Mammoth Science

The Big Ideas That Explain Our World

Author DK
Illustrated by David Macaulay
$19.99 US
DK. | DK Children
14 per carton
On sale Aug 04, 2020 | 978-1-4654-9146-6
Age 8-12 years
Reading Level: Lexile IG990L | Fountas & Pinnell Y
Sales rights: World except UK/Ireland
David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science.

From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of different materials explore what gives them mass, and step into an X-ray machine to reveal the bones beneath their woolly exterior.

Observing and recording the mammoth's behavior is bestselling illustrator David Macaulay, whose How Machines Work won the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2016. Renowned for his ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius, Macaulay captures the oddball humor of his subject matter, making Macaulay's Mammoth Science the perfect introduction to scientific principles for the young and the young-at-heart.
“Not only informative but laugh-out-loud delightful.” —The Wall Street Journal

“A unique and amusing encyclopedia of general scientific topics from master draftsman Macaulay…” —The Horn Book

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David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science.

From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of different materials explore what gives them mass, and step into an X-ray machine to reveal the bones beneath their woolly exterior.

Observing and recording the mammoth's behavior is bestselling illustrator David Macaulay, whose How Machines Work won the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2016. Renowned for his ability to explain complex ideas with simple genius, Macaulay captures the oddball humor of his subject matter, making Macaulay's Mammoth Science the perfect introduction to scientific principles for the young and the young-at-heart.

Praise

“Not only informative but laugh-out-loud delightful.” —The Wall Street Journal

“A unique and amusing encyclopedia of general scientific topics from master draftsman Macaulay…” —The Horn Book