Master the central ideas of quantum physics that shape the world we live in today.

The key concepts of science explained in 50 insightful essays

This third entry in the Jumpstarts series focuses on Science topics for upper elementary and middle school students. This pathfinder approach aides students in the research process, helping them define important terms, offer beginning questions to help narrow their topic, furnish source ideas and some fun activities to explore each topic.

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is regarded as one of the world's worst animal plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat to human health? This book shows that FMD has brought fear, tragedy and sorrow - damaging businesses and affecting international relations.

The tutorials are well chosen, designed for maximum effectiveness while requiring a minimum of the reader's time, and the book describes how the essential components are combined to create the practical applications based on the idea of modeling practical problems of materials.