Nigel Hawkes

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1) Nuclear

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Pub. Date

c1981

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Discusses the scientific and technological background and the advantages and disadvantages of the powerful and controversial form of energy released through the splitting of the atom.

3) The fantastic cutaway book of spacecraft

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Hawkes, Nigel

Pub. Date

[1995]

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Cutaway illustrations and text reveal how the space shuttle and other spacecraft work and what astronauts do in space.

4) Structures: the way things are built

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Hawkes, Nigel

Pub. Date

[1990]

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The stories behind more than 80 of the world's most extraordinary feats of building.

5) Climate crisis

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Hawkes, Nigel

Pub. Date

2000

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IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1

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Examines changes in local and global weather patterns, the causes and effects of these changes, and what can be done to slow the harm being done to the environment.

7) The new book of Mars

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Hawkes, Nigel

Pub. Date

1998

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IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1

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Explores the features of the Red Planet, presenting information about the various Pathfinder missions that have explored this planetary neighbor.

8) Space shuttles: a new era?

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Hawkes, Nigel

Series

Issues

Pub. Date

1989

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Discusses the development and purpose of space shuttles and whether the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union will be carried on in space.

9) Food & farming

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Hawkes, Nigel

Pub. Date

1982

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Explains food as a source of stored energy, and how it is grown, distributed, packaged, and sold.

10) Glasnost and perestroika

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Hawkes, Nigel

Series

World issues

Pub. Date

1990

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Examines the meaning of Glasnost and Perestroika in the context of current Soviet history and describes the social and economic changes that have taken place within the Soviet Union and in the newly-independent countries of Eastern Europe.

11) Nuclear power

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Hawkes, Nigel

Series

World issues

Pub. Date

c1990

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Describes nuclear fuel, its sources, how it is processed, and its uses. Also examines opposing viewpoints concerning nuclear power as a necessary source of energy.