"Is it possible to collect water from the air? And how exactly do parachutes work? Readers will find out the answers to these pressing questions and others involving gravity with this intriguing title. Engaging hands-on experiments provide readers with a lasting understanding of this important natural force, while step-by-step instructions and vivid illustrations guide them through the process of completing each experiment. Explanatory text connects...

"Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the simple premise that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his mind-bending general relativity, showing how matter warps space and time. Not only did this explain how gravity...

Philip Barkley is a former White House lawyer whose fall from grace is the stuff of legend. Even though Barkley lost his family and position, he kept his integrity. Now he must use his only asset to investigate the disappearance of a Senate Intelligence Committee staffer - an especially touchy problem during a presidential candidacy.

A brilliant engineer is on her first shuttle mission, with a veteran astronaut and acting space commander. Then disaster strikes the shuttle, leaving the two completely out of touch with Earth. With little oxygen and energy left, how will they survive?

Explores some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet doesn't sit in magnificent isolation but is intimately connected with the rest of the solar system, and how these connections have created the haven we call Earth.

Sixth-grader Simon Bloom finds a book that enables him to control the laws of physics; but when two thugs come after him, he needs the formulas in the book to save himself.

Traces the life of the seventeenth century English physicist, describes his education, and looks at his accomplishments related to color, gravity, force and motion.

"A tall tale about a local basketball hero nicknamed Gravity."--