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Are we alone?: scientists search for life in space
Par Gloria Skurzynski. 2004
Discusses the possibilities of identifying and communicating with another life-form in our vast universe. Describes the interconnectedness of research in…
many scientific disciplines to investigate hospitable planets. Includes profiles of scientists dedicated to seeking extraterrestrial intelligence. For grades 5-8. 2004What is the world made of?: all about solids, liquids, and gases (Let's-read-and-find-out Science 2 Ser. #1)
Par Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. 1998
Pocahontas: medicine woman, spy, entrepreneur, diplomat
Par Paula Gunn Allen. 2003
Part-Native American scholar analyzes the life of Pocahontas from a feminist perspective. To interpret the young Powhatan woman in the…
context in which she lived, Allen uses contemporary accounts from English travelers and adventurers, among them John Smith of the Virginia Company. 2003Rare earth: why complex life is uncommon in the universe (Copernicus Ser.)
Par Peter D Ward. 2000
Paleontologist/geologist Ward and astronomer Brownlee outline their hypothesis that complex multicellular life--animals and higher plants--"is less pervasive in the universe…
than is...commonly assumed." The two scientists reexamine Earth's history to identify crucial attributes that have allowed the planet's rare, and perhaps unique, evolutionary achievements. 2000Astronomy professor identifies common misconceptions about the cosmos. Topics range from false notions regarding distant galaxies to erroneous theories about…
what causes tides and seasons and which planet is the hottest. He emphasizes the origins of incorrect ideas, how to avoid them, and how to change them. 2001Simply Einstein: relativity demystified
Par Richard Wolfson. 2003
Physicist explains for nonscientists the underlying principles of Einstein's theory of relativity. Explores the history of ideas that culminated in…
Einstein's vision of a four-dimensional universe of relativistic space-time. The author anticipates frequently asked questions, discussing time travel, curved space, black holes, and new meanings for past and future. 2003Histoire du monde en sept catastrophes
Par Hervé Ponchelet. 2007
"Si l'on rembobine le film de l'histoire du monde, de l'homme au Big Bang, tout s'enchaîne parfaitement bien. Par le…
jeu de l'évolution biologique, chimique et physique, l'homme apparaît comme l'ultime et imparable aboutissement d'un "projet" en germe dans l'explosion primordiale voici 13,7 milliards d'années. Illusion d'optique ! En réalité, du Big Bang à Homo sapiens, ce ne fut qu'une suite de hasards et de nécessités qui fait de nous, et du monde tel qu'il est, plutôt une incongruité, ou si l'on préfère, un "miracle". De l'explosion originelle, qui manqua de faire "pschitt" comme un pétard mouillé, jusqu'à l'éruption cataclysmique d'un volcan géant à Sumatra, voilà 80 000 ans, qui faillit bien nous rayer de la saga du vivant, Hervé Ponchelet a identifié sept catastrophes principales grâce auxquelles, paradoxalement, nous devons, en dépit de tout, d'être là. C'est cette histoire vraie qui est ici contée, débarrassée des croyances mais intégrant les convergences entre science et mythes, replaçant les découvertes et les découvreurs dans leur contexte et l'évolution des idées, précisément informée mais conçue et rédigée à l'intention du public le plus large. À défaut de savoir où nous allons, sachons mieux d'où nous venons." -- 4e de couvFollowing the Good River: The Life and Times of Wa'xaid
Par Briony Penn. 2020
Based on recorded interviews and journal entries this major biography of Cecil Paul (Wa’xaid) is a resounding and timely saga…
featuring the trials, tribulations, endurance, forgiveness, and survival of one of North America’s more prominent Indigenous leaders. Born in 1931 in the Kitlope, Cecil Paul, also known by his Xenaksiala name, Wa’xaid, is one of the last fluent speakers of his people’s language. At age ten he was placed in a residential school run by the United Church of Canada at Port Alberni where he was abused. After three decades of prolonged alcohol abuse, he returned to the Kitlope where his healing journey began. He has worked tirelessly to protect the Kitlope, described as the largest intact temperate rainforest watershed in the world. Now in his late 80s, he resides on his ancestors’ traditional territory.Following upon the success of Wa'xaid's own book of personal essays, Stories from the Magic Canoe, Briony Penn's major biography of this remarkable individual will serve as a timely reminder of the state of British Columbia's Indigenous community, the environmental and political strife still facing many Indigenous communities, and the philosophical and personal journey of a remarkable man.Wa'xaid passed away at the age of 90 on December 3, 2020.