This is Chinese series on small popular science books aimed at children. We will see three books in this series in this post.
This booklet is intended as H popularizer of scientific knowledge or air and wutcr which com:em us so closely in all spheres of our daily life.
Using simple and common cxampll’s, this booklet described in general the constituents, the churoctcris- tics ond the utilizations of air ond wulcr. An Account ur employing the scientific accomplishments in thl~ utilization of nit· for human well-being was given. The practical measures for eliminating air pollution and maintaining dean water were Introduced. too.
Throughout the booklet the outhor has endcav· ourcd to relate his explanations with scientific observations e1nd findings so us to help the rcude1· get a better understanding of the ideas presented in
the booklet.
Written in simple and clear terms with vivid
illustrations, the booklet is suitable for readers or junior middle school training.
You can get the book here and here
This small book can serve ns a clue to help us in understanding the nature of the earth. With a style bcith succinct and easy to be understood, it gives us a broad outline of the earth’s shape, size chemical compositions,
physical structures and the geological processes which sculp tured and are sculpturing various landscapes on the earth’s surface. It also tells us that the earth provides man with
rich minerals that we use to construct our facturics and to drive our automobiles and machines. It is a reading matter particularly suitable for readers having a junior middle school education.
You can get the book here and here
The booklet, written in simple everyday language, could give the readers a preliminary but useful knowledge of the in finite universe and what exist in it, including especially our own Earth, her sisters in the solar system and her own satellite the moon. Within limited space the author also leads his readers into the mysteries concerning the galaxies and the stars, among which are our own sun and such mirac ulous heavenly bodies as pulsers and quasars. He goes on to tell how the world’s researchers arc trying to find and to contact the living and intellectual beings that might
exist elsewhere than the planet we ourselves inhabit. Con cise lile stories of some notable astronomers, either Chi nese or foreign, help to make this booklet more interesting to everyone who has had junior secondary education and many self-educators as well. The illustrations are as in formative as vivid.
ASTRONOMY is one of the “Popular Science Book let Scries” which has a total of twelve booklets, namely: Mechanism, Sound, Heat, Electricity. Air and Water. Light, Astronomy, The Earth’s Crust, Meteorology, Animal, Plant and Hygiene.
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