Today science literacy - knowing how the world works, from the microscopic level to the farthest reaches of space - is more important than ever, but finding all the essential information in one place
Except for minor modifications, this monograph represents the lecture notes of a course I gave at UCLA during the winter and spring quarters of 1991. My purpose in the course was to present the necess
It’s spring break and the only assignment Wally Hatford and Caroline Malloy have is to do something that they have never done before. Wally’s sure that will be a cinch once he hears the great news abo
It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the blooming garden of his new vicarage, glad that the squabbles with his parishoners in Affairs at Thrush
An exhaustive reference for mental and behavioral health The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science provides psychologists, researchers, teachers, and students with a complete refer
A complete reference to the fields of psychology and behavioral science Volume 4 is the final volume in The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science series. Providing psychologists, t
A new Clifford phonics program! Six boxed sets (2 tk in Spring 2003, 2 tk in Fall 2003) of 12 books each will guide young readers through a carefully selected progression of letters and sounds.CLIFFOR
A medley of spring mushrooms roasted with garlic and pine nuts. Grilled summer corn on the cob with chile-lime butter. Sauteed shallots in a velvety red wine sauce. What compares to the flavor of seas
Miss Read's delightful chronicles of life in Thrush Green continue with RETURN TO THRUSH GREEN. It's spring again in the village, and with the change of the seasons comes change in the lives of many v
Something weird is happening at the science fair! Our friend Jessie's project -- a really cool robot -- is missing! Ashley and I think someone took the robot to keep Jessie from winning first place. N
Six Seussian pop-ups spring into the air! With this little book,show Dad that you care!Text and art from several classic Dr. Seuss books have been carefully pulled together into one fun little book wi
A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, and future of the chairman of the most admired company in the worldJack Welch, chairman of General Electric, is due to retire this spring
The intent of this volume is to provide an enticing review, for a general audience, of the very broad topic of connections between art and science; and the writing is deliberately casual and narrative
Bouvier Manor nestles near a spring whose water is reputed to have aphrodisiac qualities. Dani, the hotel's feisty receptionist, finds concentrating on work rather tricky. In fact, even as a consorti
Spring is here, and the Flower Princesses are having a party. But where is Princess Buttercup? She is in the woods and she is lost! Will Princess Buttercup ever find her way back to the magic garden?
Bobby Solofsky fooled Sally-Ann with a phony magic trick. It was a rotten trick. But that's not all that stinks. Something smelly is spoiling science time in Ms. Gleason's class. Could Bobby be the cu
Join Steve and Blue when they take Periwinkle, the big city kitten, to the country festival to show him what's so great about spring. You can help Blue and Periwinkle hunt for eggs, make leaf prints,
This book is the first collection of tutorials on nonlinear dynamics of lasers. The International Spring School on Fundamental Issues of Nonlinear Laser Dynamics was aimed at young researchers who are
Scientists and those who examine science and scientists from within that cultural studies sub-field known as "science studies," address changes in perception of primates and humans since primatology m
From the woman who brought us Scruples, Dazzle, and Spring Collection comes a provocative new novel, a deeply moving mother-daughter tale set amid the elegance of a famed New York auction house and th
In the spring of 1972, Joyce Maynard, a freshman at Yale, published a cover story in The New York Times Magazine about life in the sixties. Among the many letters of praise, offers for writing assig
"This book contains fifteen chapters written by world leaders in various research areas in radio science. Each chapter describes the most exciting and important scientific developments that have taken
Lust, deceit, and murder bloom in old New England....Spring, 1764. While the specter of smallpox stalks colonial Boston, much of the city seeks refuge in the burgeoning countryside. Restful, bucolic B
In the tradition of other groundbreaking Norton Collections, Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Attebery's Norton Book of Science Fiction provides the first truly comprehensive and coherent look at the best
In a new addition to a nature series which features interesting facts hidden under flaps, Jenny watches a pond through spring and summer and witnesses six stages in the life cycle of a Leopard Frog.
This resource is one of three grade-level volumes in the Science Curriculum Activities Library, a unique instructional series for K-6 teachers that provides nearly 500 exciting hands-on investigations
The U.S. Army's goal: wipe out the remnant of scattered, starving people on the frontier's Northern Plain. But before Colonel Nelson A. Miles, the Bear Coat, launched his Spring campaign into the hear
This volume of the Handbook introduces the basic science of child and adolescent psychiatry and presents a myriad of treatment options available to psychiatrists. These include clinical treatments, su
Janice VanCleave is America's favorite science teacher. Children love her wacky experiments that are fun and educational at the same time. Now any teacher can help students experience the VanCleave ma
The first novel by the acclaimed author of The Ice Storm and Purple America traces a group of friends in Haledon, New Jersey, through one spring in their rocky passage toward adulthood. They are out
In Great Ideas in Computer Science: A Gentle Introduction, Alan Biermann presents the "great ideas" of computer science that together comprise the heart of the field. He condenses a great d
Illustrated by Frances Zweifel. The fundamentals of science are brought to life in a year's worth of fun and educational hands-on experiments that can be performed easily and inexpensively at home.
Explore the fundamental forces of nature in this lively, engrossing panorama of earth and planetary science. Professor John S. Dickey takes you on a tour that begins with the stardust that formed the
An Invitation to Cognitive Science provides a point of entry into the vast realm of cognitive science, offering selected examples of issues and theories from many of its subfields. All of the volumes
Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind is a groundbreaking study of language's origins as an evolutionary adaptation. How do we 'know' how to speak? In
What melts in your mouth and not in your hands, plumps when you cook it, and comes in more than forty-eight scrumptious flavors? Give up? The correct answer is: Science! With The Science Chef you'
This is the story of how one company created and codified a new science "on the run,"away from the confines of the laboratory. By construing its service as scientific, Schlumberger wasable to get the
By applying research in artificial intelligence to problems in the philosophy of science, Paul Thagard develops an exciting new approach to the study of scientific reasoning. This approach uses comput
In the spring of 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and launch station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) to rescuer their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of Sou
