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12761) Zoom in on rail networks
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Through simple text and informative photos, readers will delve into one of the most important, ubiquitous, and ever-changing technologies of the past two centuries: the train. Students will explore fundamental engineering principles through a look at unique rail networks from all over the world and will place that information in context as they learn about the important connection between technology and society. Follow-up activities will challenge...
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Increasingly, identity theft is a fact of life. We might once have hoped to protect ourselves from hackers with airtight passwords and aggressive spam folders, and those are good ideas as far as they go. But the truth is, there are people out there -- a lot of them -- who treat stealing your identity as a full-time job. One such company is a nameless firm located in Russia, which has a trove of over a billion internet passwords. Another set up a website...
12764) AC-130H/U gunships
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"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about AC-130H/U Gunships. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
12765) Planting seeds
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"Simple nonfiction text and full-color photographs present planting seeds in spring"--
12766) Monster trucks
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"Developed by literacy experts in partnership with educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to monster trucks through simple, predictable text and related photos"--
12767) How batteries work
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"What is a battery and how does it power your flashlight or tablet? Explore the exciting world of batteries, including battery parts, energy flow through a circuit, and how engineers discovered ways to store electricity"--
12768) Purpose & desire: what makes something "alive" and why modern Darwinism has failed to explain it
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"SUNY professor, biologist, and physiologist J. Scott Turner argues that modern Darwinism's materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is--and only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire" will move the field forward. Turner surveys the history of evolutionary thought, identifying "purpose and desire" as the keys to a coherent science of life and its evolution. In Purpose and Desire,...
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"Once upon a time there lived a girl who swept floors and washed dishes, and was little more than a servant to her family. Until, one day, an invitation arrived. It was an invitation to a new country and a new beginning--a place where Caroline's dreams, her fascination with the night sky, and her extraordinary talent would open up a world of beauty and renown, and make her the belle of the scientific ball. From humble beginnings and in spite of many...
12770) The sun
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"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about the sun. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
12771) Mars: a first look
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"Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Easy-to-read text and fascinating photos give readers a first look at the Red Planet"--
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"Paleontology meets pop culture in a talented young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs haunt museum halls, stomp across movie screens, and adorn just about any product you can name. Despite groundbreaking discoveries, the dinosaurs of our childhood are entrenched in our minds, and new science struggles to overcome the inaccurate monsters of Jurassic Park. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the brilliant dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek...
12773) The boy who invented the Popsicle: the cool science behind Frank Epperson's famous frozen treat
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"A curious child who always knew he wanted to be an inventor when he grew up, Frank spent much of his youth experimenting in his basement laboratory -- mixing and measuring, testing and inspecting, studying and scrutinizing. One of his favorite things to experiment with was soda water, and one day after discovering the perfect flavoring for his most recent invention, he left it outside on his back porch with a spoon in it. The next morning, the drink...
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"Make healthier life choices to heal yourself and the environment through self-sufficiency. Holistic Homesteading by Roxanne Ahern provides the tools for living slowly, intentionally, and better through permaculture, edible gardening, and organic farming"--Amazon.com.
12775) A better backpack
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"How could a smarter backpack make life easier for the kids in your school? Great inventors use a process called design thinking to help them identify problems, big and small, and create solutions for them. This book introduces readers to design thinking and asks them to look at their backpack (the pros and cons of it) in a specific way to figure out how to improve it. Design thinking fosters innovation, creativity, and even empathy--essential learning...
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David P. Billington (1927–2018) was the Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Princeton University. His many books include Robert Maillart's Bridges and Power, Speed, and Form (both Princeton).
An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings
What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have...
12777) Construction manager
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Construction managers oversee the building of houses, shopping centers, and office buildings. They need to be able to manage many tasks at once and deal daily with many different kinds of workers on construction jobsites. If this sounds like the career for you, this book lays out the skills you will need to learn to become a construction manager.
12778) Drills
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Drills are among the most commonly used tools in any handyman's or handywoman's arsenal. This book will help students develop word recognition and reading skills while discovering what these incredible tools can do and how they do it. They will also find out how different kinds of drills can be used to tackle specialized projects. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate important information...
12779) Great spaceship designs
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"Launching a spaceship, monitoring it in orbit, and bringing it back down to Earth-and doing it all while keeping the crew safe-is a huge undertaking. Engineers and physicists have to carefully design each component. For example, a space shuttle has a blunt nose because this helps keep the worst of the heat of atmospheric reentry away from the body of the shuttle. This volume examines the science behind the design choices of rockets, shuttles, space...
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Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these magnificent forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed longleaf restoration a major goal, but has it come too...
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