Photographs of common objects and events illustrate the numbers one through one hundred. Starts out counting by ones, then jumps from 15 to 20. Then goes on counting by tens. Then jumps from 50 to 100. The numbers are not counted consecutively.

Make a water rocket and engineer the perfect paper airplane. Play with mirror images. Use atmospheric pressure to push an egg into a bottle. Crush a mint to create a flash of light. This engaging guide offers a series of snapshots of 25 scientists famous for their work with physics, from ancient history through today. Each lab tells the story of a scientist along with some background about the importance of their work, and a description of where it...