Photographs;
363 (C) ©Bettmann/Corbis, (B) ©The Granger Collection, NY, (TR) Bob Martin/Getty Images;
364 (TL) Bettmann/Corbis, (BR, BL) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, (CL) Sheila Terry/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
365 (BR, BL) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety;
366 (C) ©Mercedes Benz/©DK Images;
369 (TR) ©AP Images, (TL) Bettmann/Corbis;
370 (R) Steve Fitchett/Getty Images;
371 (TR, CR, BL) David Wootton Photography;
372 (TR) Bob Martin/Getty Images, (BL) Joe McBride/Getty Images;
373 (R) Duomo/ Corbis;
374 (T) ©Doug Martin/Photo Researchers, Inc., (CR) Corbis, (L) Mary Evans Picture Library;
375 (BL) Bettmann/Corbis, (BR) Joyrides/Joe Schwartz, (CC) Macduff Everton/Corbis;
378 (TR) Bob Martin/Getty Images, (BL) Ludek Press/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
379 (BR) Michelle D. Bridwell/PhotoEdit, Inc., (TR) Tony Anderson/Getty Images;
388 ©Guy Grenier/ Masterfile Corporation;
390 (T) ©Guy Grenier/Masterfile Corporation, (B) Oleksii Sagitov/Shutterstock, (CL) Jonathan Nourok/PhotoEdit, Inc.;
391 (BR) Charles D. Winter/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
392 ©sciencephotos/Alamy Images;
394 (T) ©Guy Grenier/Masterfile Corporation;
395 (BL) moodboard/SuperStock;
396 (T) Firefly Productions/Corbis;
398 (R) Cameron Heryet/Getty Images;
400 (T) ©Guy Grenier/Masterfile Corporation;
402 (BL) Steve Kaufman/Corbis;
404 (T) Layne Kennedy/Corbis;
406 (TL) ©sciencephotos/Alamy Images;
410 Paul Chesley/ Getty Images;
412 (TR) Paul Chesley/Getty Images, (BL) Reuters/Corbis;
414 (B) ©David Grossman/The Image Works, Inc., (TL) Dennis MacDonald/PhotoEdit, Inc.;
416 (T) Kevin Fleming/Corbis, (CL) Tony Freeman/PhotoEdit, Inc.;
417 (R) David Buffington/Corbis, (TR) Paul Chesley/Getty Images;
418 (T) Tony Freeman/ PhotoEdit, Inc.;
420 (TL) Kevin Fleming/Corbis;
421 (TR) Paul Chesley/Getty Images;
422 (BL) ©Bettmann/Corbis, (BC) North Wind Picture Archives, (BR) Science & Society Picture Library;
423 (BR) Lambert/Stone/Getty Images, (CL, CC) Science & Society Picture Library;
424 (BL) Wolfgang Deuter/Corbis;
426 (TL) Michael Rosenfeld/Getty Images;
427 (B) ©Rube Goldberg Inc., (TR) Paul Chesley/Getty Images;
428 (C) Mattias Klum/Getty Images, (TR) Rob Crandall/ The Image Works, Inc.;
430 (BL) Neil Beer/Corbis;
431 (TR) Tina Manley/Alamy;
432 (TL) H. David Seawell/Corbis;
435 (TR) ©Fukuhara Inc./Corbis;
436 (T) DK Images;
437 (CR) John Kelly/Getty Images;
439 (TR) Getty Images;
444 David A. Northcott/Corbis;
446 (TR) David A. Northcott/Corbis, (BL) Accent Alaska.com/ Alamy;
447 (TR) David R. Frazier/Photo Researchers, Inc., (C) Michael Pohuski/ Getty Images, (B) Mike Powell/Getty Images;
448 (BL) Adamsmith/Getty Images;
449 ©Flirt/SuperStock;
450 (TR) CSA Images, (TL) Mark Thompson/Getty Images;
451 (R) zhu difeng/Fotolia, (B) Tom Stewart/Corbis;
452 (B) ©Myron Jay Dorf/Corbis, (T) ©Warren Faidley/Corbis;
453 (B) American Museum of Natural History, (TR) David A. Northcott/Corbis;
454 (T) Myron Jay Dorf/Corbis;
455 (T) Donald Miralle/Staff/Getty Images;
456 (TL) John W. Bova/Photo Researchers, Inc., (B) Alexander Sakhatovsky/Shutterstock;
457 (TR) Gilbert Iundt/TempSport/ Corbis;
459 (T) Topham/The Image Works, Inc.;
460 (R) Alchemy/Alamy;
461 (B) Detroit Publishing Co./Library of Congress, (CL) Premier Rides;
462 (TR) David A. Northcott/Corbis, (B) George Hunter/Getty Images;
463 (TR) David Parker/ Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
464 (B) ©Visions of America/ Joe Sohm/Getty Images, (TL) Charles Krebs/Corbis;
465 (TR) Dave King/©DK Images;
466 Jeff Clarke/Fotolia;
472 ©W.A. Sharman; Milepost
92 ?/Corbis;
474 (BL) ©The Granger Collection, NY, (TR) ©W.A. Sharman; Milepost
92 ?/ Corbis;
475 (B) Duncan Smith/Corbis, (TR) Jonelle Weaver/Getty Images;
479 (TR) ©W.A. Sharman; Milepost
92 ?/Corbis, (BR) Alfred Pasieka/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
480 (BL) Juliet Ferguson/Alamy, (T) Penina/Getty Images, (BR) Steve Cohen/Getty Images;
481 Philip Lewis/Alamy Images;
482 Johner Images/Alamy;
483 Geoffrey Wheeler/National Institute of Standards and Technology;
484 (C) BRE Global Limited;
486 (T) ©W.A. Sharman; Milepost
92 ?/Corbis;
491 (B) olivier/Shutterstock;
495 Insadco Photography RF/AGE Fotostock;
498 Peter Sterling/Getty Images;
500 (B) M. Timothy O'Keefe/ Photoshot, (T) Peter Sterling/Getty Images;
504 (T) Peter Sterling/Getty Images;
508 JoLin/iStockphoto, (T) Peter Sterling/Getty Images;
509 (BL) Timothy Mulholland/Alamy;
510 (TL) Fundamental Photographs, (TR) Richard Megna/ Fundamental Photographs;
512 (TL, CL) Richard Megna/Fundamental Photographs;
513 (TL) ©Stephen Frink;
514 (T) Peter Sterling/Getty Images;
515 (B) C Squared Studios/Getty Images, (T) Martin Fox/PhotoLibrary Group, Inc.;
516 (TL) Darryl Torckler/Getty Images;
518 (BR) Clive Streeter/©DK Images, (BC) Dave King/DK Images, (BL) The Science Museum, London/DK Images;
519 (BL) Bettmann/Corbis, (CC) Corbis, (TC) Paul Fleet/Alamy;
520 (TR) ©DK Images, (CC) DK Images;
521 (TR) Talaske, Inc.;
522 (B) Randy Jolly/Corbis;
523 (BL) Alan Thornton/Getty Images;
530 (Bkgrd,) Andrew Woodley/Alamy Images;
532 (B) Rob Bartee/SuperStock;
536 (TL) Dave King/©DK Images;
539 (B) ©The Print Collector/Alamy Images;
541 (B) Image Source/Corbis, (T) Robert E. Daemmrich/Getty Images;
542 Spencer Grant/PhotoEdit, Inc.;
543 (TR, TL) FLIR Systems, Inc;
544 (BL) David Arky/Corbis;
545 (T) WDCN/Univ. College London/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
546 (B) ©Stephen Frink;
547 (B) Arthur Morris/ Corbis, (TL) C Squared Studios/Getty Images, (TR) Stockbyte/Getty Images;
548 (TL) ©Southern Illinois University/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
550 (BR) B Busco/ The Image Bank/Getty Images, (BL) Jerome Wexler/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
551 (TL) Dave King/Courtesy of The Science Museum, London/©DK Images;
552 (BL) Leonard Lessin/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
554 (B) ©DK Images;
555 (T) ©DK Images, (BCR) Tate Enterprises, Ltd;
556 (CR, BL) Volker Steger/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
557 (TR) ©1996 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. Photograph by Lorene Emerson./Image ©2003 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, (CL) ©National Gallery, London, (CC) RAPHAEL/©National Gallery, London;
558 (L, B) ©David R. Frazier/Photo Researchers, Inc., (T) Andrew Woodley/Alamy Images;
559 (TR) Benjamin Simeneta/Alamy;
560 (BC) ©DK Images, (C) Dave King/©DK Images;
562 (TL, CL) Tony Freeman/PhotoEdit, Inc.;
565 PhotoEdit, Inc.;
568 David Frates/Positive Images;
570 (B) Andrey Tarantin/ Shutterstock, (TR) David Frates/Positive Images, (R) Kochneva Tetyana/ Shutterstock;
571 (TR) Ariel Skelley/Corbis;
574 (TR) David Frates/Positive Images;
576 (BL) Darwin Dale/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
577 (BR) Peter Finger/Corbis;
579 (TL) Stockbyte/Getty Images;
580 (BL) ©Richard Wainscoat/Alamy, (TR) David Frates/Positive Images;
582 (BR) Corbis, (L) Giraudon/Bridgeman Art Library, (CR) Science & Society Picture Library;
583 (CL) ©DK Images, (BC) Corbis, (R) Judith Collins/Alamy;
587 (TR) BSIP, Edwige/Photo Researchers, Inc., (TCR) Dave King/DK Images;
588 (BL) Dave Greenwood/Getty Images, (T) David Frates/Positive Images;
591 (B) ©DK Images, (TR, TCR) Paul Parker/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
598 Kent Wood/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
600 (TR) Kent Wood/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
602 (BL) ©DK Images, (CL) Andy Crawford/©DK Images;
607 (R) Fundamental Photographs;
608 (TL) Grantpix/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
609 (B) Dennis MacDonald/PhotoEdit, Inc.;
612 (B) Russ Lappa;
613 (R) Fundamental Photographs, (T) Stockbyte/Getty Images;
614 (BL) bigfishphoto-agent/Alamy Images, (C) Daisy Images/Alamy;
616 (TR) Lawrence Migdale/ Photo Researchers, Inc., (CL) Matthew Klein, (BL) NASA;
617 (L) Richard Lam/©AP Images;
618 (BL) Ephraim Ben-Shimon/Corbis, (BR) Michael Matisse/ Getty Images;
619 (TR) ©DK Images, (CR) DK Images, (B) Science & Society Picture Library;
620 (TR) Franka Bruns/©AP Images;
622 (T) Digital Vision/Getty Images;
626 ©Visions of America, LLC/Alamy, (CR) Getty Images;
628 Photoshot;
630 (TR) Photoshot, (BL) Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.;
631 (T, C) Richard Megna/Fundamental Photographs, (CR, BR) Spencer Grant/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
634 (TR) WavebreakMediaMicro/Fotolia;
635 (BR) Bettmann/Corbis, (TR) Photoshot;
638 (BR) Harvey Schwartz/PhotoLibrary Group, Inc.;
640 (B) ©DK Images;
641 (BL) Sovereign, ISM/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
642 JTB Photo Communications, Inc./ Aflo Foto Agency, (TR) Photoshot;
644 (T) SuperStock;
645 (BR) Lloyd Cluff/ Corbis;
646 (BL) A & C Wiley/Wales/PhotoLibrary Group, Inc., (TR) David Papazian/Corbis;
654 (C) David Nunuk/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
656 (BC) David Frazier/Photo Researchers, Inc., (TR) Photo Researchers, Inc., (CL) Reuters/Corbis;
657 (CR) Bojan Brecelj/Corbis, (BR) James King-Holmes/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc., (TC) Pat Lanza/ Photoshot, (TL) Hagi Nativ/PhotoStock-Israel, (BL) yuri19/Fotolia.;
658 Pete Turner/Getty Images;
660 (BL) Gary Kazanjan/©AP Images, (TR) Pete Turner/ Getty Images;
661 (TR) Martin & Marli Miller;
664 (R) Mark Burnett/Photo Researchers, Inc., (TR) Pete Turner/Getty Images;
665 (BR) Phillip Hayson/Photo Researchers, Inc., (T) pmphoto/Fotolia;
666 (TL, B) Breck P. Kent Natural History Photography, (CL) Roberto De Gugliemo/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
667 (L) Breck P. Kent Natural History Photography, (TR) Charles D. Winters/Photo Researchers, Inc., (TC) Marvin Dembinsky Photo Associates/Alamy Images;
668 (T) Colin Keates/DK Images;
669 ©Chip Clark/ Smithsonian Institution, (TL) Breck P. Kent Natural History Photography;
670 Tony Duffy/Getty Images, (TR) Pete Turner/Getty Images;
671 (TR) Simon Fraser/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
672 (BL) Breck P. Kent Natural History Photography, (TL) Galyna Andrushko/Fotolia;
673 (T) Francois Gohier/Photo Researchers, Inc., (B) Lynn McLaren/Photo Researchers, Inc.;
674 (B) ©Dirk Wiersma/Photo Researchers, Inc., (T) ©Doug Martin/Photo Researchers, Inc., (TC) Aaron Haupt/Photo Researchers, Inc., (BM) Breck P. Kent