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DK Science & Technology: Technology

HOW ARE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LINKED? FIND OUT MORETechnology is the practical application of knowledge and skills to make tools, machines, buildings, vehicles, and other useful things.HOW ARE…

stealth technology

(Encyclopedia) stealth technology, designs and materials engineered for the military purpose of avoiding detection by radar or any other electronic system. Stealth, or antidetection, technology is…

Women in Technology

Profiles of female trailblazers in technology by Jennie Wood Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer Women in Technology Ada Lovelace Grace Hopper Hedy Lamarr Jean Sammet Roberta…

Science and Technology

Science and Technology Sally Ride Biographies by CategoryArts and Entertainment Business, Philanthropy, and Labor Politics and Government Science and Technology…

DK Science & Technology: Sound

HOW ARE SOUNDS MADE? HOW DO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MAKE MUSIC? WHY ARE SOUNDS DIFFERENT? WHAT IS RESONANCE? SOUND FREQUENCY SOUND WAVESDIGITAL SOUNDFIND OUT MOREOur world is full of sounds. Sound is…

DK Science & Technology: Telecommunications

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE HOW DOES A TELEPHONE WORK? HOW DOES A RADIO WORK? HOW DOES A TELEVISION WORK? HOW DOES A CELL PHONE WORK? BIOGRAPHY: GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian, 1874-1937 ELECTROMAGNETIC…

DK Science & Technology: Time

HOW DO WE MEASURE TIME? DOES TIME BEGIN AND END? BIOGRAPHY: ALBERT EINSTEIN German, 1879–1955 RELATIVITY FIND OUT MORE We use time to say when an event happened or how long it lasted.…

DK Science & Technology: Transportation

WHAT IS A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? HOW EFFICIENT ARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION? WHAT IS A SCIENTIST’S ROLE IN TRANSPORTATION? HOW ARE AIRCRAFT CONTROLLED IN THE AIR? CONGESTIONFREIGHTROAD…

DK Science & Technology: Alloys

ARE ALLOYS STRONGER THAN PURE METALS? DO ALLOYS MELT EASILY? WHO FIRST USED ALLOYS? SOLDERFIND OUT MOREAn alloy is a mixture of metals, or of metals and other substances. Mixing metals and other…

DK Science & Technology: Atoms

HOW BIG IS AN ATOM? WHAT’S INSIDE AN ATOM? HOW CAN ATOMS BE SPLIT? ATOMIC STRUCTUREMOLECULESFIND OUT MOREAll matter is made from particles called atoms. The Ancient Greeks described atoms as the…