‘How We Use Coal’ will give you answers to these and many other questions: Why do we make soap from coal tar? What makes coal a useful fuel? Why don’t we use coal in car engines?
‘How We Use Rock’ will give you answers to these and many other questions: Where does rock come from? What part of rock is used in an electric clock? Why don’t we make fishing rods out of rock?
Soil is an important part of agriculture, but what other uses does it have for our world? Find out as you read about some of the applications soil is used for. Don't Use It" boxes, describe how the ma
"Colour makes our lives more interesting -- how dull it would be in a black-and-white world! It pleases us aesthetically, entertains us and is useful to us. This unique book aims to describe the scien
"Colour makes our lives more interesting -- how dull it would be in a black-and-white world! It pleases us aesthetically, entertains us and is useful to us. This unique book aims to describe the scien
Describes the ways in which human beings use plants for medicine and health, discussing herbal remedies, antiseptics, disinfectants, soap and shampoo, toothpaste, and painkillers.
Human beings first appeared on Earth around 35,000 years ago. Like all other animals, early humans could only survive if they found food to eat. At first, people hunted wild animals and gathered wild
“Deborah Stone’s mind-altering insight is that the numbers we use to capture the human experience are themselves a form of creative story-telling. They shouldn’t end the conversation, but spark a deep
Children are aware that they should not waste water -- "turn off the tap when you brush your teeth", "take a quick shower". But do they understand why? And that they could do more? In Enough Water
Children are aware that they should not waste water -- "turn off the tap when you brush your teeth", "take a quick shower". But do they understand why? And that they could do more? In Enough Water
An important and transformative guide that addresses the protective, yet dysfunctional dynamic where couples avoid genuine connection with an unsatisfying pattern of false intimacy. Drawing on their e
We use oil every day - whether on the bus to school or writing with a pen. But where does it come from? What impact is our use of it having on the environment? What will happen when we run out complet
The two volumes of Philosophical Essays bring together the most important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. Scott Soames has selected thirty-one essays spanning n
Words and Minds takes a lively and accessible look at how we use language to combine our mental resources and get things done. Examining everyday language and drawing on a wide range of research, but
Few things are as essential to our lives-and as apparently unfathomable-as our memories. As Jane Austen's heroine Fanny Price remarks inMansfield Park, "if any one faculty of our nature may b
The greatest possible honor for an international lawyer is to be invited to deliver the Hague Academy General Course in International Law. Rosalyn Higgins was so honored and this volume is the revise
