Chris Oxlade

Lists one hundred facts about the world's volcanoes, such as how volcanoes form, how lava flow creates islands, and which were the largest eruptions in the historical record.

Text and photographs introduce readers to mountains, including information about explorers and volcanoes.

Describes bridges throughout the world, discussing materials and building technologies, functions and locations of important bridges, and examples of famous bridges in history.

This book discusses how elements melt, boil, and freeze; how they combine with each other to make new substances; and how chemical reactions take place every day in factories and in your home.

"This book provides a simple and fun introduction to soil, discussing what soil is, how it is made and what we use it for. With the help of some Rock Solid! facts that provide cool examples, the book will show you how amazing soil can be: from making houses with mud bricks and how crops grow in volcanic soil to how tree roots can break up rock"--From the publisher's web site.

This book discusses what gives acids and bases their properties, how acids and bases react with each other, and how we use them in our everyday lives.

Discusses the Bermuda Triangle, an area of the Atlantic Ocean where numerous ships and airplanes have mysteriously disappeared, and examines various efforts to identify this phenomena and discover its causes.

Presents facts about the moon, and describes what it would be like to visit there.

Provides an introduction to metals, including their physical properties, their place in the periodic table, their uses in everyday life, and how they react with other substances. Includes experiments.

Presents facts about the planet Mars, and discusses what it would be like to take a trip there.