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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Meet award-winning aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher and twelve other science superstars and hear them tell in their own words not only about their fascinating work, but also about their childhoods and the paths they traveled to get where they are."--
4) The invention of murder: how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xi, 556 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"In this fascinating exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction."--Dust flap.
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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40 pages : illustrations ; cm
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When Cece and her Adventure Girls troop face a sudden thunderstorm, they use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and make their way safely back to camp.
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, ; 28 cm.
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"This newly revised and updated edition encourages children to explore a wide range of topics, including Earth and beyond, plants and animals, history and politics, science, technology and the human body"--
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DK Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
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255 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Explore answers to questions on 70 topics in the areas of matter, physics, energy, chemistry, life science, earth science, technology, and the universe. How Science Works uses clear, easy-to-understand graphics to answer common questions and explain difficult concepts--not only the core science topics that eluded us at school, but also the cutting-edge science reported in the news.
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All blizzards are snowstorms, but not all snowstorms are blizzards! What is the difference? How much snow falls during a blizzard? How fast are the winds? How cold does it get during a blizzard? Read and find out! Written by acclaimed childrens science writer Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and with beautiful illustrations by Maddie Frost, What Makes a Blizzard comes chock-full of visual aids like charts, sidebars, and hands-on activitiesincluding how...
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Nickelodeon / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Nick Jr. introduces preschoolers to the exciting curriculum of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) that is a hot topic for parents and educators! Join your favorite Nick Jr. friends from Paw Patrol, Bubbles Guppies and more for exciting adventures and lessons in problem-solving and everyday technologies ?́? perfect for jump-starting young imaginations and developing inquisitive minds!
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Synthesis lectures on engineering volume 26
Publisher
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xvi, 196 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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"Vivi loves science! In this STEM-themed Level 3 I Can Read! title, Vivi and her friends visit the aquarium and are introduced to the concepts of density and buoyancy. A great choice for aspiring scientists, emerging readers, and fans of Andrea Beaty's Ada Twist, Scientist. Includes activities, a glossary, and a fun experiment to do at home. "-- Amazon.
"Vivi loves science--and experimenting! In this Level 3 I Can Read! title, Vivi and her classmates...
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital ; 20 x 13 cm + 1 USB cable, 1 USB power adapter.
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Kids will see things in a whole new way as they play their way through these stories and activities focused on science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
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xii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business--and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark. What has A.I. brought us? Where will it lead us? The story of A.I. is the story of intelligence--of life processes as they evolve from bacteria (1.0) to humans...
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Using increasingly sophisticated levels of artificial intelligence (AI) and embodied intelligence (EI), a new generation of robots is being designed to look, act and even think like humans. Hubots, or human-inspired robots, are expanding the boundaries of what robots can do. Here, ten different real-life hubots are described, highlighting each one's appearance, unique skills and purpose --- from fighting fires on the high seas, to acting as setup...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
257 pages.
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"A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain. Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of scientific and medical disciplines, the human brain remains largely unexplored. Consciousness-the awareness of our own and others' existence-has eluded explanation. Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness offers a brilliant overview of the state of modern...
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less than a generation with the discovery and development of a new category of medicine known as antibiotics. By 1955, the age-old evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes had been transformed, trivializing once-deadly infections. William Rosen captures this revolution with...
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Athena
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 232 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (17 pages).
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In this landmark series of films, University of Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy escorts viewers through the history of this most important of all intellectual disciplines. In a journey that takes him through the ages and around the world, he examines the development of key mathematical ideas and shows how, in a multitude of surprising ways, mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world.
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