Great Scientists

A seminal work reissued with a new introduction from Judit Szekacs-Weisz and welcoming words from Ivan Ward and Carol Siegel. It features stories o...

The book places a clear emphasis of the impact of information technology on the business world, drawing on recent literature and examples. Similarl...

Reducere. Marine biologist Pete Klimley swims with the sharks. He was one of the first scientists to free-dive among sharks, and he has spent nearly thirty y...

Reducere. DNA is known as the blueprint for life! Found in every cell of every living thing, DNA strands are packed inside a cell's nucleus carrying instruct...

Reducere. In South Side Girls Marcia Chatelain recasts Chicago's Great Migration through the lens of black girls. Focusing on the years between 1910 and 1940...

Reducere. More than 10, 000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great be...

Reducere. We want to be healthy. We want to be lean. And we want to lose that annoying fat around our bellies We can achieve ALL of these goals with The Lose...

Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this -beautiful question.- With Nobe...

Reducere. Throughout history, humans have dreamed of knowing the reason for the existence of the universe. In The Mind of God, physicist Paul Davies explores...

Reducere. After a long career in science, which has involved a great deal of science writing for general audiences, Joseph V. Rodricks has turned out a power...

Reducere. Science is no quiet life. Imagination, creativity, ambition, and conflict are as vital and abundant in science as in artistic endeavors. In this co...

Reducere. The focus is on prophecies that are converging in our present times. These include the prophecy of the Last Pope in a line of 112 - Pope Francis be...

Reducere. The good name of true science, which has transformed the world we live in marvelous ways over the last 200 years, has been hijacked for several dec...

Reducere. Mankind's extinction is about to begin. The world's best scientists are baffled when bizarre, immovable black stones appear across the globe, and s...

Reducere. Give kids 8 to 12 a way to record their bird-watching adventures Bird-watching is a great way for kids to get outside and explore! This birding jou...

Reducere. The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. His stories are read by children, by scientists and scholars, and...

Reducere. DescriptionThe appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. His stories are read by children, by scientists and sc...

The author says "It has been my object in these pages of astronomer biography to present the life of each astronomer in such detail as to enable th...

Reducere. DescriptionWould you rather swim with a great white shark or a venomous jellyfish? In this fun-filled nonfiction book, young science fans test thei...

Reducere. The water's fine! Come on in! But wait--there are sharks in it! Would you swim with sharks? Many people do! Marine biologists swim with sharks to l...

Reducere. Acclaim for Stone Age Code: "The book is simply brilliant and genuine, so friendly and stimulating!" - Emiliano Bruner, Ph.D., Hominid Paleoneurolo...

"We have relied on science to tell us what happened in ancient sites around the world, it is time for research that is connected to Source." --Sonj...

Reducere. Michigan Notable BooksMost people recognize Michigan by its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula and the Great Lakes embracing the state. Underneath the e...

THE FIRST FU-MANCHU NOVEL Commissioner Nayland Smith returns to London from Burma, telling his old friend and colleague, Doctor Petrie, of a master...

Unrivaled in its coverage and unique in its hands-on approach, this practical guide to the design and construction of scientific apparatus, or labo...

Jay Smith was one of the great beekeepers and queen breeders of all time. There are many queen breeding books by scientists or small-scale breeders...

Apophenion attacks most of the great questions of being, free will, consciousness, meaning, the nature of mind, and humanity's place in the cosmos,...

Reducere. Cockatiels have been kept as pets since the 1700's These birds ancestors' stretched back for millennia and had a reputation as the most famous pet ...

Contributor(s): Author: Stefanos GeroulanosAuthor: Todd MeyersThe injuries suffered by soldiers during WWI were as varied as they were brutal. How ...

Science, with its inherent tension between the known and the unknown, is an inexhaustible mine of great stories. Collected here are twenty-six amon...

From the author of the long-running #1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a landmark study of great leaders, teams and the reasons why people fol...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Patricia NewmanIllustrator: Annie CrawleyPlastic: it's used to make everything from drink bottles and bags to toys and toot...

Reducere. DescriptionHow the delicate and civilized Europe escaped from Great Tartary.The consensual world history was manufactured in Europe in XVI-XIX cent...

Reducere. The paperback release of the second volume of Sitchin's autobiographical account of the investigations and discoveries that led to The Earth Chroni...

Reducere. In 1875, a team of cartographers, geologists, and scientists under the direction of Ferdinand V. Hayden entered the Four Corners area for what they...

America the Beautiful showcases the stunning spaces closest to our nation's heart--from the woods in the Great Appalachian Valley that Davy Crocket...

Reducere. On July 20, 1969, at 3: 16 p.m., Commander Neil Armstrong brought the lunar module, Eagle, to a safe landing on the Moon. Millions of television vi...

DescriptionHere is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. C...

A gorgeous nonfiction book for kids from bestselling artist and author Lisa Congdon The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements leads young reader...

Reducere. Complete recipes spread across 15 chapters to help you overcome commonly faced issues by Python for everybody across the globe. Each recipe takes a...

When capitalism doesn't fight climate change but rather tries to make a buck out of it The Great Adaptation tells the story of how scientists, gove...

Reducere. In this original and integrated approach to theoretical reasoning in physics, Malcolm Longair illuminates the subject from the perspective of real ...

Reducere. This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial pollinators across t...

Reducere. In March 2020, liberal democracy ground to a sudden stop.Like the Reichstag Fire of 1933, historians may never know how SARS-CoV-2 came about. For ...

DescriptionBilingual Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers: Ocean Animals Dive into the deep and explore the creatures found in and around th...

Reducere. While many scientists believed influenza would cause the next great pandemic, no one was prepared for the new strain of coronavirus that appeared i...

Reducere. Description"The worst thing about food science, the elephant in the room, is that it's not just the opinions that are changing--but the 'facts' the...

Reducere. In his new preface to this paperback edition, the author observes, ``The Indian world has changed so substantially since the first publication of t...

Reducere. Mountain gorillas are playful, curious, and protective of their families. They are also one of the most endangered species in the world. For years,...

Reducere. After years of research, scientists declared that the Mediterranean diet was the best one for overall good health-and the exciting news was that it...

Reducere. Get started solving problems with the Python programming language This book introduces some of the most famous scientific libraries for Python: * P...

Reducere. In a world of facts and figures, can an intellectual have faith? Is it possible to believe anything the Bible says? Yes, and one man will show you ...

Reducere. Henry Matthews brings to life the ancient cities of Sicily. He illuminates the history of the island from the Greek migrations in the 8th century B...

Reducere. Vivi loves science! In this STEM-themed Level 3 I Can Read! title, Vivi and her friends visit the aquarium and are introduced to the concepts of de...

2010 Reprint of 1924 Edition. In 1924 Spalding published this first and most important volume of Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East. ...

Reducere. Science is based not only on observation and experiment, but on theory as well. As Einstein said, "Theory tells us what to measure." And theories a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Robin Oliver WalkerInformation on Black scientists and inventors is becoming more readily available to the general publi...

Reducere. A belief that the ancients held unusual scientific knowledge, of which only fragments remain today, was held by many great philosophers and scienti...

Reducere. Enjoy this witty, heartwarming exploration of father-son relationships and growing up male in today's culture through the lens of a boy yearning to...

Reducere. A Journal of the plague is an extraordinary historical account of the devastation and human suffering inflicted on the City of London by the Great ...

Scientist Lisa Duncan has found the legendary Holy Grail. But can she keep it out of enemy hands?That enemy is the Airlia, frighteningly sophistica...

Reducere. Vivi loves science! In this STEM-themed Level 3 I Can Read! title, Vivi and her friends visit the aquarium and are introduced to the concepts of de...

Reducere. A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Anathem is perhaps the most brilliant literary invention to date from the incomparable Neal Stephenson, who rocked ...

Reducere. "Gregor Mendel" explains to children the theory of heredity in simple-to-understand language and examples. Regarded as the world s first geneticist...

India, one of the great, ancient civilizations spawned a fascinating canon of myths and legends. With multiple gods, and a riot of colour and chara...

DescriptionAMERICAN CANDYLAND: Love is a swipe away, toy aisles teem with plastic tanks, nipples are illegal. The Pentagon spends 717 billion dolla...

Reducere. Richard Hough's vivid narrative captures all the excitement of this age of discovery and establishes Cook as a link between the vague scientific sp...

Reducere. This book reveals and describes the genuine virtues and values that best depict the Old Order Amish to non-Amish readers. The estimated 225, 000 Ol...

Mosquitoes in Hawaii, sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, mountain goats in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State not one of these species is nati...

Reducere. A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Anathem is perhaps the most brilliant literary invention to date from the incomparable Neal Stephenson, who rocked ...