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The easy hockey book
By Jonah Kalb. 1977
The dinosaur project: the story of the greatest dinosaur expedition ever mounted
By Wayne Grady. 1993
In 1985, a party of Canadian and Chinese scientists embarked on a five-year treasure hunt in China's Gobi Desert, the…
badlands of Alberta and Canada's Arctic. They hoped to answer questions about dinosaur behaviour, migration, and evolution. 1993.The dreams of dragons: riddles of natural history
By Lyall Watson. 1987
Twelve essays which address great anomalies of the natural world, such as the properties of water, crowd behaviour, left-handedness, and…
the missing link between apes and humans. Written in a jargon-free, anecdotal style. 1987.The discoveries: great breakthroughs in 20th century science
By Alan P Lightman. 2005
Believing that "the first reports of the great discoveries of science are works of art," Lightman has selected 25 "breakthrough"…
papers in fields ranging from quantum physics to molecular biology, medicine, and cosmology. Each is introduces with an essay on the life of each scientist and the significance of their discovery, being sensitive to the suffering of Jewish German scientists under the Nazis and of women scientists in the days of institutionalized misogyny. Includes papers by Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Henrietta Leavitt, Linus Pauling, Edwin Hubble, and Barbara McClintock. 2005.The digital economy: promise and peril in the age of networked intelligence
By Don Tapscott. 1996
Tapscott argues that new information technologies are creating a revolution, resulting in changes in economic and social relationships as profound…
as any ever experienced. "Internetworking" will affect business, government, and media. Using examples of business which are implementing these new systems, Tapscott presents both the promises and the perils of the new technologies. c1996.A personal analysis by two veteran sportswriters and hockey fans on the current crisis in hockey. They discuss the downturn…
of the game's traditions as it turned more violent and NHL games became almost boring. The authors also offer solutions on how they think hockey's future can be saved.The design of life
By Renato Dulbecco. 1987
Covers the development in the biological sciences from the 1950s through the late 1980s. The author concludes with chapters on…
the machinery and design of the brain, and an epilogue on what life is and how it began. 1957.The city kid's field guide
By Ethan Herberman. 1989
Although one usually associates wildlife with rural areas, this book introduces wild animals and plants that can be found in…
a variety of urban environments, like backyards, vacant lots, and parks. Included are spiders, squirrels, starlings, raccoons, and dandelions. Grades 5-8 and older. c1989. Uniform title: Nova (Television program)The cosmos from space
By David H Clark. 1987
The crest of the wave: adventures in oceanography
By Willard Bascom. 1988
This autobiography of the adventurous oceanographer takes him from post-World War II mining engineer days to life at sea, designing,…
diving, swimming and snorkeling in quest of knowledge about the ocean depths, and the currents and waveforms that shape the shore. c1988.The climate wars
By Gwynne Dyer. 2008
Dwindling resources, massive population shifts, natural disasters, spreading epidemics. Drought, rising sea levels, plummeting agricultural yields, crashing economies and political…
extremism. These are some of the expected consequences of runaway climate change in the decades ahead, and any of them could tip the world towards conflict. 2008.From your fingerprints to the patterns in your eyes, each of us is unique. This collection of fun facts and…
activities will help you to discover more about human nature and yourself. Find out about body language, left brain vs. right brain, personality types, and more. Grades 4-7. 2000.The canon: A whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science
By Natalie Angier. 2008
A cultured person, Natalie Angier argues, should know about the classic ideas of physics and evolutionary biology as well as…
the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso. How was the Earth formed? How big is an atom? What is a quantum leap? Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world's leading scientists, Angier takes us on an informative tour of this neglected canon. 2008.The boys of Saturday night: inside Hockey night in Canada
By Scott Young. 1990
A history of the 60-year-old CBC broadcast which originally began on radio in 1929 and became a Canadian institution. Discusses…
the financial arrangements, the internal politics and battles with CBC, and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the announcers, cameramen, technicians and directors who put the show together. 1990.Twenty-three-year old Cleo Koff, a forensic anthropologist, was one of sixteen scientists chosen to go to Rwanda in 1996 to…
find evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity. Her job was to discover who the victims were and how they had been killed. Koff also describes similar missions to Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo. Some violence. 2004.The bone museum: travels in the lost worlds of dinosaurs and birds
By Wayne Grady. 2000
Wayne Grady, the science editor of Equinox, and Phil Currie, a Canadian palaeontologist, travel to Patagonia, China, and the Alberta…
Badlands. Living in tents, experiencing rain, mud, windstorms, disagreements, and the ultimate glimpse of bone, they try to find conclusive evidence in an ongoing debate: did dinosaurs go extinct, or evolve into birds of the modern world? 2000.The burning house: unlocking the mysteries of the brain
By Jay Ingram. 1994
The blue planet: a natural history of the oceans (Blue Planet Ser.)
By David Attenborough, Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes. 2001
Focusing on seven different habitats, this book is a comprehensive guide to the world's oceans. It explores the hidden depths…
of the oceans to reveal many fascinating facts. Some strong language. 2001.The body book: a fantastic voyage to the world within
By David Bodanis. 1984
Attempts to provide a description of the physiological processes involved in certain emotions and activities. Topics include fear and anger,…
sexual desire, conception and pregnancy, pain and illness, stress and worry. 1984.The blind watchmaker: Why The Evidence Of Evolution Reveals A Universe Without Design
By Richard Dawkins. 1986
A controversial book which contends that evolution by natural selection - as originally outlined by Darwin - is the only…
answer to the biggest question of all: why do we exist? 1986.