Alex Woolf

Explores the science of architecture since ancient times, from design and construction to demolition.

Presents a guide to natural disasters, discussing what causes volcanoes to erupt, why tsunamis happen, how we predict earthquakes, and more.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons describe what it would be like to live without coding, explaining how much we rely on coding in our daily lives to control things such as smartphones and laptops, kitchen appliances, weather forecasts, traffic lights, cars, and greenhouses.

Presents a guide to rocks and minerals, discussing how rocks are formed and shaped, how crystals help us tell time, what is the rock cycle, and more.

Explores how we digest our food, and all the strange side effects of this complex and fascinating process, including burps and farts.

Presents a book about Jane Goodall and her life in science.

Explores how these awesome creatures lived, how they hunted, and how we know about them today.

Describes some of the benefits fire has afforded, including the ability to cook food, make pottery and metals, and invent the steam and internal combustion engines.