A Little History of Science

DescriptionPhilosophers and poets in times past tried to figure out why the stainless moon "smoothly polished, like a diamond" in Dante's words, ha...

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

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

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. DescriptionThe epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of...

Reducere. Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the sci...

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...

DescriptionBefore Darwin . . . before Lewis and Clark . . . there was Alexander von Humboldt. Explorer. Naturalist. All-around genius. Lost hero of...

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. 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. Identity and Difference consists of English translations and the original German versions of two little-known lectures given in 1957 by Martin Heid...

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

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...

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...

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...

DescriptionDiscover that our lives are surrounded by robots. Learn what they are, where they come from and their importance today as well as meetin...

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

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

Reducere. "The convertors would spew it out, " employee Arturo Hernandez recalled, referring to molten metal. "You'd see the ground, the dirt, catch on fire....

This book's Italian title, Dimenticare Darwin, means Forget Darwin, and its prologue bears the title Evolution is dead The author, Dr. Giuseppe Ser...

Reducere. 2016 NAACP Image Award WinnerWinner of the 2016 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in NonfictionAn award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and sha...

Reducere. The hundreds of millions of years of history folded within Pennsylvania's rocks tell a remarkable story of destruction, creation, and transformatio...

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, ...

DescriptionLiving work of art, consumer commodity, scientific hero, and environmental menace: the humble goldfish is the ultimate human cultural ar...

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...

When Michael J. Behe's first book, Darwin's Black Box, was published in 1996, it launched the intelligent design movement. Critics howled, yet hund...

A lavishly illustrated celebration of each of the world's sixty-eight currently recognized eagle species in all their magnificence and beguiling di...

Reducere. Is there any such thing as revolutionary literature? Can literature, in fact, be political at all? These are the questions Roland Barthes addresses...

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. 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. Contributor(s): Author: Avrum BlumingAuthor: Carol TavrisA compelling defense of hormone replacement therapy, exposing the faulty science behind it...

Reducere. Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on t...

Reducere. How much does an elephant weigh? How do you know? How would you know if you didn't have a modern scale? Six-year-old Cao Chong, the most famous chi...

DescriptionLearn about machines the fun way The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basics o...

Reducere. In this powerful book, the renowned exorcist of Rome tells of his many experiences in his ministry as an exorcist doing battle with Satan to reliev...

Reducere. Download the first section from Cairns now.(Provide us with a little information and we'll send the free section directly to your inbox )Praise for...

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...

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 ...

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

Reducere. With little more than courage and ingenuity, five Union prisoners escaped the siege of Richmond-by hot-air balloon. They have no idea if they'll ev...

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

DescriptionEight hundred years ago, the Zhen Empire discovered a broken human colony ship drifting in the fringes of their space. With only a third...

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...

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. Contributor(s): Author: Sharon K. GilbertThe Ripper murders did not begin in 1888, but in March of 1879, when a beautiful woman is found slain and ...

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...

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

DescriptionCarolyn's parents did not, after all, make genomics history by synthesizing her genome in a lab. She has known she is the "Human Hoax" e...

Contributor(s): Author: Yuval Noah HarariOfficial U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari...

Ethnography centers on the culture of everyday life. So it is ironic that most scholars who do research on the intimate experiences of ordinary peo...

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Reducere. You close the regulator and bring the heavy Ferguson velosteam to a halt. From the crest of the hill you can see the lumbering freight wagons and t...

Reducere. Calling all bathroom readers At last...Here it is...The book you've been waiting for No more frantic searches at the last minute for that perfect m...

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

We often think that people from a thousand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilization there wer...

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. PRODUCT INFO - Death Object Trickery is the way of war - thus has it always been. But the nuclear trick is the biggest, boldest and baddest-ass sca...

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. 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 ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nicholas P. MoneyThe great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, "I know of no familiar substance forming part of o...

Weave a little wonder into daily life with these fun and challenging activities - and experience your local area in a whole new way. Invite friends...

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

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...

Reducere. 'Tractors, Diggers and Dozers - A Picture Book For Kids, includes Tractor History, Diggers, Bulldozers / Dozers and Excavators' and is a non-fictio...

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 ...