SHORTLISTED FOR THE LAUGH OUT LOUD BOOK AWARDS (LOLLIES) 2025
Comic Strip Physics makes learning about the science behind forces, energy and simple machines fun! Perfect for kids aged 8 and up who love cartoons, crazy experiments, and asking "how does that work?"
Who says humans cannot fly? Human cannonballs definitely can. Unfortunately, though., a pair of forces soon drags them back to Earth. Meanwhile, find out why Dave is really not keen on powerful magnets and how a torch can beat a supercar in a race. Each page features a funny comic story that explains a cool physics idea, with extra diagrams and panels to help further exploration.
The illustrator, Jess Bradley, is winner of the 2021 Blue Peter Award for Best Non-Fiction for A Day in the Life of a Poo, Gnu and You and also writes and draws for The Phoenix Comic.
Other titles in the series: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space, The Periodic Table
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: FORCES
- 1: WHAT ON EARTH IS PHYSICS?
- 1: FORCES
- 1: GRAVITY
- 1: WEIGHT LOSS FOR ASTRONAUTS
- 1: Weight
- 1: THE SAD STORY OF THE SANDPAPERED SKATEBOARDER
- 1: Friction
- 1: TROUBLE WITH SUNKEN TREASURE Buoyancy
- 1: TREASURE CHESTS
- 1: Wedges and levers
- 1: RESCUED FROM THE ROCK FACE!
- 1: Pulleys
- 1: THE HUMAN CANNONBALL RETURNS TO EARTH Air resistance
- 1: MEET THE MAGNETS
- 1: Magnetism
- 1: EXPLORING MAGNET EARTH
- 1: Magnetic poles
- 1: CAR CATASTROPHE!
- 1: Magnetic attraction and materials
- 1: HOW A MAGLEV LEVS
- 1: Magnetic repulsion
- 1: Energy and light
- 1: ENERGY
- 1: Types of energy
- 1: THE FASTEST THING IN THE UNIVERSE Light energy, air resistance
- 1: DAWN PATROL
- 1: Sunlight
- 1: THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING A MATE (IF YOU'RE A FIREFLY)
- 1: Light sources
- 1: TOKYO'S TRANSPARENT TOILETS Transparency and opacity
- 1: ISAAC NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF COLOUR Colour and light
- 1: HOW TELESCOPES CHANGED THE UNIVERSE Magnification
- 1: THE MIRROR-IMAGE EXPERIMENT Reflections
- 1: Sound science
- 1: SOUND
- 1: What is sound?
- 1: THE BANG THAT WAS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
- 1: Sound volume
- 1: CALLING (REALLY) LONG-DISTANCE
- 1: Sound and distance
- 1: INSTRUMENTS TO MAKE AT HOME
- 1: Pitch
- 1: MEET THE FOLEY ARTIST
- 1: Making sound effects
- 1: Electricity
- 1: WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?
- 1: Electricity
- 1: THE ELECTRON RACETRACK
- 1: Electrical circuits
- 1: DANCING ON THE ELECTRIC CARPET
- 1: Static electricity
- 1: PEDAL HARDER, THE LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT! Electrical energy
- 1: Glossary
- 1: Index
