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El Libro de Respuestas Para Ninos Volumen 1The story of Creation and the Garden of Eden are familiar, but also present a wonderful opportunity to share truths important biblical questions with anxious and minds through answers that even the youngest believer can understand. Look inside to learn: How did God create...
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Exploring Planet Earth: The Journey of Discovery from Early Civilization to Future ExplorationThe first in a series of three books on science, geared toward the home-school families, but broadly appealing for any elementary age child. Tiner has written a textbook for 5th grade to junior high level with a creationism perspective of history. With definitions of...
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Dark Matters: Nature's Reaction to Light PollutionTold through the eyes of 13-year-old Joan, Dark Matters introduces young readers to the fragile wonders that thrive below our increasingly threatened night-time skies. This book is packed with fascinating and unexpected facts and illustrations about how plants and animals react to light pollution,...
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Greek HoroscopesGreek horoscopes are made available for study. According to the authors, "About 60 horoscopes from the first five centuries of our era have been published since Young (1828) and Champollion-Figeac (1840) in the papyrological literature." They collected all horoscopes from this material, and added...
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Geology and AstronomyThe first part of this book describes the different kinds of rocks, soil and mountains found on our planet, and explores how they came into being. This section deals with the depths of the earth, and the long ages of time. In contrast, the...
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Mathematics in Nature, Space and TimeA teachers' book for math covering 'Mathematics in Nature', 'Pythagoras and Numbers', 'Platonic Solids' and 'Rhythm and Cycles'. Includes full color illustrations and diagrams throughout. A resource for Steiner-Waldorf teachers for math for Class 7 (age 12-13) and Class 8 (age 13-14). This book...
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The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A HistoryAdaptive optics is the most revolutionary breakthrough in astronomy since Galileo pointed his telescope skyward four hundred years ago. It is critical technology that will enable astronomers to answer challenging questions about the universe.Over the last four decades, a formidable and persistent team of...
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Kew Observatory and the Evolution of Victorian Science, 1840-1910Kew Observatory was originally built in 1769 for King George III, a keen amateur astronomer, so that he could observe the transit of Venus. By the mid-nineteenth century, it was a world-leading center for four major sciences: geomagnetism, meteorology, solar physics, and standardization. Long...
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Ptolemy's Universe: The Natural Philosophical and Ethical Foundations of Ptolemy's Astronomy"One of the first scholarly and systematic looks at the natural philosophy of Ptolemy, its ethical implications, and its departure from the thought of Aristotle. Taub's writing is clear and succinct, and her ability to handle original texts is outstanding...a unique contribution of our...
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Early Man and the CosmosTo a degree incomprehensible to the modern mind, skywatchers of the ancient past found the night sky a source of wonder and mystery. As Evan Hadingham so brilliantly demonstrates in his latest book, they found the skies an enormous challenge as well. These ancient...
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Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse ExpeditionsAstronomy was a popular and important part of Victorian science, and British astronomers carried telescopes and spectroscopes to remote areas of India, the Great Plains of North America, and islands in the Caribbean and Pacific to watch the sun eclipsed by the moon. Examining...
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Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989Infinity Beckoned illuminates a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. With an irreverent and engaging style, Jay Gallentine conveys the trials and triumphs of the people on the ground who conceived and engineered the...
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Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe"I have the crazy idea to represent in one work the entire material universe, everything we know today of the phenomena in the celestial spaces and of life on earth, from the stars in the nebulae to the geography of mosses and gigantic rocks,...
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From the Closed World to the Infinite UniverseDuring the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a radical change occurred in the patterns and the framework of European thought. In the wake of discoveries through the telescope and Copernican theory, the notion of an ordered cosmos of "fixed stars" gave way to that of...
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The Freja MissionFreja is a joint Swedish and German satellite, launched on October 6, 1992 and orbiting at 600--1750 km, covering the lower part of the auroral acceleration region. It has been designed to provide high-resolution measurements (both temporal and spatial) of auroral plasma characteristics. The...
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Planets, Stars, and GalaxiesThe attempt to understand the universe's seemingly endless mysteries is a great adventure that can provide one with fascination, frustration, and continual wonder and amazement. Planets, Stars, and Galaxies takes readers on an incredible full-color journey through the vast solar system. This engaging title...
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The Great Thinker: Aristotle and the Foundations of ScienceAristotle's work was groundbreaking in many areas. Even when he was not the first person to consider certain studies, he was the first to write about several of them. Aristotle's contributions to the development of Greek and later science were monumental. He advanced factual...
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Measuring the Earth: Eratosthenes and His Celestial GeometryThis biography introduces Eratosthenes whose mathematical approach opened new ways to describe and understand the world. Using mathematics to study the earth, Eratosthenes broke new ground. In his monumental three-volume Geographica, he took a global view of the world. With its title, he coined...
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The Quantum Challenge: Modern Research on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Modern Research on the Foundations of Quantum MechanicsThe Quantum Challenge, Second Edition, is an engaging and thorough treatment of the extraordinary phenomena of quantum mechanics and of the enormous challenge they present to our conception of the physical world. Traditionally, the thrill of grappling with such issues is reserved for practicing...
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NumerologyYoung readers will find keys to their personalities and how to work on their problems with this introduction to numerology. Fits STEAM curriculum needs as well as being a high-interest topic.Author: Megan AtwoodPublisher: Compass Point BooksPublished: 01/01/2019Pages: 48Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 10.10h x 8.20w...
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