Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.
Welcome to HOW IT WORKS BOOK OF Junior Science
20 HOME EXPERIMENTS • Discover science in the most fun way possible – by doing these awesome experiments in your own home!
Atoms • Up and atom with our look at these particles inside all matter in the universe
Explore a nuclear reactor’s core • What goes on within the core and why does it glow?
Building demolition • What does it take to turn solid cement and steel into a waterfall of cascading rubble?
How chemicals power batteries • There’s a good reason why battery power is called ‘juice’
THE SCIENCE OF FIRE • From its atomic properties to what determines its colour, we explore the fundamentals of the element that can sustain life as easily as it can destroy it
How do noble gases work? • What makes this select bunch of chemical elements so ‘noble’?
Acids and bases • See the differences between acids and bases, and find out why they act the way they do
Making antivenom • How is nature’s deadliest venom transformed into its own cure?
What is condensation? • Anyone who’s had a cold drink on a hot day has seen condensation in action
Evaporation and steam • How do these processes work, and is there a difference between them?
How do superconductors work so efficiently? • Superconductors may seem like perfectly ordinary materials, but turn down the thermostat and their superpowers are revealed…
Chocolate fountain physics • Find out what a delicious party centrepiece can teach you about fluid dynamics
How do space blankets work? • Discover how wrapping yourself in foil helps regulate body temperature
Whirlpools • The often deadly vortex explained
Water slides • Explaining the science behind these adrenaline-inducing attractions
Balloon-popping science • Find out why the properties of latex give bursting balloons their bang
How gravity works • Unravel the force that forms stars and keeps us on the ground
The science of superpowers • Revealed: The real-life physics behind flight, speed and super strength
Could Batman’s tech exist? • The protector of Gotham City is just a man, but are his skills and technologies within reach?
Super strength • How Superman’s powers could theoretically work
Super speed • Would The Flash survive if it were possible to run at the speed of light?
Animal abilities • Spider-Man’s silk is inspired by the stronger-than-steel threads made by real spiders
The night gwen Stacy died • Was it the web or the fall that killed Gwen? Physics has the answer
Super small, super strong • Does the real-life Higgs Boson act like Ant-Man’s Pym particles?
Superhuman suits • The military exoskeletons that enhance soldiers’ natural strength
Superhero supermaterials • Which real-life materials come close to the awesome properties seen in comic books?
Physics and comics collide • Jim Kakalios is the author of The Physics of Superheroes and Professor at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota
The human body • Journey inside the body to discover just what we are made of…
How your blood works • The science behind the miraculous fluid that feeds, heals and fights for your life
Human respiration • Respiration is crucial to an organism’s survival. The process of respiration is the...
