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L'oeil américain: histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde
By Pierre Morency. 1989
L'auteur a tiré un livre d'une série d'émissions radiophoniques diffusées à Radio-Canada. Il décrit la nature américaine, ses espèces indigènes…
ou importées en une vingtaine de textes qui s'attachent à mettre en évidence l'exubérance de la flore et de la faune, en particulier celle des insectes et surtout des oiseaux. Il met à contribution le folklore et accueille la fiction. 1989.No one at the wheel: driverless cars and the road of the future
By Karen Kelly, Samuel I Schwartz. 2018
No downlink: a dramatic narrative about the Challenger accident and our time
By Claus Jensen. 1996
An overview of the American space program leading up to the fatal launch of space shuttle Challenger in 1986. Jensen…
sees the accident as a symbol of adverse forces in bureaucracies and corporations that undermine personal judgment and integrity. 1996. Uniform title: Challenger, et teknisk uheld.Nine lessons I learned from my father
By Murray Howe. 2017
Unlike his two brothers, Murray Howe failed in his attempt to follow in his father's footsteps to become a professional…
athlete. Yet, his failure brought him to the realization that in truth, his dream wasn't to be a pro hockey player. His dream was to be his father, Gordie Howe. To be amazing at something, but humble and gracious. To be courageous, and stand up for the little guy. To be a hero. You don't need to be a hockey player to do that. What he learned was that it is a waste of time wishing you were like someone else. We need to identify and embrace our gifts. Gordie Howe may have been the greatest player in the history of hockey, but greatness was never defined by goals or assists in the Howe household. Greatness meant being the best person you could be, not the best player on the ice. Bestseller. 2017.Nibbling on Einstein's brain: the good, the bad & the bogus in science
By Diane Swanson. 2001
Never on a broomstick
By Frank Donovan. 1971
Mummies, bones & body parts (Photo Bks.)
By Charlotte Wilcox. 2000
Describes various mummies preserved by glaciers, deserts, peat bogs and mountains from all over the world. Explains why anthropologists study…
these remains and what scientists learn from them. Conflicting attitudes toward the dead are discussed. For grades 4-7. 2000.Moron: the behind the scenes story of minor hockey
By Todd Millar. 2013
There will always be morons. People who scream at their teenaged kids, guys who climb up the glass like Spider-Man…
to yell at a rookie referee, women who brawl in the stands. This is a wake-up call not only to those morons, but to the rest of us. 2013.More words of science
By Isaac Asimov. 1972
Mistakes that worked
By Charlotte Foltz Jones. 1991
Many items that we use almost every day had surprisingly haphazard beginnings: Scotchguard was discovered when a scientist spilled part…
of an experiment on her shoe. Potato chips were first made by a chef who was furious when a customer complained that his fried potatoes weren't thin enough. Here are the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro. Grades 4-7. 1991.Réflexions sur l'influence de la révolution que représente le développement des technologies de l'information dans l'humanité et sur l'évolution de…
la pensée humaniste. Plaidoyer pour que, à la faveur de la nouvelle puissance prométhéenne que le déploiement tous azimuts des technologies numériques semble conférer à l'homme contemporain, celui-ci ne soit pas dépossédé des valeurs héritées des courants humaniste et romantique. 2003.'Copernic ? Personne ne s'intéressa de son vivant à ses travaux. Léonard de Vinci ? Il a fallu attendre le…
XIXe siècle pour redécouvrir ses dessins anatomiques. Mendel ? Il cultiva des pois d'où sortirent les premières lois de la génétique trente-cinq ans plus tard. Comme Alfred Wegener et sa dérive des continents, Svante Arrhenius et sa théorie de l'effet de serre, Georges Lemaître et son Big Bang ou Peter Higgs et son fameux boson envisagé en 1964 mais vu pour la première fois en 2012, tous ces savants ont en commun d'avoir eu raison trop tôt. Leurs travaux furent incompris ou écartés avant de changer notre vision du monde. Plutôt que de considérer qu'ils étaient en avance sur leur temps, on préféra décréter qu'ils avaient pris le mauvais chemin. Avec brio, et un brin d'humour, Laurent Lemire brosse le portrait d'une vingtaine de savants, y compris les plus célèbres d'entre eux pour leur redonner leur juste place. Car, sans eux, les choses ne se seraient peut-être pas déroulées de la même manière. Voici une autre histoire des sciences à la fois surprenante, émouvante et passionnante. 2013.Maurice Richard (Célébrités canadiennes)
By Michel Forest. 1991
Microcosmos: four billion years of evolution from our microbial ancestors
By Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan. 1986
Explains evolutionary theory regarding the origins of life on earth. Relying on fossil evidence of early microbial life, an understanding…
of the role of the DNA, and information on cellular biology, the authors discuss evolution as a cooperative process. c1986.Microchip: the story of a revolution and the men who made it
By T. R Reid. 1985
Menace sur nos libertés: comment Internet nous surveille, comment résister
By Julian Assange, Anatole Muchnik, Abel Gerschenfeld. 2013
Appels téléphoniques, SMS, chats, recherches Google, statuts sur Facebook: chaque jour nous communiquons des données sur nos fréquentations, nos opinions,…
nos habitudes, nos peurs, nos désirs ou nos pensées intimes, sans nous soucier de ce qu elles deviennent. Or ces informations privées sont enregistrées, stockées et peuvent facilement être analysées et exploitées. À l heure où nous échangeons de plus en plus via Internet, des systèmes de surveillance globaux se déploient pour tirer profit du nouvel or noir du XXIe siècle: les données personnelles. 2013. Titre uniforme: Cypherpunks, freedom and the future of Internet.Measuring the universe: the historical quest to quantify space
By Kitty Ferguson. 2000
Measuring the earth with a stick: science as I've seen it
By Bob McDonald. 2000
A collection of essays that illuminate the author's scientific take on our world. With more than 25 years experience as…
a science journalist, McDonald has had the opportunity to meet some of the most important minds in modern science. Drawing from these experiences, he shares his alternative perception of nature. 2000.McCown's law: the 100 greatest hockey arguments
By David Naylor, Bob McCown. 2007
Sports talk-radio personality Bob McCown isn't afraid to say what's on his mind. His hockey opinions include: The Leafs haven't…
won the Stanley Cup in 40 years for a perfectly logical reason: they have the crappiest players; it's time the law put hockey's most violent offenders in something more restrictive than the penalty box; and Slovakia, not Canada, just may be the greatest hockey nation on Earth. 2007.L'infini dans la paume de la main: du big bang à l'éveil
By Mathieu Ricard, Xuan Thuan Trinh. 2000
Ces entretiens reflètent deux tranches de vie: celle d'un astrophysicien né bouddhiste qui souhaite confronter ses connaissances scientifiques avec ses…
sources philosophiques, et celle d'un scientifique occidental qui est devenu moine bouddhiste et dont l'expérience personelle l'a conduit à comparer deux approches de la réalité. 2000.