Science of weapons

Author: (English) Gary Bali
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This series of books is a popular science reading material that aims to unify art, science, and creativity. With vivid and innovative mini-sections and over a thousand lively, interesting, and intuitive images, it reveals the secrets of various scientific knowledge in fields such as painting, architecture, geography, teaching, physics, astronomy, and engineering technology from different perspectives. It is suitable for primary and secondary school students to supplement their extracurricular knowledge and enhance their scientific literacy. The "Let's Get Creative" DIY section in this book is particularly engaging, helping students transform their "dead" knowledge into "alive" knowledge, develop and explore their innovative spirit and practical abilities, and understand scientific principles through hands-on activities. This also holds the key to Leonardo da Vinci's success! Students, what are you waiting for? Open the book and embark on a journey of exploring the mysteries of scientific knowledge! You are the future Leonardo da Vinci! A story, a question, brings a life-changing invention, and hides an important scientific principle! Since ancient times, human history and war have been inseparable. To achieve victory in wars, people have designed various weapons. In The Science of Weapons, you will find the origins of weapons commonly used on the battlefield and the scientific principles behind them. From this, we can understand why a pistol's bullet travels in a straight line and why a machine gun can continuously fire bullets. How do missiles detect the location of their targets? And who invented the atomic bomb? You can also create impressive Roman helmets, fun grenade pencil holders, and playful missile launchers with us. Who knew weapons could also be beautiful works of art.