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Title page cover for 'Scout Pinewood Derby Cars and Real Cars: Dad, Sir Isaac Newton, and Me' with wood texture background, Pinewood Derby cars, real cars, and Sir Isaac Newton illustration, landscape aspect ratio.
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Scout Pinewood Derby Cars and Real Cars: Dad, Sir Isaac Newton, and Me

Discover the engineering secrets to building a high-speed Pinewood Derby car while learning how they relate to real-world racing. This guide encourages kids to get hands-on and creative as they transform a block of wood into a winning machine. 

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Magnets, Motors, and Generators: Magnets and Spinning Shafts

Modern life depends on magnetic fields that quietly drive the motors and generators in our favorite gadgets. From keeping food fresh in your fridge to powering the cars we drive, these invisible forces make our daily world possible.

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Water Rockets, for Kids

Discover how to transform simple plastic bottles into amazing skyward projectiles using the power of air and water. Through fun, visual guides, young engineers will learn the science of propulsion and explore various DIY launch methods, from basic corks to custom PVC tube setups.

Book cover for 'Gamut of Speedy Rockets, for Parents and Kids Part 1' with rockets imagery and a red-to-blue gradient background
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Gamut of Speedy Rockets, for Parents and Kids Part 1 and 2: Bottle Rockets, Toy Solid-fuel Chemical Rockets, Liquid-fuel Rockets, and Crazy Space Launch Schemes

Discover the thrilling world of propulsion, where your family can learn how everything from simple toys to massive SpaceX engines blast into the sky. You will explore the science of fuels and the future of space travel as we look at the reusable boosters and missions heading to Mars today.

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BASIC RADAR AND PULSE PARAMETERS

This book is designed to show the general uses of radar, and to impress upon the reader the powerful capabilities of radar.   The main technical information is regarding the radar range equation and the choice of pulse parameters, such as rf frequency, pulse repetition frequency, pulse modulation bandwidth, and coherent processing interval to get accurate Doppler resolution.  This recent book addition will be available by July 2026.

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