Ruth Owen
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Huddled in tense silence, a team of scientists watches a bank of flickering screens. Years of design and engineering work, tests, failures, redesigns, and successes are bound up in this moment. Finally, a grainy picture appears on the screens. Cheers erupt as the men and women realize their robot has landed safely on Mars! Get to Work with Science and Technology is a fascinating new series that introduces readers to the real-life applications of STEM...
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"Each day zoo vets are hard at work dealing with emergencies, performing operations, and keeping some of the world's rarest animals healthy. From microchipping a baby Komodo dragon to taking an x-ray of a tiger's leg, zoo vets use technology and their science skills to take care of zoo animals - big and small!
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Meet the men and women who use their computer skills and creativity to bring computer-generated movie characters and fantasy worlds to life. Where do CGI artists get their inspiration from? What do modelers, riggers, and animators do? How is technology used to capture an actor's performance and use it to animate a CGI creature? And what does it take to turn sketches on paper into a groundbreaking, blockbuster movie?
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"Every one of the games we love to play started out as an idea in the head of a video game designer. Working with a team of coders, artists, sound engineers, and other game experts, video game designers create new worlds, terrifying enemies, tough challenges, and hours of fun. So where do video game designers get their ideas? How is coding used to create games? How do artists develop and animate a game's characters? And how does a video game development...
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Meet the men and women who use science and their precision engineering skills to do one of the world's most dangerous jobs. What is it like to work with highly dangerous explosives? How do blasters plan and prepare a demolition? And what dangers do they face when destroying old buildings or blasting tunnels deep underground?