Author : Logan Weinman
Publisher : Science Adventures with Max th
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,7 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780972181921
The story of how Max the dog and his friend Tori time traveled to the Ice Age and learned important lessons for our own time.
Author : Jeffrey Bennett
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1400838487
The quest for extraterrestrial life doesn't happen only in science fiction. This book describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, an intriguing new field that blends astronomy, biology, and geology to explore the possibility of life on other planets. Jeffrey Bennett takes readers beyond UFOs to discuss some of the tantalizing questions astrobiologists grapple with every day: What is life and how does it begin? What makes a planet or moon habitable? Is there life on Mars or elsewhere in the solar system? How can life be recognized on distant worlds? Is it likely to be microbial, more biologically complex--or even intelligent? What would such a discovery mean for life here on Earth? Come along on this scientific adventure and learn the astonishing implications of discoveries made in this field for the future of the human race. Bennett, who believes that "science is a way of helping people come to agreement," explains how the search for extraterrestrial life can help bridge the divide that sometimes exists between science and religion, defuse public rancor over the teaching of evolution, and quiet the debate over global warming. He likens humanity today to a troubled adolescent teetering on the edge between self-destruction and a future of virtually limitless possibilities. Beyond UFOs shows why the very quest to find alien life can help us to grow up as a species and chart a course for the stars. In a new afterword, Bennett shares the most recent developments in extrasolar research, and discusses how they might further our quest to find alien life.
Author : Roger L. Geiger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000677575
Ideas for the Ice Age is a companion volume to Max Lerner's classic work Ideas Are Weapons. Both were written mostly in the 1930s, as products of a period when the democratic idea was under heavy siege from totalitarian ideologies of the right and left., In its focus, Ideas for the Ice Age is a study of the task of democracy in a revolutionary era, an enterprise that has taken on new urgency in the post-Communist world. For Lerner this task comprises four aspects around which the book is organized: the task of winning the future for American democracy, and planning its organization; the problem of selecting out those elements of a usable past which, when strengthened and extended, can assure a livable future; the problem of acting decisively in moments of international crisis; and the problem of strengthening democracy at home and completing its unfinished business., Within this framework, Lerner selects ideas and personalities that have decisively shaped the modern mind. The selections have lost none of their original timeliness. Among the wide range of figures considered here are Machiavelli, Franz Kafka, Randolph Bourne, Harold Laski, John Strachey. and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Lerner reflects as well on the offices, institutions, and constitutional questions of American democracy in moments of historical crisis. For a new generation of readers, this gallery of thinkers will be essential reading, a must for students of American studies, the history of ideas, and political theory.
Author : Robin Wickens
Publisher : Rob's Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
The Adventures of Max the Hedgehog follows the curious and spirited hedgehog named Max as he ventures beyond the boundaries of his home in the tranquil Hedgegrove Forest. With a heart full of courage and a quill for every situation, Max embarks on a series of enchanting and sometimes perilous journeys that introduce him to a diverse cast of characters from all walks of the animal kingdom. Max encounters new challenges that test his bravery, intelligence, and compassion. Whether it's navigating the bustling streets of Humanville, solving the mysterious disappearance of the Great Owl's feathers, or thwarting the dastardly plans of the weasel warlord, Max proves time and again that size does not define heroism.
Author : Ice Age Trail Alliance
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,58 MB
Release : 2020-02
Category :
ISBN : 9780578581118
Author : Jeffrey Bennett
Publisher : Science Adventures with Max th
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 2018-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781937548827
Scientifically-accurate illustrations and information-packed sidebars enrich this second edition picture book. Set in the future, Max the dog and his friend, Tori, are on the Jupiter Mission. The first editon of Max Goes to Jupiter was selected for NASA's Story Time From Space Program and ILA Children's Choices List.
Author : Irma van der Ploeg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317630076
This book explores contemporary transformations of identities in a digitizing society across a range of domains of modern life. As digital technology and ICTs have come to pervade virtually all aspects of modern societies, the routine registration of personal data has increased exponentially, thus allowing a proliferation of new ways of establishing who we are. Rather than representing straightforward progress, however, these new practices generate important moral and socio-political concerns. While access to and control over personal data is at the heart of many contemporary strategic innovations domains as diverse as migration management, law enforcement, crime and health prevention, "e-governance," internal and external security, to new business models and marketing tools, we also see new forms of exclusion, exploitation, and disadvantage emerging.
Author : David Gilman
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 2008-09-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0375891331
WHEN AN ASSASSIN bursts from the shadows to try to kill him on the dark, windswept grounds of his boarding school in England, Max Gordon realizes his life is about to change forever. After learning that his explorer father is missing, Max is determined to find him, no matter what dangers may lay in his path. A secret clue his father left behind leads Max to the inhospitable wilderness of Namibia, where he soon discovers a potentially massive ecological disaster masterminded by Shaka Chang, a very powerful and completely ruthless man—a man Max fears may have put his father in mortal danger. Max needs all the help he can get. Because whoever is behind his father’s disappearance is determined to get rid of Max, too. For good.
Author : Rodman Philbrick
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1409591050
Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.
Author : Ice Age Trail Alliance
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,18 MB
Release : 2020-02
Category :
ISBN : 9780578581125
