Educational: Sciences, general science

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Albert Einstein, the legendary scientist.

Have you ever wondered what the future may look like?

This book offers a quick and basic guide to using SPSS and provides a general approach to solving problems using statistical tests.

The world’s most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language.

All people involved with preparation of food for the commercial or retail market need a sound understanding of the food safety risks associated with their specific products and, importantly, how to control these risks.

How did the cosmos, and our own special part of it, come to be?

Practical Conservation Biology covers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas.

Dictionary of Australian and New Guinean Mammals is the first unified guide to the mammals of both Australia and New Guinea.

This new textbook fills an important niche by offering a lively overview of the principles of ecology for a broad range of university-level science and biology courses.

It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity.

Open Science is about how we address the profound challenges which now confront humanity: climate, the food crisis, environmental degradation, resource scarcity and disease; through science communication.

Forensics, Fossils and Fruitbats is a fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science.

Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments is a comprehensive list of terms used in the universal management of urban trees.

Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how?

Professional biographer Carl Rollyson has pioneered a new kind of biography for children and adults alike.

'Every sentence sparkles with wit and charm .

In the story of your life, your skin plays a starring role.

As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees.

The go-to guide to the stars for beginners and experts alike.

Welcome to a forest filled with water.

In July of 2015 a robotic spacecraft reached Pluto after a nine-and-half-year journey.

Hear crisp sounds of the hornbill in the cool air.

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Journey to the wave-battered coast of the Pacific Northwest tomeet some of the engineers and scientistsworking to harness the punishing force of our oceans, one of the natures powerful and renewable energy sources.

With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an alien, an inhabitant of another world.

Tackling the issue of global warming head-on for a teen audience, this acclaimed book examines the science behind it, the history of climate change on our planet, and the ways in which humans have affected the current crisis we face.

In the Arizona desert, scientists conduct studies and experiments aimed to help us better understand our environment and what sort of things are happening to it due to climate change.

This book explores the science inherent in good early years practice and provides a rich range of ideas to inspire you to have a go in your setting.

Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-equilibrium statistical physics.

Ideal for students and practitioners in science, engineering and medicine, this book gives an insight into science''s place in society.

Argues that international community can exist, and examines the possibilities for peaceful relations between states.

Ideal for students and practitioners in science, engineering and medicine, this book gives an insight into science''s place in society.

A rapprochement between anthropological demography and human evolutionary ecology through recognition of common research topics incorporating cultural and biological motivation.

Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications is a 2005 text for a first graduate course in chemical engineering.

A timely and comprehensive text on silicon heterostructures, covering physics, modeling techniques and device applications.

This 2002 book provides a cultural and ecological history of European impact on the Great Barrier Reef.

This book provides perspectives on the ways in which scholastic natural philosophy anticipated and contributed to the emergence of scientific thought.

This 2001 book covers motivation for theoretical analysis and present experimental capabilities of electron scattering, with pedagogical examples.

This simply written introduction to scientific research and experimentation takes youngsters into an exciting world where they'll not only learn to discover their own answers to specific problems but will be encouraged to develop sound scientific attitudes and techniques as well.

Fascinating profiles of 29 of the world's most remarkable species of animal and plant life.

Written by an award-winning author of science books for children, this engrossing book enables youngsters (ages 7 to 13) to do 38 safe experiments at home or in the classroom with such common items as a teaspoon and saucer, paper towels, aspirin, baking powder, plastic straws, vinegar, and rubbing alcohol.

Here is a highly motivating book for grade-school students that will introduce them to many of the world's most popular (and historically significant) scientific experiments.

How do plants make their own food?

Have you ever seen inventors on TV or in the newspaper and thought, "e;That could be me!

Your personal coach and game plan for creating a unique and award-winning science fair project Developing a science fair project from the ground up can be a daunting task--and today's science fairs are more competitive than ever before.

Learn a lot about science as you make models showing how things work!