Author : Louis Haber
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780152085667
Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.
Author : Peter J. Morris
Publisher : Chemical Heritage Foundation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 2005-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780941901031
Accompanied by an introductory overview of the history of polymer science, this book contains biographical sketches of 12 pioneers, from Marcellin Berthollet and John Wesley Hyatt to Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta. It also includes time charts before each chapter that summarise significant events.
Author : Rachel Ignotofsky
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 14,91 MB
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0593377648
The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, comes to the youngest readers in board format! Highlighting notable women's contributions to STEM, this board book edition features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature illustrations reimagined for young readers to introduce the perfect role models to grow up with while inspiring a love of science. The collection includes diverse women across various scientific fields, time periods, and geographic locations. The perfect gift for every curious budding scientist!
Author : Walter Isaacson
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 33,69 MB
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1499471084
Even the youngest science enthusiasts know the name “Einstein.” To them, it represents intelligence and ingenuity. But they may not know much about Albert Einstein as a man and why his fame reached such great heights. In this comprehensive biography, which draws on new research and personal documents, accessible text tells the fascinating story of Einstein’s life, including his early years in Germany, his achievements that led to the Nobel Prize, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Plentiful photographs, explanatory diagrams, and illuminating sidebars add to the reader’s experience, helping to reveal the person and the genius behind the name.
Author : Paul A. Redhead
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 1997-05-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781563962486
Market: Researchers and technicians in vacuum science, and those interested in the field. This comprehensive overview of the groundbreaking work in vacuum science from 1910 to 1960 presents original biographies of the scientists and engineers at the vanguard of vacuum technology. It also features papers now regarded as milestones. Among these are Saul Dushman's "Theory and Use of the Molecular Gauge" (1915), Pieter Clausing's "The Flow of Highly Rarefied Gases through Tubes of Arbitrary Length" (1932), and L.D. Hall's "Electronic Ultra-High Vacuum Pump" (1932).
Author : Dr. Richard Gunderman
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1499471130
Marie Curie is the only woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in two fields—physics and chemistry. Her amazing story and groundbreaking work are the subjects of this essential volume, notable for incorporating personal documents, photographs, and other primary sources to support the details of Curie’s life. Readers will recognize the heroism of Curie in the face of great challenges. For example, women in Poland during Curie’s school years could not obtain a university degree—she had to travel to France to study. They will also appreciate how Curie’s work in X-ray technology was applied to medicine, saving the lives of millions.
Author : Susan E. Hamen
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781617148088
Examines the lives of Serget M. Brin and Lawrence E. Page and the company they founded, Google.
Author : Erica Duran
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 24,88 MB
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1319207197
Science and Technology explores questions around the central concepts of STEM fields: How do we interact with science and technology on a daily basis? Is technology surpassing biology? What are the ethics of science and technology? Does technology rule our economy? How is the internet changing society? Readings by biologists, climate scientists, journalists, ethicists, novelists, engineers, and others take up these questions and more. Questions and assignments for each selection provide a range of activities for students. The Bedford Spotlight Reader Series is an exciting line of single-theme readers, each reflecting Bedford’s trademark care and quality. An editorial board of a dozen compositionists at schools with courses focusing on specific themes assists in the development of the series. Each reader collects thoughtfully chosen selections sufficient for an entire writing course—about 35 pieces—to allow instructors to provide carefully developed, high-quality instruction at an affordable price. Bedford Spotlight Readers are designed to help students from all majors make sustained inquiries from multiple perspectives, opening up topics such as borders, food, gender, happiness, humor, language, monsters, music, subcultures, and sustainability, to critical analysis. The readers are flexibly arranged in thematic chapters, with each chapter focusing in depth on a different facet of the central topic. The instructor resource tab of each reader’s catalog page includes instructor support with sample syllabi and additional teaching resources.
Author : Andrew Maynard
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1633539067
“Deftly shows how a seemingly frivolous film genre can guide us in shaping tomorrow’s world.” —Seth Shostak, senior astronomer, SETI Institute Artificial intelligence, gene manipulation, cloning, and interplanetary travel are all ideas that seemed like fairy tales but a few years ago. And now their possibilities are very much here. But are we ready to handle these advances? This book, by a physicist and expert on responsible technology development, reveals how science fiction movies can help us think about and prepare for the social consequences of technologies we don’t yet have, but that are coming faster than we imagine. Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take us on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement, cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Readers will gain a broader understanding of the complex relationship between science and society. The movies mix old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative take on the power of emerging technologies, and the responsibilities they come with.
Author : King-thom Chung
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 25,67 MB
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9813200383
Pasteurization, penicillin, Koch's postulates, and gene coding. These discoveries and inventions are vital yet commonplace in modern life, but were radical when first introduced to the public and academia. In this book, the life and times of leading pioneers in microbiology are discussed in vivid detail, focusing on the background of each discovery and the process in which they were developed — sometimes by accident or sheer providence.
