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Engineering Power!: Machines in Space Kay Barnham

Engineering Power!: Machines in Space By Kay Barnham

Engineering Power!: Machines in Space by Kay Barnham

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Summary

Discover the engineering behind how machines work

Engineering Power!: Machines in Space Summary

Engineering Power!: Machines in Space by Kay Barnham

From space telescopes to rockets, satellites and rovers, explore the world of space machines!

Get to grips with the mind-boggling advances that have been made in engineering and building spacecraft and machines.

The Engineering Power series explores the most amazing machines from the past to present day. It pulls out key engineering details to inform and inspire the next generation of engineers.

From cranes, submarines, tanks, and stealth jets, find out how machines have been built to lift heavy weights, be submerged in deep oceans, roll forward over rough terrain and zip quietly past in the sky overhead.

Large illustrations combined with photo inserts and diagrams show machines operating in the real world.

Perfect for readers aged 9 and up.

About Kay Barnham

Kay Barnham was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate. She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids.

Table of Contents

  • 1: What do engineers do?
  • 1: Space telescopes
  • 1: Satellites
  • 1: Rockets
  • 1: Heavy lift rockets
  • 1: Reusable spacecraft
  • 1: Spaceplanes
  • 1: International Space Station
  • 1: Space machines
  • 1: Fly-by spacecraft and orbiters
  • 1: Landers and rovers
  • 1: Deep space probes
  • 1: More magnificent machines

Additional information

GOR013556427
9781526311818
152631181X
Engineering Power!: Machines in Space by Kay Barnham
Kay Barnham
Engineering Power!
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hachette Children's Group
2020-10-08
32
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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