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Broadsides from the other orders: a book of bugs
Par Sue Hubbell. 1993
A chatty introduction to the amazing world of bugs. As a beekeeping journalist, Hubbell was often asked to explain bug…
behavior; the result is these thirteen entomological profiles. For example, bravo bees are also known incorrectly as killer bees, their honey is on most store shelves, and a Bee Regulated Zone was established in Mexico to stop them from entering the United StatesMeasure for measure: a musical history of science
Par Thomas Levenson. 1994
Account of how scientific thinking has been closely connected to music since the time of the ancient Greek Pythagoras, who…
discovered a relationship between mathematics, numbers, and sound. Levenson explores the parallel development of certain scientific and musical instrumentsHow come?
Par Kathy Wollard. 1993
Based on a weekly newspaper science column in which the author responds to questions submitted by children. Now reorganized by…
general topics, such as the weather, the solar system, space, and the planets, the answers sometimes deal with facts or sometimes prove that many things in life remain a mystery. For grades 5-8 and older readersIt happened in America: true stories from the fifty states
Par Lila Perl. 1992
Beginning with the Alabama bus boycott sparked by Rosa Parks and continuing state-by-state in alphabetical order, the author presents a…
selection of fifty true accounts from American history. A history that she describes as "crammed with tales of quiet courage and dashing bravado, feats of accomplishment, and magnificent failures." For grades 5-8 and older readersSolve your child's math problems: quick and easy lessons for parents
Par Patricia Nordstrom. 1994
Math homework manual for parents of children in grades five through eight. Nordstrom introduces the skills emphasized in the 1990s,…
refreshes parents' memories by making connections with the math they learned, and teaches skills that may have been forgotten. Each chapter includes sample problems and how-to guides. Also includes a glossary and a collection of charts, tables, and shortcut strategiesThe World in 1492
Par Jean Fritz. 1992
An introduction to the history, accomplishments, customs, and beliefs of people living in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Oceania, and the…
Americas at the time Columbus discovered the new world. Includes accounts of African doctors who routinely removed cataracts from the human eye and of an Italian artist and inventor who sketched his idea for a flying machine. For grades 5-8 and older readersTurn of the century: our nation one hundred years ago
Par Nancy Levinson. 1994
On New Year's Eve 1899, America celebrated not only a new year, but a new century. Levinson looks at the…
country as it was in 1900 and then shows ways in which people's lives began to change. Topics include the growth in the use of the railroad, automobile, and telephone and the evolution of large cities as America turned from an agricultural country into an urban one. For grades 4-7 and older readersA pioneer sampler: the daily life of a pioneer family in 1840
Par Barbara Greenwood. 1994
A year in the life of a fictional family, the Robertsons, shows how pioneers spent their days in the 1840s.…
Explains how to make maple sugar, what school was like, how the land was cleared and farmed, and much more. Provides projects to give modern-day children a chance to do things the way their ancestors did. For grades 3-6A physicist takes a light-hearted, yet grim, look at doomsday. As Davies speculates about the ultimate destiny of the universe,…
he conjures up various scenarios concerning nuclear consumption, the big-bang theory, cosmic catastrophe, and, of course, the fate of human beingsBreaking the sound barrier
Par Nathan Aaseng. 1991
A history of aviation showing how one test pilot after another gradually increased the speed of aircraft until on October…
14, 1947, Chuck Yeager finally broke the sound barrier. Included in this account is information on other pilots such as Frank Whittle, Robert Goddard, Ezra Kotcher, and Lawrence Bell. For grades 6-9Building basic skills in science (Building basic skills)
Par Inc Books. 1988
QE2
Par Ronald Warwick. 1985
The author, himself a captain, tells the story of the last of the ocean liners. Warwick begins with maritime history…
of the Cunard line, tracing its growth from a fleet of steamships carrying mail across the Atlantic to passenger ships, troopships, and now cruise ships. Based on the success of the original Queen Elizabeth, a decision was made in 1959 to build the faster QE2, which was finally launched in 1969The origin of humankind (Science masters series)
Par Richard Leakey. 1994
The author traces the history of evolution theories and draws on his scientific analysis of human fossils to explain human…
origins. Leakey's position is that in spite of what certain evolutionary events suggest, it is social behavior, not mechanical devices like tools, that drives the evolutionary forceThe creative loop: how the brain makes a mind
Par Erich Harth. 1993
In an attempt to explain brain functions using understandable mechanistic principles, physics professor Harth focuses on "a peculiar feature of…
brain structure that all too often is overlooked: the existence, the ubiquity, of feedback loops." He describes how these self-referent loops work and how they contribute to qualities such as creativityGalileo is presented during what was to become the most controversial period of his life, between 1610 and 1633, when…
he served as a scientist under the patronage of the Medicis. He enjoyed considerable freedom of thought at first, but his credibility was ultimately challenged by Vatican authoritiese: the story of a number
Par Eli Maor. 1994
The author traces the development of mathematics from the seventeenth century in language accessible to readers with some understanding of…
the subject. The story begins with John Napier, a Scotsman with many interests, including religion and abstract ideas, that led him to logarithms. Maor then introduces the ideas of calculus based on the number e, digressing to add descriptions of the quirks and quarrels of the pioneers in the fieldThe ghost of the executed engineer: technology and the fall of the Soviet Union
Par Loren Graham. 1993
American professor of the history of science chronicles the life of civil engineer Peter Palchinsky, who challenged the former Soviet…
Union's emphasis on technology without regard for economic and human costs. For this the eminent, outspoken Russian was executed, but the corrupt policies he criticized failed as he had predictedA scientist in the city
Par James Trefil. 1994
Physics professor and National Public Radio commentator describes modern cities as "products of a series of discoveries about the physical…
universe." Here he discusses three of those discoveries: the ability to manipulate atoms, to unlock stored energy, and to store and transmit information electrically. Trefil asserts that understanding the technological history of cities is a big step towards predicting what future cities will be likeGuglielmo Marconi
Par Nina Morgan. 1991
Guglielmo Marconi as a child admired Benjamin Franklin and Michael Faraday, scientists who made discoveries about electricity and magnetism. Marconi…
later grew up to become the inventor of wireless telegraphy, radio, and radar. The author traces the life of Marconi from his birth in Italy in 1874 through his work with electromagnetic waves and his development of wireless communication. For grades 4-7 and older readersAlexander Graham Bell
Par Andrew Dunn. 1991
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone. Bell, whose speech-scientist father produced an alphabet he…
called "visible speech," taught deaf children to talk using his father's system. The author traces Bell's life from his birth in Scotland in 1847 through his work with sound and the human voice that led to his development of the telephone. For grades 4-7 and older readers