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Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This is a scientific history of pooping in space. From the earliest NASA missions up through the innovative results of their recent Space Poop Challenge design competition, we'll see the evolution of pooping on the final frontier. With fascinating facts and a few mishaps and discarded technologies along the way, we'll learn why it's so hard to deal with waste management in space"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Toilets flush away waste to keep cities clean and people healthy. How Toilets Flush and Fill introduces the parts of a toilet and explores how they work. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
Author
Publisher
Neon Squid
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"You sit on it every day, but how much do you really know about your toilet? Discover the history of pooping and peeing in this frankly disgusting nonfiction book. Authors Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle have scoured the toilet bowls and sewers of the world to find out how humans have done their business throughout history. It's time to get to the bottom of toilets! Prepare to be revolted by: A fossilized Viking turd discovered by archaeologists; The...
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the ages, the most successful civilizations were the ones who realized that everyone poops and they'd better figure out how to get rid of it! From the very first flushing toilet (invented way earlier than you would think) to the efficient Roman aqueducts (possibly inspired by the goddess of sewers!) to castles in the Middle Ages whose moats used more than just water to repel enemies, Poop happened! traces human civilization through this...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way people thought about what art could be and what could be art. From drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa to attaching a bicycle wheel to a stool, Duchamp challenged long-held notions of art and how it should be made. People were amused, confused, and sometimes offended, and that was just the way Marcel Duchamp liked it. With Marcel's Masterpiece, Jeff Mack explores Duchamp's...
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