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Pub. Date
c2004
Description
"Join Bill as he explores the ... world of caves! In Caves, you never know what kind of living things you'll run into. Surviving in complete darkness requires an array of natural adaptations. Caves have their own unique forms of life -- it's a whole different world where the sun doesn't shine"--Container
9) Computers
Pub. Date
2004
Description
"In Computers, former Vice President Al Gore helps Bill trace the evolution of these amazing machines, from early models that took up entire rooms to the personal laptop that fits in your briefcase"--Container.
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
"From the "Bungee Zone" in British Columbia to New York Harbor's Verranzano Narrows Bridge (one of the longest suspension bridges in the world), our daredevil host, Bill Nye, goes to any length to prove the structural principles of tension and compression"--Container
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
After a boy writing a story about a blob monster is electrocuted, he receives a typewriter which makes any sentence he writes a reality; after seeing a ghost playing the piano in his home, a boy is enrolled in piano lessons at a creepy school with an odd instructor; when a boy starts growing hair all over his body, his parents inform him that he is the result of a scientific experiment involving dogs.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Sid is excited--about change. Sid's shoes don't fit, and his banana has gone mushy--but why? He and his friends set out to investigate change: decay, growth, and change caused by cold or heat. They ask questions, do experiments, examine cause and effect, and discuss their results. Sid is an inquisitive youngster who tackles the everyday ideas that preschoolers find fascinating (Why do bananas go "bad?" How does my juice box straw work? How does a...