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The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book about Animal Habitats
By Patricia Relf. 1995
The Magic School Bus: Lost In The Solar System
By Joanna Cole. 1990
The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book about Kitchen Chemistry
By Linda Beech. 1995
DNA: the secret of life
By James D Watson. 2003
History of genetics research and its applications during the fifty years since the 1953 discovery of the DNA double helix…
structure, for which the author shared a Nobel Prize in 1962. Discusses the implications of genetic technology, including issues surrounding cloning, DNA analysis, and the human genome project. 2003.Révérence à la vie: conversation
By Jean-Philippe de Tonnac, Théodore Monod. 1999
Despite it's characterization in the rest of the world as a land of bush and blizzards, Canada is a country…
of geographical and climatic variations. It experiences just about every type of extreme weather possible - tornadoes, droughts, dust storms, ice storms, hail storms, hurricanes, floods - in addition to lots of snowstorms. The weather is rarely boring and there are times when it has been so extreme, it has surprised everyone. Grades 4-7. 2005.From the age of eight, Roberta Bondar knew she wanted to be an astronaut. In January 1992 she made Canadian…
history when she became the first Canadian woman, and first neurologist, to go into space on board Discovery. The story of her journey to become a leading astronaut is a fascinating tale of dedication, commitment, and courage. Grades 4-7. 2004.Oiseaux, merveilleux oiseaux: les dialogues du ciel et de la vie (Science ouverte)
By Hubert Reeves. 1998
Les oiseaux, leurs prouesses, leurs migrations, offrent l'un des plus émouvants témoignages de la prodigieuse richesse de notre univers. Comment…
le vol gracieux des hirondelles a-t-il pu émerger de la chaotique matière primordiale ? Les oiseaux seront ici nos guides dans la recherche des ferments du levain cosmique. 1998.What Einstein told his cook: kitchen science explained
By Marlene Parrish, Robert L Wolke. 2002
A compilation of Robert Wolke's "Food 101" newspaper columns, which provide thorough scientific answers to questions about everyday food science.…
Covers questions such as how cookware conducts heat and how coffee is decaffeinated, sets up controlled experiments to test how to extract maximum juice from citrus fruits, and contains more than 130 lucid explanations of kitchen phenomena involving starches and sugars, salts, fats, meats and fish, and heat and cold. Recipes supplement and illustrate the scientific principles. 2002.L'esprit du grenier
By Henri Laborit. 1992
L'auteur a rassemblé ici différents écrits retrouvés parmi ses paperasses et dont le plus ancien date de ses 25 ans.…
La biologie, l'enseignement, la langue française, les droits de l'homme, le stress, la mort, la beauté et les quanta figurent parmi les thèmes abordés. c1992.The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
By Richard Dawkins. 1996
The title of this 1986 work, Dawkins's second book, refers to the Rev. William Paley's 1802 work, Natural Theology, which…
argued that just as finding a watch would lead you to conclude that a watchmaker must exist, the complexity of living organisms proves that a Creator exists. Not so, says Dawkins: "All appearances to the contrary, the only watchmaker in nature is the blind forces of physics, albeit deployed in a very special way... it is the blind watchmaker."Relativity: the special and the general theory
By Albert Einstein. 1961
Scientist Albert Einstein presents his theory of relativity--the measurement and study of space and time--for the layman who "is not…
conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." Originally published in 1916. This fifteenth edition includes five appendixes. 1961. Uniform title: Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie.Cloner le Christ?
By Didier Van Cauwelaert. 2005
C'est la plus grande énigme du monde, ou la plus belle arnaque de tous les temps. De la quête du…
Saint Graal aux manipulations génétiques, le sang de Jésus n'a jamais nourri autant de fantasmes qu'à notre époque, où certains voudraient remplacer l'eucharistie par le clonage. Mais quelle réalité se cache derrière ces fantasmes ? Le même sang imprègne-t-il vraiment les reliques de la Passion - Linceul de Turin, Suaire d'Oviedo, Tunique d'Argenteuil ? Si elles sont authentiques, comment s'explique l'incroyable conservation des globules rouges et blancs que les biologistes y ont découverts ? L'ADN attribué à Jésus est-il réellement exploitable ? Et quel est le but de ceux qui, aujourd'hui, tentent le diable en voulant réincarner Dieu ? 2005.Acquainted with the night: excursions through the world after dark
By Christopher Dewdney. 2004
Prize-winning poet's compendium of the nocturnal realm blending science, art, and literature. Twelve chapters, each corresponding to an hour of…
darkness from dusk to dawn, explore night's central themes - sunsets, children's bedtime stories, sleep and dreams, evening creatures, festivals, stargazing, and more. 2004.Nature via nurture: genes, experience, and what makes us human
By Matt Ridley. 2003
Consider that stuttering used to be ascribed solely to environmental factors, but then it was found to be clearly linked…
to the Y chromosome, and evidence for genetic miswiring of areas in the brain that manage language was uncovered. But environment still plays a role: not everyone with the genetic disposition will grow up to be a stutterer. Are people's qualities determined by their genes (nature) or by their environment (nurture)? The author's contention is that a gene's expression varies throughout a person's life, often in response to environmental stimuli. 2003.The scented garden
By Rosemary Verey. 1981
All too often a garden is only a show-piece for colour and shape: without that extra dimension of perfume it…
loses its soul. In this book the author presents over a thousand plants which she finds best able to provide a framework for a fragrant garden, how to grow them and how to bring their flavours indoors. A bonus is the rediscovery of plants that have been grown and used in the past in Egypt and Rome, through the Middle Ages and Tudor England to the Victorians. 1981.Does anything eat wasps?: and 101 other questions (New Scientist Ser.)
By Mick O'Hare, New Scientist Magazine Staff. 2005
How long can I live on beer alone? Why do people have eyebrows? Has nature invented any wheels? Plus 99…
other questions are answered in this book. Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to "New Scientist", the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given. This book is a collection of the best that have appeared; it is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening. 2005.Une femme honorable
By Françoise Giroud. 1981
Why Greenland Is an Island, Australia Is Not, and Japan Is Up for Grabs
By Joyce Davis. 1994
From the book: Any geographer will tell you that a map is but one of many tools used in the…
field, yet every geography book on the market tries to teach geography simply by having you identify Belize on a map or memorize the capital of Idaho. While the where is important, it is useful only for trivial reasons, and once national boundaries change or disappear, such as we've recently seen in the former Yugoslavia, the information is all but useless. In Why Greenland Is an Island, Australia Is Not-and Japan Is Up for Grabs, Joyce Davis tells you the why behind the where, offering one of the most interesting and useful books on geography currently found on the market. In Why Greenland Is an Island you will discover a clear method of approaching any geographical dilemma you might face. Through six simple steps Joyce Davis shows not only how to gather geographical information about any region, but also how to understand other aspects of the region seemingly not related to geography. You will also gain a solid background in basic geography skills, and will even touch base on what the capital of Idaho is and learn how to read a map. If you're tired of geography books that leave you feeling more helpless than when you first opened them, then it's time to get your bearings and read Joyce Davis's Why Greenland Is an Island now. Joyce Davis is a teacher of geography and former head of the history and geography departments at the Grace Church School in New York City. An originator of the geographic curriculum there and founder of the school's annual "geography bee," she currently lives 74 degrees west longitude and 40.5 degrees north latitude, also known as New York City.Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs (Revised Edition)
By Karen Pryor. 2002
"Clicker Training-easy for you, fun for your dog! "Turn your pet into a great dog with easy, all-positive clicker training.…
Clicker expert Karen Pryor shows you how to use clicks and treats to teach your dog: Good manners, including walking without pulling and sitting to greet Housetraining and obedience Games and tricks "If your dog has been labeled untrainable, if he has been call soft, aggressive, dominant, hard-headed, stubborn, or independent-In short, if you have a DOG-clicker training is the solution you've been searching for." - Melissa Alexander trainer and owner of www.clickersolutions.com; author, Clicker Solutions: The Clicker Training Answer Book "Clicker training is sweeping the nation. It's fun, fast, and positive. A 2-tail salute to Karen Pryor, a trainer who brought clickers to the dog world... " - Sarah Hodgson trainer and author, Dog Tricks for Dummies "With clicker training, a dog begins to understand that his actions influence his environment. With this understanding comes trust and respect for the owner. " - Emma Parsons trainer/behaviorist, Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue; author, Click to Calm: Training to Heal the Aggressive Dog "Karen Pryor's clicker training is the most compelling demonstration of dog training that I have ever seen. No dog should go without this information. " - Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Director, Behavior Clinic Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine."