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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Coding! by Alex Woolf; David Antram (Illustrator)
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Category: Junior Nonfiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
Without coding, all the computers in the world would just be useless boxes of plastic and metal. You could feed information into them, but they wouldn't know what to do with it. Coding means creating a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tells a computer how to perform a task. Another word for codi ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Gaming! by Jim Pipe; David Antram (Illustrator)
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Category: Junior Nonfiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
Humans have always loved to play games, from dice games in ancient Iran to board games in the Victorian period. Today, video games are more popular than ever, with players arguing passionately why one console is better than another. Discover the many uses of games: how they can be a teaching aid, exerci ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Robots! by Ian Graham; David Antram (Illustrator)
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Category: Junior Nonfiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
Robots are machines that can be programmed to carry out a series of complex actions automatically or under the control of an operator. They come in all shapes and sizes, from mechanical arms and driverless vehicles to walking, talking, artificial people. Learn about how robots are helping humanity by do ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Satellites! by Ian Graham; Mark Bergin (Illustrator)
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Category: Junior Nonfiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
A satellite is a small object traveling around something bigger. The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. A spacecraft launched into orbit around Earth is an artificial satellite. Since Sputnik-1, about 6,000 more satellites have been launched by 40 countries. Nearly 4,000 are still in orbit, and about ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Simple Machines! by Anne Rooney; Mark Bergin (Illustrator)
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Category: Junior Nonfiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
Simple machines are around us all the time and we use them every day. Many are built into complex machines, but the simple machine is still in there doing its job. Discover how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work, allowing us to travel in wheeled vehicles, life very heavy obj ...Show more
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