Edition:First Adams Media trade paperback edition.
Publisher:New York :Adams Media,2019.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Teeny tiny building blocks: atoms and the super weird stuff they do -- The waves all around us: a tour of the electromagnetic spectrum -- This lovely space rock: Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, and surface -- The rocks on this space rock: geology, Earth history, and the elements we encounter -- Just a blade of grass: photosynthesis is pretty bonkers -- Water, water everywhere: the properties of water that make life possible -- Small but mighty: the many lives of cells, from stand-alone creatures to multicellular wonders like us -- Our squishy brain blob: mind-blowing neuroscience -- A big family tree: genetics and evolution, and how all living things are related -- Poop is relative: nothing really goes to waste, including you when you die.