Metals" and much more. A Timeline of Scientific discoveries is fun to read and lists discoveries up to 1995.
The Geography section will help children understand the planet more and it explains volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks, minerals, mountains, rivers, lakes, climate and weather. The Gemstone section was quite pretty with rubies, emeralds and turquoise in their natural state. The section on animals gives cutaway pictures that show the insides of each animal so children can understand how a cow chews its cud or how other animals digest their food. How does a whale trap krill in its mouth? This type of information was very interesting.
All I have to say is..."If God didn't design and create our wonderful world, I am not sure who did!" This book will give a child a basic understanding of main concepts, but some parents might want to consider explaining their own views about evolution and creation.
"All Men by Nature Desire To Know." -Aristotle, a quote found in: The Story of Philosophy by Bryan Magee
The inquisitive soul will enjoy reading this book!
Rating: 2
Summary: And this is a science book?!
Comment: This book has a very good section on nonbiological science, but when it gets to the biology, it has, in my opinion, a very wrong premise. It assumes macroevolution is a biological fact, when it is, in fact, quite the opposite. This premise saturates the book, and in doing so, biological facts do not fit together nicely at all. Microevolution has been proven by science to be a true, and normal, scientific occurence, but macroevolution, as presented in this book, is a mixture of very good imaginations (as manifested by their colorful illustrations), outdated theories,and a few observations twisted to fit their outlook on science. But as to the section on the non-living aspects of science, I commend this book. This part is unslanted and it has helped me understand many matters of science. Its illustrations make it voluminously easier to understand.
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Title: DK Nature Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789434113 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: DK History of the World by Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Plantagenet S. Fry ISBN: 1564582442 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: DK Space Encyclopedia by Nigel Henbest, Heather Couper ISBN: 0789447088 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Animal Encyclopedia by Barbara Taylor ISBN: 0789464993 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789464985 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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