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81) National geographic almanac 2020: trending topics, big ideas in science, photos, maps, facts & more
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398 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
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"The latest dynamic annual for the 21st century, featuring high-energy pages packed with facts, photos, infographics, time lines, and maps that capture today's world. Perfect for ages 12 to 112. An almanac like no other, this book offers everything you need to know about the world in 2020-from science and nature to history, world cultures, and the environment. Filled with exquisite National Geographic photography, informative infographics, illustrated...
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"This fun and educational introduction to the exciting field of robotics the science of designing, building, and operating robots gives kids the basic tools for creating their own robots using ordinary craft materials and parts salvaged from recycled toys and other household devices. Early chapters teach budding roboticists how to create working models of robot hands and write pencil and paper computer programs, while later chapters show them how...
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4 videodiscs (approximately 660 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A weekly television series and educational outreach program for elementary and middle-school children based on proven best practices for science, technology, engineering and math education for girls.
84) STEAM machine!
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1 Launchpad tablet : digital ; 13 x 20 x 2 cm + 1 power charging cord.
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Warning: choking hazard---small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
"Kids will create, build, and grow their way through lessons on science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Learn numbers, shapes, and colors; Draw, paint, color, and design; Discover the basics of DNA and gardening; Explore construction."--
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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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Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
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1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 14 x 20 x 3 cm in a case 22 x 25 cm + 1 USB charging cable + 1 USB power adapter
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"The goal of the Evaluation & Calculation Module is to teach kids to identify and analyze the details, data, and patterns that define the world around them. Topics in this module include quantification, research, algebraic thinking, statistics, association, and measurement. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to...
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320 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times science reporter acclaimed for "bring[ing] scientific concepts to life" (Bill Gates), a pathbreaking new investigation into the mysteries of human creativity"--
Creativity defines the human experience. It sparks achievement and innovation in art, science, technology, business, sports, and virtually every activity. It has fueled human progress on a global level, but it equally is the source of profound...
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257 pages ; 20 cm
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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...
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"Music is an outlet for self-expression. It has the power to influence your feelings, connect you to others and break down barriers ... And believe it or not, it's science -- a LOT of science! The tunes that move us are a blend of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, plus passion and emotion. In this book, you'll find out when humans began making music, the early history of recording and playing back, how things we use every day like...
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"Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers...
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xviii, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
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Presents an informed examination of the science of immunity, the public policy implications of vaccine denial, and the real-world outcomes of failing to vaccinate.
"An intelligent and compelling examination of the science of immunity, the public policy implications of vaccine denial, and the real-world outcomes of failing to vaccinate. If you have a child in school, you may have heard stories of long-dormant diseases suddenly reappearing--cases of...
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3 videodiscs (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.
95) Finding Fibonacci: the quest to rediscover the forgotten mathematical genius who changed the world
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In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today. Although he is most famous for the Fibonacci numbers -- which, it so happens, he didn't invent -- Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand. In 1202,...
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xii, 260 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the holistic psychology expert and author of the mind-body-spirit classic Be Like Water, comes a guide filled with revolutionary methods to help you find the physical and psychological energy you need to live a vibrant life. Have you ever told yourself to power through, "fake it until you make it," put mind over matter--and found yourself hitting a wall, day after day after day? We're all familiar with this "positive thinking" approach for managing...
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"An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is strong, and it's a two- way street,"...
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x, 184 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Make engineering for kids fun and inspiring. From toothpick towers and marble runs to egg drops and water rockets, Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids is filled with exciting projects that will challenge and delight kids ages 5-10. Kids learn how and why things work as they explore amazing projects all by themselves. These engineering for kids activities also help them discover important STEAM connections, showing how engineering relies on science,...
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160 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"¡Las mates no son aburridas¡ La clave está en cómo enseñarlas. Con este libro los niños pueden jugar, hacer proyectos entretenidos y manualidades divertidas mientras aprenden matemáticas fácilmente. Cada uno de los proyectos de este libro viene acompañado de fotografías y sencillas instrucciones paso a paso que ayudarán a cualquier niño a asimilar conceptos sin darse cuenta. Mates divertidas presenta actividades que cubren todos los aspectos...
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xlvii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth -- a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would begin to threaten many of Europe's monarchies in the coming...
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