Author : Jeannine Atkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1665902507
A biographical novel in verse about Lise Meitner, an Austrian Jew and physics professor in Nazi Germany who escaped to Sweden and whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission. Includes author's note and timeline.
Author : Henry Reed
Publisher : A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Consciousness
ISBN : 9780876043653
This book by an internationally known expert on consciousness, intuition, dreams, and psychic ability examines the Cayce readings' insights into human consciousness and outlines the enormous role it plays in our everyday lives. This is a wonderful guide to discovering the power in us all.
Author : Jeannine Atkins
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 28,7 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534460683
Learn about seven groundbreaking women in math and science in this gorgeously written biographical novel-in-verse, a companion to the “original and memorable” (Booklist, starred review) Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science. After a childhood spent looking up at the stars, Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and to earn a salary for scientific research. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing nurse whose work reformed hospitals and one of the founders of the field of medical statistics. The first female electrical engineer, Hertha Marks Ayrton registered twenty-six patents for her inventions. Marie Tharp helped create the first map of the entire ocean floor, which helped scientists understand our subaquatic world and suggested how the continents shifted. A mathematical prodigy, Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories and launch windows for many NASA projects including the Apollo 11 mission. Edna Lee Paisano, a citizen of the Nez Perce Nation, was the first Native American to work full time for the Census Bureau, overseeing a large increase in American Indian and Alaskan Native representation. And Vera Rubin studied more than two hundred galaxies and found the first strong evidence for dark matter. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates seven remarkable women who used math as their key to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovative work that changed the world.
Author : Jeannine Atkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 39,55 MB
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481465678
This “evocative and beautiful” (School Library Journal) novel “vividly imagines the lives of three girls” (Booklist, starred review) in three different time periods as they grow up to become groundbreaking scientists. Maria Merian was sure that caterpillars were not wicked things born from mud, as most people of her time believed. Through careful observation she discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented her findings in gorgeous paintings of the life cycles of insects. More than a century later, Mary Anning helped her father collect stone sea creatures from the cliffs in southwest England. To him they were merely a source of income, but to Mary they held a stronger fascination. Intrepid and patient, she eventually discovered fossils that would change people’s vision of the past. Across the ocean, Maria Mitchell helped her mapmaker father in the whaling village of Nantucket. At night they explored the starry sky through his telescope. Maria longed to discover a new comet—and after years of studying the night sky, she finally did. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates the joy of discovery and finding wonder in the world around us.
Author : Jacques De Langre
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 1993-08-01
Category : Iodized salt
ISBN : 9780916508425
"We never outgrow our craving - or our biological need - for salt." What compels us to consume the mineral treasure of the ocean? This book not only probes why sea salt relentlessly attracts us, it also shows us how this indispensable food, given half a chance, can maintain our mental & physical powers. From the very start, the author makes the pivotal distinction that separates true salt that supports our stamina & its modern debased, refined counterpart that endangers the human genus. Recent discoveries, confirmed by medical research & other biologists, point to the ravages caused by refining & the chemicals added to white table salt. Luckily, the book soon reveals sources of natural unrefined salts free of chemical additives. These exquisite & beneficial condiments make food more digestible, very definitely more tasty & even, in many cases, rebuild health. Natural salts are still harvested in a few secluded areas of the world, some under very modern purity standards. This ancient technology for harvesting true human quality salt is alive & well abroad. We still have untouched pristine coastlines. Doesn't it make sense to again produce our own? The right salt has always galvanized the spirit of men & women. "Salaries" maintained morale & courage in Caesar's Roman legions. At a time we seek the determination to regain our lead, this book shows the way.
Author : Karl Shuker
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Reveals the amazing truths about animals and their sensitivities, skills, and strengths, from the bat's ability to catch insect prey in complete darkness to animals that cure their own ailments by using herbs in their habitats.
Author : Stephen P. Means
Publisher : Wisdomgame.org
Page : pages
File Size : 12,57 MB
Release :
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
This is a fantastic adventure into the nature of your being. There are forces within you that cruse beneath the upper layer of your mind which can be utilized to bring you whatever you want. All you have to do is learn a few easy techniques—easy to do—and you’re on your way to money, fame, love, sex, popularity or whatever you desire. The truth is you are unlimited.
Author : Harry Lorayne
Publisher : Frederick Fell Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 1995-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780883910085
Memory improvement & thinking techniques.
Author : Ray Ison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1351026887
The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change. In the age of the Anthropocene, the need for new ways of thinking and acting has become urgent. But patterns of obstacles are apparent in any action, be they corporate interests, lobbyists, or outdated political and government systems. Ison and Straw show how and why failure in governance is at the heart of the collective incapacity to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergencies. They go beyond analysis of the problem and demonstrate how incorporating systems thinking into governance at every level would enable us to break free of historical shackles. They propose 26 principles for systemic governance. This book will be inspiring reading for students applying their systemic methods, specialists in change management or public administration, activists for ‘whole system change’ and decision makers wanting to effect challenging transformations. It is for anyone with the ambition to create a sustainable and fair world.
Author : Bradd Shore
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262546582
An illuminating overview of the development, benefits, and importance of ritual in everyday life, written by a leading cognitive anthropologist. The Hidden Powers of Ritual is an engaging introduction to ritual studies that presents ritual as an evolved form of human behavior of almost unimaginable significance to our species. Every day across the globe, people gather to share meals, brew caffeinated beverages, or honor their ancestors. In this book, Bradd Shore, a respected anthropologist, reaches beyond familiar “big-R” rituals to present life’s humbler, overshadowed moments, exploring everything from the Balinese pelebon to baseball to family Zoom sessions in the age of Covid to the sobering reenactment rituals surrounding the Moore’s Ford lynchings. In each ritual, Shore shows how our capacity to ritualize behavior is a remarkable part of the human story. Encompassing both the commonly unlabeled “interaction rituals” studied by sociologists and the symbolically elaborated sacred rituals of religious studies, Shore organizes his conception around detailed case studies drawn from international research and personal experience, weaving scholarship with a memoir of a life encompassed by ritual. A probing exploration that matches breadth with accessibility, The Hidden Powers of Ritual is a provocative contribution to ritual theory that will appeal to a wide range of readers curious about why these unique repetitive acts matter in our lives.
