This lively book by an award-winning author brings to life the history of human innovation for young readers. What's the Big Idea? focuses on those inventions that help fulfill people's six basic needs: food, sleep, security, shelter, companionship, and good health. Main spreads feature a specific invention such as the wheel and axle, paper, bicycles, or the Internet. Each one starts with a "What’s the Big Idea?" box that explains the problem the inventors were trying to solve. It answers the pertinent questions: Why this invention and why now? "Fast Facts" and "Big Ideas" sidebars give young readers quick blasts of information reference-style. Twelve special spreads scattered throughout the book highlight either a famous inventor or a specific theme. The "Inventor Biography" spreads profile inventors such as da Vinci, Galileo, and Thomas Edison, and summarize their main inventions. Comic strips deliver an added snippet of information and a humorous punch. Helaine Becker's witty, inventive text and Steve Attoe's wonderfully whimsical art make this a book children can enjoy while they learn.
《哇！科学好简单》小发明+动动手系列，集合2005年英国皇家学会安万特提名奖，2011年加拿大白桦树荣誉奖作品。内容从妙趣横生的历史科学发明故事，到最受英国小学生喜爱的创意动手游戏实验，用游戏式体验，培养儿童逻辑思维。游戏是儿童的工作，也是儿童的天性。让7-10岁正处于喜欢表演、学习协作年龄段的儿童充分得到培养和训练，甚至身为大人的你都不禁感到趣味盎然，加入亲子DIY的动手游戏中。1-3分册介绍了改变人类生活的100个伟大的科学发明，以科学实践为主线，从远古到现代，用幽默有趣的语言介绍人类重大发明的历程与故事，充分引领孩子对动手实践的兴趣；4-8分册用俏皮可爱的手绘画风，配上想象力十足的动手主题，教你如何动手做马赛克家庭相册、用废弃衣服DIY小腰包，甚至炫酷十足的简易盐水电路；9-12分册则是利用身边的小工具，就能完成的100个科学小实验。请点击查看分册目录
Book Titles:
Big Ideas - Inventions That Changed Life on Earth Forever 很久很久以前的科学发明
Big Ideas - Inventions That Changed Life on Earth Forever 很久以前的科学发明
Big Ideas - Inventions That Changed Life on Earth Forever 不太久以前的科学发明
Astonishing Art With Rubbish 变废为宝的惊奇艺术手工
Slimy Science and Awesome Experiments 搞怪的科学和神奇的实验
Terrible Tricks and Devious Disguises 怕的戏法和狡猾的伪装
Cool Circuits and Wicked Wires 酷酷的电路和顽皮的电线
Mad Machine and Dotty Devices 疯狂的机器和古怪的装置
100 Science Experiments - Chemistry 漫游魔幻的化学世界
100 Science Experiments - Lighting, Sounds and Electricity 神秘莫测的声光电
100 Science Experiments - Forces 各种各样隐形的力量
100 Science Experiments - Nature and Body 奥妙无穷的自然和人体
Paperback, Simplified Chinese Character, 45-59 pages/book, 9.2"x7.9"
