
The Best Ever Jobs In: Engineering
Rob Colson(Author)
Wayland (Publisher)
Published on 9. April 2020
Book
Hardback
48 pages
978-1-5263-1302-7 (ISBN)
Description
Does your child dream of a future career be in the exciting world of engineering? This book will show you them there is so much more to engineering jobs than studying buildings.
The perfect book for budding aerospace engineers, chemists, gadget designers, nanoengineers designing things on a microscopic scale or even geothermal engineers. This book highlights the importance of studying STEAM subjects at school to open up the route into these professions.. There are lots of careers that use engineering in one way or another and this book will open their eyes and mind to the exciting possibilities that STEAM expertise can bring.
Famous and leading scientists in their fields are featured throughout. Readers also go behind the scenes with NASA, Crossrail, one of the world's largest shipyards and a geothermal power plant to discover more about how these engineers do their jobs.
This series is ideal for readers aged 9+ who are considering their options at school. Many children worry about job opportunities in the future and these books highlight a great range of jobs in STEM and STEAM subject areas, which can help inspire them to think about where they want their lives to take them.
Titles in the series:
The Best Ever Jobs in Art
The Best Ever Jobs in Engineering
The Best Ever Jobs in Maths
The Best Ever Jobs in Science
The Best Ever Jobs in Technology
The perfect book for budding aerospace engineers, chemists, gadget designers, nanoengineers designing things on a microscopic scale or even geothermal engineers. This book highlights the importance of studying STEAM subjects at school to open up the route into these professions.. There are lots of careers that use engineering in one way or another and this book will open their eyes and mind to the exciting possibilities that STEAM expertise can bring.
Famous and leading scientists in their fields are featured throughout. Readers also go behind the scenes with NASA, Crossrail, one of the world's largest shipyards and a geothermal power plant to discover more about how these engineers do their jobs.
This series is ideal for readers aged 9+ who are considering their options at school. Many children worry about job opportunities in the future and these books highlight a great range of jobs in STEM and STEAM subject areas, which can help inspire them to think about where they want their lives to take them.
Titles in the series:
The Best Ever Jobs in Art
The Best Ever Jobs in Engineering
The Best Ever Jobs in Maths
The Best Ever Jobs in Science
The Best Ever Jobs in Technology
More details
Series
Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 16 years
Edition type
Illustrated edition
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5263-1302-7 (9781526313027)
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Person
Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. Previous titles as author: Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts). Other titles: Bone Collection: Animals (Scholastic), Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (Parragon). Contributing author to Battle (DK).
Content
1: Top engineering jobs
1: Aerospace engineer
1: Behind the scenes: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1: Chemical engineer
1: Civil engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Crossrail
1: Dam engineer
1: Mechanical engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Shipyard
1: Electrical engineer
1: Computer engineer
1: Biomedical engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Nanoengineering
1: Systems engineer
1: Materials engineer
1: Metallurgist
1: Petroleum engineer
1: Renewable energy engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Geothermal power plant
1: Design engineer
1: Telecoms engineer
1: Glossary
1: Further information
1: Index
1: Aerospace engineer
1: Behind the scenes: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1: Chemical engineer
1: Civil engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Crossrail
1: Dam engineer
1: Mechanical engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Shipyard
1: Electrical engineer
1: Computer engineer
1: Biomedical engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Nanoengineering
1: Systems engineer
1: Materials engineer
1: Metallurgist
1: Petroleum engineer
1: Renewable energy engineer
1: Behind the scenes: Geothermal power plant
1: Design engineer
1: Telecoms engineer
1: Glossary
1: Further information
1: Index