New Releases by Robert E. Wells

1996 CBC/NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book A pygmy shrew is small—it''s among the littlest mammals! A ladybug is even smaller, but it hardly seems tiny when you compare it to a protozoa! And there are many things smaller still—so small that we can see them only with a microscope. Would you believe there are particles that are so tiny that we can''t measure their exact size? Explore the huge world of the very small!

The blue whale is the biggest creature on Earth. But a hollow Mount Everest could hold billions of whales! And though Mount Everest is enormous, it is pretty small compared to the Earth. This book is an innovative exploration of size and proportion.

Describes the history of time measurement and various devices used to measure time.

Describes how global warming and greenhouse gases are contributing to rising arctic temperatures, and explains the repercussions and how it affects the animal populations that live there, which includes polar bears.

Compares the speed of various animals, from humans to cheetahs to peregrine falcons, with even faster things like rockets, meteoroids, and light.