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32 pages
colour illustrations.
Contents: Welcome to STEM school -- STEM and space -- Space tourism -- Gravity -- Orbits and gravity assists -- Rocket science -- Landers -- Spacesuits -- Space probes -- How to power a space probe -- Space telescopes -- Talking to aliens -- The future of STEM in space -- Home time.
Summary: Can you imagine going on a trip into space? What about flying along at 300 miles an hour in a levitating train? Or clinging onto your seat at a 4D movie? Thanks to STEM, soon you can do all this and more! Science, technology, engineering and maths are bringing new toys, tolls and technological gadgets into our everyday lives. Come and meet Professor Tess Tube, and join her STEM school, where you will learn about the amazing gadgets and gizmos that are all around us. (Back cover)
STEM in our world.