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Au temps de la pensée pressée
Par Jean-Philippe Pleau. 2023
Composé des "éditos" avec lesquels Jean-Philippe Pleau termine son émission radiophonique, ainsi que des articles qu'il a publiés au fil…
des années, Au temps de la pensée pressée est un essai à la fois personnel, littéraire et sociologique. La pensée y vagabonde librement, s'abandonnant aussi bien à l'intuition qu'à la réflexion critique, nous révélant chemin faisant un auteur qui avoue être devenu fou, qui compare les Lego à des philosophes, qui interroge ses émotions et qui partage ses lectures ainsi que le souvenir de son amitié avec Serge BouchardLes véhicules de secours (Livre son)
Par Maria Vyshinskaya. 2022
University of Oxford chemistry lecturer views the periodic table as a kingdom whose entities are "finely balanced living personalities with…
quirks of character." He gives a tour of the landscape, which includes deserts of metals and two lakes of mercury and bromine, and discusses the governing rules and laws and other aspects of the kingdomBrainstorm!: The stories of twenty American kid inventors
Par Tom Tucker. 1995
A look at twenty inventions, covering more than two hundred years of history, by young people ranging in age from…
five to nineteen. The inventions include earmuffs, colored car wax, popsicles, flippers, resealable cereal boxes, a rotary steam engine, and a safety device to keep children from getting their fingers mashed in doors. Includes a section on how to protect your own great ideas. For grades 5-8Nature's numbers: the unreal reality of mathematics (Science masters series)
Par Ian Stewart. 1995
Describes the beauty of mathematics and explains it as a formal system of thought for working with patterns. Using clear…
and accessible language and everyday experiences, Stewart writes for the lay person without oversimplifying. Regarding deduction of scientific theories he says, "Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence."Science versus pseudoscience (An Impact book)
Par Nathan Aaseng. 1994
The author describes pseudoscience as a doctrine, belief, or fraud that is passed off as a science. He lists ten…
criteria to help determine if something is a science and measures such things as astrology, extrasensory perception, creation science, and alternative medicine against them. For junior and senior high readersThe journalism professor and his wife, who lived in China in the 1984-1985 academic year and visited in 1987 and…
1993, offer a general report of historical and 1980s events. They rely on academic and official sources and express optimism about ChinaGenetics & human health: a journey within
Par Faith Brynie. 1995
To explore how traits inherited from past generations affect people living today, the author examines the genes that reside in…
the nucleus of a cell. She explains how Gregor Mendel proved with pea plants that genes are either dominant or recessive. Now, scientists use this method to identify the genes responsible for various diseases as they look for cures. For grades 6-9History of the Peloponnesian War
Par Thucydides. 1993
Written in the fifth century B.C. by an Athenian commander, this is a history of the twenty-seven-year conflict between Athens,…
a democratic state and sea power, and the states of the Peloponnese headed by Sparta, a conservative power with an efficient military forceParallel journeys
Par Eleanor Ayer. 1995
Presents the lives of two young adults in Europe during World War II. Helen, a young Jewish woman, flees to…
escape the worsening treatment of Jews but is caught in the net. Alfons, an enthusiastic German teenager, is swept up in the Hitler Youth movement. This book includes excerpts from both of their autobiographies and tells of their joint work to educate future generations about the dangers of hatred. For junior and senior high readersOne man's vision: the life of automotive pioneer Ralph Teetor
Par Marjorie Meyer. 1995
Ralph Teetor's daughter tells how as a young boy in the 1890s, her father lost his sight because of an…
accident with a knife. She describes how he refused to let his blindness deter him from his growing love for the new automotive engine. Graduating with a college degree in mechanical engineering, Teetor worked in the family business and invented devices such as cruise controlZoology: 49 science fair projects (Science fair projects)
Par H. Dashefsky. 1995
Science fair projects about animals are divided into sections on behavior, systems, animals in their environments, beyond the naked eye,…
animal lives, communication and senses, growth and development, form and function, and applied science. Adult supervision required. For grades 5-8Privileged hands: a scientific life
Par Geerat Vermeij. 1997
An esteemed evolutionary biologist and paleontologist, who has been blind since the age of four, describes his childhood and his…
career. Born in the Netherlands, Vermeij faced learning both a new language and contracted braille when he began third grade in the United States. But he brought with him a love of seashells, which became his life's workThe private science of Louis Pasteur
Par Gerald Geison. 1995
A scientific biography of Louis Pasteur that draws from previously sealed laboratory workbooks and lecture notes. Gives an overview of…
his career with a focus on optical isomers and germ theory. Reappraises Pasteur's discovery of rabies and anthrax vaccines in light of flaws in his scientific method and his duplicity in dealing with the publicBound for the promised land: the great black migration
Par Michael Cooper. 1995
Following the Civil War, most African Americans in the South became sharecroppers whose lives were essentially controlled by plantation owners.…
Cooper explains how, shortly after the outbreak of World War I and the reduction of European immigrants, a new job market opened in the North for black farmworkers. He discusses the effect the Great Migration between 1915 and 1930 had on the United States. For grades 5-8A collection of diary excerpts from five Jewish teenagers--David Rubinowicz, Yitzhak Rudashevski, Moshe Flinker, Eva Heyman, and Anne Frank--who lived…
in Nazi-occupied Lithuania, Hungary, Belgium, and Holland between 1940 and 1944. Boas, a Holocaust survivor, provides biographical information and compares individual experiences. For junior and senior high and older readersAstropolitics: How the competition in space will change our world (Politics of Place)
Par Tim Marshall. 2023
From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes a must-read book on…
today's space race—including the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth. Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn't science fiction—it's reality. Humans are venturing up and out, and we're taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It's no coincidence that Russia, China, and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics and the world order as we know it. In this gripping work, bestselling author Tim Marshall navigates the new geopolitical landscape to show how we got here and where we're heading. Extensively researched and drawing on the latest information from intelligence, government, and civilian institutions, this book provides a detailed, clear account of the new space race, the power rivalries, and how technology, economics, and war have a ripple effect on everyone across the globe. Written with all the insight and wit that have made Marshall one of the world's most popular and trusted writer on geopolitics, The Future of Geography is an essential read about global power, politics, and the future of humanityLa mort n'existe pas
Par Stéphane Allix. 2023
15 ans d'enquête sur l'après-vie pour gagner en sérénité face à la mort. Que se passe-t-il lorsque nous mourrons ?…
Que devient notre conscience ? Survit-elle à la mort cérébrale ? Ces questions vertigineuses se sont imposées à Stéphane Allix au moment du décès de son frère. Il a dès lors mobilisé toutes ses compétences et son instinct de journaliste pour tenter d'élucider le mystère de la conscience. Les recherches en médecine ou en neurosciences, ainsi que les innombrables phénomènes inexpliqués autour de la mort (expériences de mort imminente, perceptions extrasensorielles, etc.), suggèrent que notre conscience possède une dimension spirituelle. Est-ce ce que les mystiques appellent âme ? Pour percer le mystère, Stéphane décide de faire lui-même l'expérience de cette dimension à travers des voies alternatives, des pratiques spirituelles millénaires, comme le chamanisme. Grâce à cet implacable travail d'enquête scientifique, doublé d'une bouleversante exploration spirituelle, Stéphane Allix se forge une intime conviction. Le bilan d'un journaliste, mais aussi celui d'un homme, d'un père soucieux de transmettre à sa fille l'apaisement procuré par ce voyage aux frontières de la vieRoman warfare
Par Adrian Goldsworthy. 2023
From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a concise and comprehensive history of the fighting forces that created the Roman…
Empire Roman warfare was relentless in its pursuit of victory. A ruthless approach to combat played a major part in Rome's history, creating an empire that eventually included much of Europe, the Near East and North Africa. What distinguished the Roman army from its opponents was the uncompromising and total destruction of its enemies. Yet this ferocity was combined with a genius for absorbing conquered peoples, creating one of the most enduring empires ever known. In Roman Warfare , celebrated historian Adrian Goldsworthy traces the history of Roman warfare from 753 BC, the traditional date of the founding of Rome by Romulus, to the eventual decline and fall of Roman Empire and attempts to recover Rome and Italy from the "barbarians" in the sixth century AD. It is the indispensable history of the most professional fighting force in ancient history, an army that created an Empire and changed the worldMaterial world: The six raw materials that shape modern civilization
Par Ed Conway. 2023
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and…
greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award The fiber-optic cables that weave the World Wide Web, the copper veins of our electric grids, the silicon chips and lithium batteries that power our phones and cars: though it can feel like we now live in a weightless world of information—what Ed Conway calls "the ethereal world"—our twenty-first-century lives are still very much rooted in the material. In fact, we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. For every ton of fossil fuels, we extract six tons of other materials, from sand to stone to wood to metal. And in Material World, Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates. Material World is a celebration of the humans and the human networks, the miraculous processes and the little-known companies, that combine to turn raw materials into things of wonder. This is the story of human civilization from an entirely new perspective: the ground up