Henry Carter Hull

Everyone's favorite first-grade shark expert is back! With more than 3 million copies sold, it's clear that kids are ready for Freddy!Now that Freddy's in first grade he needs a real science experiment for the school fair. But Freddy isn't a science whiz like his best friend, Robbie. When he finally comes up with a plan -- growing mold -- his mom accidentally throws it away! Can he recreate it in time? Or will the fair be a total flop? ...

Title: Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 717, September 22, 1877 Author: Various Editor: William Chambers Robert Chambers

Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) - one of the early masters of fantasy and science fiction, friend of and collaborator with H.P. Lovecraft - produced hundreds of novels, short stories, and poems throughout his long and distinguished career. From fantasy and horror in Weird Tales to action-adventure science fiction in Planet Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories to more "nuts and bolts" science fiction in Astounding Stories, and also work in the romance...

Alpine plants face a short growing season, freezing nights almost year-round, extraordinarily high light levels on cloudless days, fierce wind, and severe lack of moisture. Learn how the unique rosette and cushion morphologies allow alpine plants to thrive in this environment - as well as provide a sheltered place for other plants to germinate - and how heliotropism aids in pollination.

Robert Moore Williams (1907-1977) was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. He wrote not only under his own name, but as John S. Browning, H. H. Hermon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name shared with other writers). Rereading his work in preparation for assembling this volume, we were impressed by how well much of his fiction holds up today. His writing style is smooth and crisp, and he avoids scientific lectures, preferring...

Venture beyond Earth to the realm of the planets. Interplanetary trajectories require exquisite timing so that the target planet is in exactly the right spot when the spacecraft arrives, often by a Hohmann transfer ellipse. Consider two fuel-saving approaches to these marathon journeys - gravity assists and ion propulsion.

Dive into the ethical questions of "designer babies," genetic manipulation, and human evolution at the heart of the movie Gattaca, a film which NASA once considered one of the most plausible sci-fi films ever made. Then, turn your attention to a similar issue as you explore the philosophical and scientific ins and outs of cloning, via the Canadian TV show Orphan Black.

An advanced alien race is considering our sun as a reference point on their star route, but must first determine if there are any intelligent life-forms in its solar system, since altering the sun would be fatal for all the system's life. The aliens seek to contact the most highly-regarded being on planet Earth, coming up with Dusty Britton of the Space Patrol. What they DON'T realize is that he's an actor, star of a hit sci-fi TV show! Egotistical...

John Rayburn thought all of his problems were the mundane ones of an Ohio farm boy in his last year in high school. Then his doppelgänger appeared, tempted him with a device that let him travel across worlds, and stole his life from him. John soon finds himself caroming through universes, unable to return home-the device is broken. John settles in a new universe to unravel its secrets and fix it. Meanwhile, his doppelgänger tries to exploit the...