A Little History of Science

A short, highly directed guide to an area of science that is little understood but increasingly part of public discourse by the Sunday Times bestse...

A provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that has taken us to todayPubli...

Reducere. A grandmother's sudden departure leaves her family with an even more puzzling, and wondrous, surprise in this enchanting story from the National Bo...

Reducere. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) is the most famous scientist . . . and of the most famous of all races, places, and times. George Sarton Introduction to the Hi...

Reducere. EUREKA! Great things happen when science crosses history! Discover the all-true stories of your favorite inventions with this new multicultural STE...

Reducere. Poetry. Hybrid Genre. LGBTQIA Studies. Science Fiction. Drawing on the work of such thinkers as John McPhee, Rachel Carson, Timothy Morton, Frank W...

Reducere. In this explosive little book, the first publisher to devote his newspaper to the coverage of AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome details the role of...

An authority on Alzheimer's disease offers a history of past failures and a roadmap that points us in a new direction in our journey to a cure. For...

Reducere. Secret police agencies such as the East German Ministry for State Security kept enormous quantities of secrets about their own citizens, relying he...

Reducere. Even with all our modern technology and advanced science, we still know relatively little about the origins of our fascinating species. We have an ...

Reducere. Not until Marconi has there been an in-depth biography that focuses on the inventor as businessman/entrepreneur and the global race that took place...

Reducere. As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, ...

Reducere. Learn about machines the fun way! The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basics of simple m...

Reducere. Teixeira and Park present over 60 different magic tricks while introducing students to high-level math areas. Readers will learn really interesting...

Think you know your cranium from your clavicle? Tibia from your trachea? Think again... Test your brain, solve riddles and learn about how the body...

Reducere. A beautifully illustrated exploration of Edward Lear's little-known career as a natural-history artist--now in a new expanded paperback edition Edw...

Finally, the ultimate book about climate change for kids ages 8-12 Perfect for home-schooling and virtual and blended learning, Palm Trees at the N...

As a young boy, Ian Petrie was diagnosed with autism and given little hope for a typical future. Then, unexpectedly, his parents found the answer t...

Reducere. The mythology of "gifted land" is strong in the National Park Service, but some of our greatest parks were "gifted" by people who had little if any...

Reducere. A 2020 New York Times notable book One of the Chicago Tribune's best nonfiction books of 2020Complex, turbulent, as haunting as a pedal steel solo ...

The history of science is replete with women getting little notice for their groundbreaking discoveries. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a tireless innov...

The author of this history of mankind's increasingly successful attempts to understand, to measure and to map the Earth's gravity field (commonly k...

Reducere. Award NameLiterary AwardAward categoryScienceFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language...

Reducere. Informative and Fun! Trivial and Important! Fun Facts and Profound Facts! A treat of science and history facts and compelling stories that will inf...

Reducere. An introduction to one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles on Earth--with the Cat in the Hat as your guide! With a little help from Thing One and ...

Reducere. Stop masking your health issues with medication. It's time to address--and solve--the root cause.Once thought to be a disease of lords, more than e...

Cece loves science In this STEM-themed picture book, Cece asks one of life's most pressing questions: Do dogs eat vegetables? Cece and her best fri...

DescriptionThe cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universe The Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our uni...

Historically recognized as the man who wrote the dictionary, Dr. Johnson amplified his literary fame with the 1759 publication of "The History of R...

A captivating mixture of memoir, stories from the consulting room, history and science, The Brink of Being is a much-needed, comprehensive look at ...

Reducere. This book is a sequel (or better: a prequel) to Immanuel Velikovsky's main work, the best-selling Worlds in Collision, in which he gave a detailed ...

Reducere. This book is a sequel (or better: a prequel) to Immanuel Velikovsky's main work, the best-selling Worlds in Collision, in which he gave a detailed ...

Reducere. Winner of the Gold Dagger Award A fascinating true crime story that details the rise of modern forensics and the development of modern criminal inv...

Reducere. Pass - Trap - Move is a youth soccer coaching system developed over ten years of coaching and researching youth soccer and futsal. It's not rocket ...

Discover the mysteries of science with Future Geniuses Darwin the chicken feels like the smallest animal in the farm, but he wants to be big and st...

The story of a philosophical and mathematical concept that has driven men insane

Reducere. The airfield is quiet now A warm breeze bends the grass that was once moved by the engine of the flying fortresses. Seventy-four years earlier, Gle...

Cambridge is now world-famous as a centre of science, but it wasn't always so. Before the nineteenth century, the sciences were of little importanc...

Reducere. DescriptionYouth baseball instruction guide by former MLB player Dan Gray who was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a catcher. Includes praise ...

Reducere. THE ROPEWORM PROTOCOL BIBLE - HUMAN ASCENSION MANUAL unveils the truth of how Satan has genetically sabotaged every human body in order to deceive ...

In 1965, French microbiologist André Lwoff was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on lysogeny--one of the two types of ...

Reducere. Over the past seventy years, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, has evolved from a virtually unknown and little-use...

A provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that has taken us to todayPubli...

DescriptionA fun, quirky A to Z introduction to all things geeky runs the gamut from Dungeons and Dragons to super heroes; from wizards to warp dri...

Reducere. Kelly is excited it is finally time for her COVID-19 vaccine. Her little brother Joey is not so sure he wants a shot. Their mom, a doctor explains ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and l...

20th-century science and music, argues Jamie James, have rejected the Romantic separation of the two. The book provides a survey of the history of ...

DescriptionAstrobiology is the study of life in the universe from its origins to its evolution into intelligent sentient beings. All life as we kno...

Reducere. The Red Rockets' Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science...

A mysterious stranger possesses a disturbing secret in this thrilling H. G. Wells graphic novel adaptation In the midst of winter, a snowstorm blow...

Reducere. Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and wa...

The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce...

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncove...

Reducere. An objective guide to this fascinating science of history and culture Archaeology continually makes headlines--from recent discoveries like the fro...

Reducere. DescriptionThe publication of The Alternative not only marked the inauguration of Union Movement, Oswald Mosley's post-War political party, but the...

DescriptionIn the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc., a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street...

The essential quiz book for clever kids who love to truly test their brain powerMore than 600 questions collected in this quiz book, ranging from s...

Reducere. DescriptionIt is the summer of 1961, and eleven-year-old Arno Creelman wants nothing more than to be an astronomer. Fortunately, his struggle with ...

Reducere. Author Diann Jordan took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. Letting 18 pr...

Reducere. DescriptionA heartbroken belle. A missing suitor. A heroic duke in disguise. Unmask Duke of Shadows and let the highwayman-duke steal your heart En...

DescriptionThough most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Ch telet (1706-49) was an accomplished writer in her own righ...

Reducere. "A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank Br...

For centuries, women have played key roles in defining and developing the field of vertebrate paleontology. Yet very little is known about these im...

DescriptionWhat makes a mammal a mammal? The answer is more complicated than you think I, Mammal is a history of mammals and their ancestors and of...

Reducere. These two books, published in 1911 and 1913, display the fun-loving, whimsical side of the famed science fiction author. Floor Games describes imag...

Reducere. Rockets, in the primitive form of fireworks, have existed since the Chinese invented them around the thirteenth century. But it was the work of Ame...

Reducere. Here's a pot-pourri of stimulating reading...for moments when nothing but the most absorbing material will do No more frantic searches at the last ...

DescriptionDickerson's lovingly crafted narratives take us to waters from sockeye spawning streams of Alaska's Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks...

Reducere. Carrying heavy ammo to soldiers all by herself, Sergeant Reckless helped her fellow marines survive dangerous Korean War battles. By risking her li...