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Author
Publisher
ECCO
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Jonathan Weiner explores scientific theories on the potential for human immortality, examining the ideas of scientists and thinkers who believe that aging is a curable disease such as Aubrey de Grey, and discussing the history of the search for human longevity with examples from art, science, and literature.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Presents short essays on 101 unanswered questions of science, identifying the top ten issues, and investigating the areas of astronomy and cosmology, Earth and planetary sciences, biology, medicine, evolution, and technology.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world. Some see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and mysterious force; Dust, we discover, built the planet we walk upon. And it tinkers with the weather and spices the air we breathe. Billions of tons of it rise annually into the air, the dust of deserts and forgotten kings mixing with volcanic ash, sea salt, leaf fragments, scales...
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Series
Publisher
NBM Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Explaining different scientific disciplines in clear, colorful chapters, this illustrated primer is a great way to introduce young readers to a complex topic. In her easily accessible style, Margreet de Heer visualizes science and makes it approachable for those with little knowledge of the subject. Touching a number of topics in various scientific disciplines-including math, chemistry, physics, biology, geology, and quantum theory-this work ponders...
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Early science fiction imagined a world with space travel, video calls, and worldwide access to information, things we now know as NASA's human spaceflight program, Skype, and the Internet. What next? Could we really bring back the dinosaurs, travel to a distant star, or live on Mars? In The Science of Science Fiction , readers ages 12 to 15 explore the science behind classic and modern science fiction stories, including artificial intelligence, androids,...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This fair and witty appraisal examines some of the crazes and quackeries that have masqueraded as science. Discussions include hollow earth theories; Charles Fort and the Fortean Society; Wilhelm Reich and orgone sex energy; dianetics; flying saucers; food and medical fads; much more. "A very able and even-tempered presentation." - The New Yorker.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"In this New York Times bestseller, "you'll see star births described in pen and ink, antimatter realized in collage, and a hand-painted black hole" ( Discover Magazine ). A science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose seventy-five of today's hottest artists onto life's vast questions, from how we got here to where we are going. Inside these pages some of the biggest (and smallest) mysteries of the natural world are explained...
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Answers on subjects from dark matter to disappearing bees, from the magazine that's been enlightening and entertaining Americans for nearly 150 years. What happened to the Neanderthals? When is the next Ice Age due? Why do we hiccup? From end-of-the-world scenarios to what goes on within our own brains and bodies, the experts at Popular Science magazine uncover the secrets of the universe and answer 100 of science's most mysterious questions. With...
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Even experts get duped from time to time! The stories behind scientific fakes and mistakes, from crop circles to miracle cures and beyond. Science is an ongoing quest for knowledge filled with discoveries and experiments, trial and error. And occasionally, the errors can be whoppers -- especially when hoaxers are involved. Some hoaxes are intended merely as well-intended humorous tricks, while others are serious frauds devised for personal gain of...
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