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The origin of species (Oxford World's classics)
Par Charles Darwin. 1996
The nineteenth-century English scientist's theory of evolution, in which he uses the findings of anatomy, geology, embryology, and paleontology to…
support his explanation of natural selection and survival of the fittestReading between the bones: the pioneers of dinosaur paleontology
Par Susan Clinton. 1997
Profiles eight pioneers in the study of dinosaurs and explains how scientific knowledge is cumulative. Clinton notes that dinosaurs were…
unknown until 1824 when Georges Cuvier identified the first dinosaur bone, describing it as belonging to a whale-sized lizard. Now three hundred kinds of dinosaurs are known to vertebrate paleontologists. For junior and senior high readersThe dissident: Alexey navalny: profile of a political prisoner
Par David Herszenhorn. 2023
A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny— lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and…
presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war crusader. THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival—so despised that the Russian leader makes a point of never uttering Navalny's name. There's an old saying that Russia without corruption isn't Russia. Alexey Navalny refuses to accept this proposition. His stubborn insistence that Russians can defy the stereotype and create an entirely different country made him such a threat to Putin that the Kremlin wanted him exiled—or dead—and now seems intent on keeping him locked in a prison colony for decades. International correspondent David M. Herszenhorn, weaves together the threads of Navalny's remarkable life and work: The assassination attempt with a military- grade nerve agent by an FSB hit squad in Siberia, his recovery, and the vigilante-style investigation with news outlet Bellingcat to identify and confront his own would-be killers; Navalny's personal biography as part of the generation that straddled the end of the Soviet Union and birth of the Russian Federation, including childhood summers with his Ukrainian grandparents near Chernobyl, and his fellowship at Yale University, which spurred conspiracy theories about his ties to the U.S.; His anti-corruption investigations that exposed billions in graft at Russia's biggest state-owned companies and vast bribe-taking by top Russian officials, including his blockbuster revelations about Putin's Black Sea Palace; His political activism, including huge street protests, his bid for Moscow mayor in 2013, renegade run for president in 2017, his controversial views on nationalism, gun rights and Crimea, his transformation into a prisoner of conscience bravely denouncing Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, and more. Riveting and complex, THE DISSIDENT introduces readers to modern Russia's greatest agitator, a man willing to sacrifice his freedom—and even his own life—to build the decent, democratic country he wants to live in and hopes to pass on to his childrenAnnals of the former world
Par John McPhee. 1998
The author combines four of his previous works, Basin and Range (RC 17090), In Suspect Terrain (RC 19430), Rising from…
the Plains (RC 25157), and Assembling California (RC 36170), with a fifth, Crossing the Craton, to create an epic of the earth's formation. Pulitzer PrizeThe end of the dinosaurs: Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions
Par Charles Frankel. 1999
Describes the discovery in Mexico of the Chicxulub meteor impact crater, which the author cites as evidence that such a…
catastrophic event caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. Discusses the chain of scientific findings that established the theory, alternative explanations, and the risk of such occurrences in the future. 1999The ascent of science
Par Brian Silver. 1998
Traces the evolution of science "as a series of ideas that changed . . . whole areas of human thought."…
Explores ideas and theories about motion, heat, the atom, electricity, and other natural phenomena. Avers that science has serious consequences and "has to be watched."The fossil trail: how we know what we think we know about human evolution
Par Ian Tattersall. 1995
A survey of fossil and artifactual evidence that has enlightened the scientific understanding of human evolution. Traces archaeological discoveries from…
Darwin's time, describing their significance in supporting theories about the origins and development of humankindPetite histoire de l'Univers: du Big Bang à la fin du monde
Par Stephen Hawking. 2008
"C'est exactement ce que propose ce recueil de sept conférences sur le cosmos et la place que nous y tenons,…
avec cette idée que " la science devrait être compréhensible par tous et pas seulement par quelques spécialistes. " De la théorie de l'expansion de l'Univers à celle du Big Bang en passant par les trous noirs, la direction du temps ou les découvertes de Hubble, Hawking nous convie à un passionnant voyage." -- 4e de couvSpace and the American imagination
Par Howard McCurdy. 1997
Discusses the development of the U.S. space program in response to public interest spurred by writers of science and science…
fiction. Examines impacts of popular pressures and cultural ideals in shaping policy decisions that led to the creation of the national space venture; explores the resulting discrepancies between expectations and realityThe New York Times book of science questions and answers
Par C. Ray. 1997
Questions divided into sections on hard and soft science include such inquiries as "why can you see the moon in…
the daytime?" "how does a fabric softener sheet work?" and "are your odds of winning the lottery better if you play the same numbers week after week or if you change the numbers week after week?"Almost everyone's guide to science: the universe, life and everything
Par John Gribbin. 1999
An overview of modern science that explains our understanding of the universe. Encompasses atoms, chemistry, evolution, and the solar system,…
among other topics. Discusses how all of the sciences fit together and can be comprehensible to the average person. 1999The universe and the teacup: the mathematics of truth and beauty
Par K. C Cole. 1998
Explores the use of mathematics in everyday life. Surveys numerical concepts and approaches, including statistics, probability, and risk theory. Cites…
examples from well-known events such as the O.J. Simpson trial and electionsTraces the development of communication systems that led to Samuel F.B. Morse's invention of the telegraph. Discusses its impact on…
American history and society. Explains how the signals were transmitted, on what equipment, by what method, and how the system worked. For junior and senior high and older readersThe science of God: the convergence of scientific and biblical wisdom
Par Gerald Schroeder. 1997
Argues that modern scientific discoveries corroborate, rather than conflict with, biblical revelation. Observes, for example, that the Bible's account of…
the creation of the universe is consistent with Einstein's theory of relativity and with "big bang" cosmologyStairways to the stars: skywatching in three great ancient cultures
Par Anthony Aveni. 1997
The author offers an interdisciplinary study of astronomy as practiced by preliterate people at Stonehenge, by the more sophisticated Mayans,…
and by the highly organized Incans. A concluding chapter highlights the turning points in the development of contemporary astronomyPetites histoires de l'histoire
Par Daniel Appriou. 2008
L'histoire de France est parsemée d'anecdotes, de bons mots et de faits divers qui, bien souvent, sont occultés dans les…
manuels. Madame du Barry, terrifiée par l'échafaud, l'arrogance de Landru lors de son procès, les dessous de la fuite de Varennes... autant d'images, de brèves, qui dessinent par petites touches une fresque de plus de vingt siècles d'événements. Savez-vous par exemple par quel habile moyen le médecin de Louis XI sut se garder du cruel souverain, qui avait pourtant l'habitude de faire assassiner sans scrupule quiconque s'opposait à lui ? En lui disant : Je sais bien qu'un beau jour vous m'enverrez où vous avez envoyé tant d'autres, mais vous serez mort huit jours plus tard... Le propos glaça le roi, qui n'osa jamais toucher à un cheveu de son docteur ! Vous a-t-on déjà parlé du sang-froid de Bailly ? À son bourreau qui lui demandait, moqueur : Tu trembles, Bailly ? , ce prêtre, condamné à l'échafaud sous la Révolution, répondit : Oui, mais de froid ! ... Une autre façon, plus vivante, d'appréhender l'histoire. L'envers du décor en quelque sorte... -- 4e de couvRaspoutine
Par Henri Troyat. 1996
Né à la fin du siècle dernier, Raspoutine apparaît dans sa jeunesse, comme un moujik à demi illettré, porté sur…
la boisson et sur les femmes, mais également attiré par les secrets de la religion. Doué d'un magnétisme incontestable, il commence par fasciner et séduire les paysannes, puis s'attaque aux représentants de l'Église orthodoxe qui découvrent en lui un vivant exemple de la sagesse populaire et l'aident à s'introduire dans la meilleure société de Saint-Pétersbourg et jusque dans l'intimité de la famille impériale... Rarement un homme parti de si bas est monté si haut, rarement un tel dévoiement de la foi a engendré de si larges remous politiques qui culmineront dans l'atroce assassinat de Raspoutine et la chute de l'Empire. [SDMFrom dawn to decadence: 500 years of western cultural triumph and defeat, 1500 to the present
Par Jacques Barzun. 2000
A description of major achievements in Western art, thought, manners, morals, and religion from the Protestant Reformation to the late…
twentieth century. Profiles major figures in cultural and social revolutions, including Luther, Cromwell, Mozart, and Rousseau. Explores evidence of what the author views as a decline in Europe and America. 2000The nothing that is: a natural history of zero
Par Robert Kaplan. 2000
Chronicle of the evolution of the mathematical concept of zero and the development of its importance as a philosophical concept.…
The author traces its path through various eastern and western societies, both ancient and modern. He incorporates literary quotations throughout the text, linking mathematical and cultural ideas. 1999This new ocean: the story of the first space age
Par William Burrows. 1998
A history of flight based on three decades of research and 175 taped interviews. The first part traces human fascination…
with flying from the Greek era to the space race between the Russians and the Americans. The second focuses on events since 1964 and the future of space programs