Provides an introduction to the fascinating world of physics - from how a yo-yo works to the mysteries of the universe. This title reveals the inherent fun, intellectual pleasure, and supreme importance of this fascinating and, at last, enjoyable subject.
Today, only a few people outside of the scientific community are conversant with the tradition of science and its many breakthroughs. The rest are scientifically illiterate. So say Frank R. Spellman and Joni Price-Bayer, authors of In Defense of Science: Why Scientific Literacy Matters. This book explains why ordinary citizens need to have an ......
Today, only a few people outside of the scientific community are conversant with the tradition of science and its many breakthroughs. The rest are scientifically illiterate. So say Frank R. Spellman and Joni Price-Bayer, authors of In Defense of Science: Why Scientific Literacy Matters. This book explains why ordinary citizens need to have an ......
The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering
Ever wonder how a graceful and slender bridge can support enormous loads over truly astonishing spans? Why domes and freestanding arches survive earthquakes that flatten the rest of a city?Physicist Mark Denny looks at the large structures around us -- tall buildings, long bridges, and big dams -- and explains how they were designed and built and ......
Almost fifty years after he first crossed the small screen, Doctor Who remains a science fiction touchstone. His exploits are thrilling, his world is mind-boggling, and that time travel machineknown as the Tardisis almost certainly an old-fashioned blue police box, once commonly found in London.
Laminated Study Guide Designed as a companion guide for Science Fundamentals 2: Life Science a Humans, this 2-panel (4-page) guide is written for students grades 5a8. Each major system of the human body is featured through detailed, full-color illustrations by award-winning artist Vincent Perez, but at a comprehension level appropriate ......
Introduces readers to the magic, elegance, and, yes, joy of chemistry. From the fascination of fall foliage and fireworks, to the functioning of smoke detectors and computers, to the fundamentals of digestion (as when good pizza goes bad!), the authors illustrate the concepts of chemistry in terms of everyday experience, using familiar materials.
Ever wonder how many kinds of turtles there are? Or if they have teeth? Why so many turtles have yellow stripes on their neck? If it is wise to feed turtles in your neighborhood pond or lake? Whit Gibbons and Judy Greene, two internationally known turtle biologists, provide complete answers to the most frequently asked questions about the more ......
In the nineteenth century, the new field of medical bacteriology identified microorganisms and explained how they spread disease. This book interweaves the history of this discipline and the biography of one of its founders, Nobel Prizewinning German physician Robert Koch (18431910). Koch contributed to modern medicine by inventing or improving ......
