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Author : Andrew Joyner
Publisher : Picture Puffin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 28,38 MB
Release : 2016-11-16
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ISBN : 9780143784449
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Author : Ben Hillman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 31,61 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Size judgment
ISBN : 0439918081
Interesting facts about some of the world's biggest things.
Author : Victoria Parker
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : Plant size
ISBN : 1432939599
This book uses plants to take readers on a fascinating journey of size comparison, using familiar plants as units of measurement for comparison.
Author : Matt Jankowski
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 15,44 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1538219484
Questions about the universe are as popular as they are daunting to answer. Let this book help satiate young readers curiosity about outer space and the universe by answering this important question. Each page is written with accessible, age-appropriate language and paired with visual aids, including tons of photography from NASA. Fact boxes with "Out of this World!" tidbits add interest throughout the work, while graphic organizers enhance engagement and comprehension. This book will be right at home in any library or classroom.
Author : Robert Gardner
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766066207
What is the volume of your bedroom? How much space does a ball of clay take up? Does water take up more space when it freezes? Everything around you has volume, or takes up space. The ideas in this book will help you learn what volume is and how it can be measured. Using simple materials, you can do everything a scientist does: conduct experiments, keep records, and draw conclusions from what you have learned. Many chapters also include follow-up questions and ideas that are very useful if you are interested in entering a science fair. Lots of colorful drawings make the written instructions easy-to-follow.
Author : Duane S. Harlow
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 14,45 MB
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1639036997
In this book, Pastor Duane Harlow wants you to know the vastness, the awesomeness of the God we serve. He speaks of the goodness and grace of God and shows you that this was His plan from the very beginning for our lives. The new covenant is the gospel of grace! Grace and truth are found in the person of Jesus. Righteousness and justification are the result.
Author : Timothy Paul Smith
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191503193
This book is about how big is the universe and how small are quarks, and what are the sizes of dozens of things between these two extremes. It describes the sizes of atoms and planets, quarks and galaxies, cells and sequoias. It is a romp through forty-five orders of magnitude from the smallest sub-nuclear particles we have measured, to the edge of the observed universe. It also looks at time, from the epic age of the cosmos to the fleeting lifetimes of ethereal particles. It is a narrative that trips its way from stellar magnitudes to the clocks on GPS satellites, from the nearly logarithmic scales of a piano keyboard through a system of numbers invented by Archimedes and on to the measurement of the size of an atom. Why do some things happen at certain scales? Why are cells a hundred thousandths of a meter across? Why are stars never smaller than about 100 million meters in diameter? Why are trees limited to about 120 meters in height? Why are planets spherical, but asteroids not? Often the size of an object is determined by something simple but quite unexpected. The size of a cell and a star depend in part on the ratio of surface area to volume. The divide between the size of a spherical planet and an irregular asteroid is the balance point between the gravitational forces and the chemical forces in nature. Most importantly, with a very few basic principles, it all makes sense. The world really is a most reasonable place.
Author : Rolf Myller
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,30 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0307567710
The perfect book to understand standing six feet apart! Follow the story about the King who wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away. How can they figure out what size the bed should be? How can the people figure out how to measure? Readers will learn it's not that difficult and that everyone can learn to do it.
Author : Bent Flyvbjerg
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,87 MB
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0593239520
“Why do big projects go wrong so often, and are there any lessons you can use when renovating your kitchen? Bent Flyvbjerg is the ‘megaproject’ expert and Dan Gardner brings the storytelling skills to How Big Things Get Done, with examples ranging from a Jimi Hendrix studio to the Sydney Opera House.”—Financial Times “Entertaining . . . There are lessons here for managers of all stripes.”—The Economist A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, CEO Magazine, Morningstar Finalist for the Porchlight Business Book Award, the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, and the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months. These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Boston’s “Big Dig”? Almost every sizeable city in the world has such a fiasco in its backyard. In fact, no less than 92% of megaprojects come in over budget or over schedule, or both. The cost of California’s high-speed rail project soared from $33 billion to $100 billon—and won’t even go where promised. More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Why? Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life’s work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed “the world’s leading megaproject expert.” In How Big Things Get Done, he identifies the errors in judgment and decision-making that lead projects, both big and small, to fail, and the research-based principles that will make you succeed with yours. For example: • Understand your odds. If you don’t know them, you won’t win. • Plan slow, act fast. Getting to the action quick feels right. But it’s wrong. • Think right to left. Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there. • Find your Lego. Big is best built from small. • Be a team maker. You won’t succeed without an “us.” • Master the unknown unknowns. Most think they can’t, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can. • Know that your biggest risk is you. Full of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of the latest Pixar blockbusters, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry, How Big Things Get Done reveals how to get any ambitious project done—on time and on budget.
Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2010-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761444176
What sort of footprint are you leaving on the environment? Do you have a heavy footprint or a light footprint? Everything we do and everything we use has an impact on the environment. Heavy footprints harm the environment and use lots of natural resources. Light footprints harm the environment as little as possible and use fewer natural resources. Read the Environmental Footprints series to decide what type of footsteps you want to take in the future! In How Big Is Your Water Footprint? read about what makes up a travel footprint and the effect this has on the environment. Discover ways to reduce your travel footprint and live sustainably. Special Features Rethink! feature offer ways to lighten your footprints Case studies give real-life examples of heavy-footprint and light-footprint actions. Book jacket.