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Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Bots and Bods is an illustrated guide for kids looking to explore anatomy and technology and how they're related. How do we both move or sense the world? How does robot intelligence compare to our own? Middle-grade readers will find these answers and more among the four sections:
• Body structures
• Muscle and movement
• Senses and sensors
• Thinking and feelingAn accessible guide with exciting illustrations, fun facts, and special feature...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They used their knowledge to change the world, and their stories are fascinating. This book offers a concise introduction of the lives of 46 women, taking you into the cultural and social context...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Nazi UFOs tells the strange tale of how, following the first alleged flying saucer sightings made in the USA in 1947, a series of fantasists and neo-fascists came forward to create a media myth that the Nazis may have invented these incredible craft as a means for winning the Second World War, a plan which was tantalisingly close to completion before the Allies conquered Berlin in 1945. Today, the fantasy of Nazi UFOs has grown into an entire mythology...
4) Data-ism: the revolution transforming decision making, consumer behavior, and almost everything else
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
By one estimate, 90 percent of all of the data in history was created in the last two years. In 2014, International Data Corporation calculated the data universe at 4.4 zettabytes, or 4.4 trillion gigabytes. That much information, in volume, could fill enough slender iPad Air tablets to create a stack two-thirds of the way to the moon. Now, that's Big Data. Coal, iron ore, and oil were the key productive assets that fueled the Industrial Revolution....
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Explore deep space and beyond
Get ready to take a thrilling journey to the farthest reaches of the universe. Space Exploration for Kids is loaded with out-of-this-world facts and eye-popping photographs that give you an inside look into the daily lives of astronauts. From learning the history of space exploration and rockets to what life is like up there, this top choice among space books for kids 6-9 will inspire you to reach for the stars.
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