Pick Me Up : Stuff You Need to Know...

by Wilkinson, Philip; Leslie, Jeremy; Roberts, David; Bridgman, Roger; Bridgman, Roger; Wilkinson, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780756621599
• ISBN10: 0756621593
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-25
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Contains fun information about history, science, nature, and geography.

Table of Contents

Science, technology, and space
Gravity	p. 24
Moon Landing	p. 48
The Universe	p. 56
Atoms	p. 59
Engine	p. 70
Color Printing	p. 89
Space	p. 102
Colors	p. 128
The Planets	p. 168
War & Technology	p. 174
Evolution	p. 205
Numbers	p. 212
Sand, Air, Rock	p. 236
Time	p. 249
DNA	p. 258
Drugs	p. 280
Wheels	p. 282
Periodic Table	p. 288
Electricity & Magnets	p. 300
Modern Inventions	p. 316
Scientific Facts	p. 326
Society, places, and beliefs
Telling Tales	p. 14
Say What?	p. 16
World Population	p. 20
Japan	p. 28
Philosophy	p. 42
Arabs	p. 46
Capitalism	p. 50
Language	p. 54
Maps	p. 68
Brazil	p. 72
Farming	p. 86
Bikes & Beijing	p. 88
Opposites	p. 98
Utopia/Dystopia	p. 104
Cars & LA	p. 113
China	p. 118
Tourism	p. 122
India	p. 142
Trains & London	p. 159
Spain	p. 164
School Day	p. 166
Religion	p. 185
Beauty	p. 190
Fashion	p. 192
Democracy	p. 194
United Kingdom	p. 200
Shipping & Nagasaki	p. 204
Celebrity	p. 218
Human Rights	p. 226
Flags	p. 228
South Africa	p. 230
Terrorism	p. 242
Germany	p. 244
Global Wealth	p. 246
US	p. 256
France	p. 290
Planes & Chicago	p. 304
Lists	p. 308
Advertising	p. 312
Globalization	p. 324
Russia	p. 328
History
Vikings	p. 64
Colonization	p. 96
Ancient Egypt	p. 100
Persians	p. 120
Revolutions	p. 138
Communication	p. 144
Renaissance	p. 148
World Wars	p. 178
Europe	p. 216
Shakespeare	p. 222
Ancient Greeks	p. 240
Superpowers	p. 260
Ancient China	p. 264
Medicine	p. 270
Romans	p. 286
Printing	p. 292
Wars	p. 294
Ancient America	p. 298
Pyramids	p. 314
Colosseum	p. 320
The Natural World
Trees	p. 10
Plants	p. 18
Spot The Fish?	p. 26
Magnified Pics	p. 32
Mammals	p. 116
Spot The Mammal?	p. 124
Animal Friends	p. 130
Reptiles	p. 146
Birds	p. 182
Endangered Species	p. 198
Oceans	p. 202
Insects	p. 232
People who made the world
Beethoven	p. 22
Female Fighters	p. 30
Muhammad Ali	p. 52
Bill Gates	p. 58
Great Speeches	p. 93
Albert Einstein	p. 132
James Watt	p. 184
Mona Lisa	p. 190
Catherine the Great	p. 217
Sigmund Freud	p. 239
Leonardo Da Vinci	p. 254
Harriet Jacobs	p. 268
William Wilberforce	p. 268
Christopher Columbus	p. 272
Arts, entertainment, and media
Cinema	p. 34
Orchestra	p. 40
A Picture Paints a Thousand Words	p. 76
Photographs	p. 110
World Literature	p. 114
Rock Concert	p. 152
Olympics	p. 180
Pop	p. 305
Art	p. 322
Media	p. 330
You and your body
The Brain	p. 38
Neurons	p. 44
The Senses	p. 66
Smiling	p. 78
Girls	p. 80
Pain	p. 84
Sex	p. 106
Living Longer	p. 108
Vital Organs	p. 133
Fighting	p. 154
Muscles	p. 156
Nutrition	p. 176
Sleep	p. 210
Viruses	p. 214
Boys	p. 224
Teenagers	p. 274
Individuality	p. 302
Planet Earth
Scariest Dinosaur	p. 12
Mountains	p. 74
Natural Disasters	p. 136
Rivers	p. 140
Disappearing Dinosaurs	p. 162
Weather	p. 196
Prehistoric Man	p. 234
Global Warming	p. 266
Spot The Extinct Animal?	p. 278
Recycling	p. 310
Geology	p. 318
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