Author: Sally Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470955
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines all aspects of the environment, including energy, water, air, soil, trees, and other plants, animals and their habitats, and conservation.
The Super Science Book of the Environment
Author: Sally Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470955
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines all aspects of the environment, including energy, water, air, soil, trees, and other plants, animals and their habitats, and conservation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470955
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines all aspects of the environment, including energy, water, air, soil, trees, and other plants, animals and their habitats, and conservation.
The Super Science Book of Space
Author: Jerry J. Wellington
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568471297
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Photographs, art, and activities introduce the principles of astronomy and the devices used to measure and observe space.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568471297
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Photographs, art, and activities introduce the principles of astronomy and the devices used to measure and observe space.
SuperScience
Author: Jack Challoner
Publisher: DK Children
ISBN: 9780241343470
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"The book examines the science behind everyday life -- how we power our homes, grow our food, and build machines that allow us to communicate with others and travel around the world. Featuring a wide range of scientific inventions and discoveries, from advances in modern medicine to groundbreaking ideas for saving the environment, SuperScience uncovers how science plays a part in every area of our lives"--
Publisher: DK Children
ISBN: 9780241343470
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"The book examines the science behind everyday life -- how we power our homes, grow our food, and build machines that allow us to communicate with others and travel around the world. Featuring a wide range of scientific inventions and discoveries, from advances in modern medicine to groundbreaking ideas for saving the environment, SuperScience uncovers how science plays a part in every area of our lives"--
Super Science Encyclopedia
Author: Jack Challoner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780744053869
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Put your safety goggles on and enter the fascinating world of science with this visually stunning encyclopedia.Perfect for curious kids, SuperScience presents the wonders of science as never seen before. Explore the clever and cutting-edge ways science can impact our world through jaw-dropping photography and revealing computer-generated images. Discover how we explore the vast reaches of space, study wild weather such as storms and volcanoes, eradicate diseases, and even find out how science has helped fields like history and the arts.The ebook examines the science behind everyday life - how we power our homes, grow our food, and build machines that allow us to communicate with others and travel around the world. Featuring a wide range of scientific inventions and discoveries, from advances in modern medicine to groundbreaking ideas for saving the environment, SuperScience uncovers how science plays a part in every area of our lives.SuperScience will make young readers see the science surrounding us in a thrilling new light.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780744053869
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Put your safety goggles on and enter the fascinating world of science with this visually stunning encyclopedia.Perfect for curious kids, SuperScience presents the wonders of science as never seen before. Explore the clever and cutting-edge ways science can impact our world through jaw-dropping photography and revealing computer-generated images. Discover how we explore the vast reaches of space, study wild weather such as storms and volcanoes, eradicate diseases, and even find out how science has helped fields like history and the arts.The ebook examines the science behind everyday life - how we power our homes, grow our food, and build machines that allow us to communicate with others and travel around the world. Featuring a wide range of scientific inventions and discoveries, from advances in modern medicine to groundbreaking ideas for saving the environment, SuperScience uncovers how science plays a part in every area of our lives.SuperScience will make young readers see the science surrounding us in a thrilling new light.
The Super Science Book of Weather
Author: Kay Davies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470214
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines weather and climate on both local and global levels, discussing natural cycles, changes in weather, and weather prediction.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470214
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines weather and climate on both local and global levels, discussing natural cycles, changes in weather, and weather prediction.
The Super Science Book of Time
Author: Kay Davies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470207
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines the passing of time and how it has been measured through history, by such methods as observation of natural cycles and different kinds of clocks and watches.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470207
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines the passing of time and how it has been measured through history, by such methods as observation of natural cycles and different kinds of clocks and watches.
The Super Science Book of Light
Author: Graham Peacock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470221
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Discusses light and its properties and ways we use light, such as in mirrors and cameras, and presents some activities.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568470221
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Discusses light and its properties and ways we use light, such as in mirrors and cameras, and presents some activities.
Science as a Contact Sport
Author: Stephen H. Schneider
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426205406
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Schneider's firsthand account of a scientific and political odyssey, in which he navigates both the turbulent waters of the world's power structures and the arcane theater of academic debaters.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426205406
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Schneider's firsthand account of a scientific and political odyssey, in which he navigates both the turbulent waters of the world's power structures and the arcane theater of academic debaters.
The Super Science Book of Forces
Author: Jerry J. Wellington
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568472232
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
This book, containing simple experiments, explores how magnets work, why some things float, and much more.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568472232
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
This book, containing simple experiments, explores how magnets work, why some things float, and much more.
Toms River
Author: Dan Fagin
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0345538617
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • Winner of The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award • “A new classic of science reporting.”—The New York Times The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground, burying tens of thousands of leaky drums in open pits and discharging billions of gallons of acid-laced wastewater into the town’s namesake river. In an astonishing feat of investigative reporting, prize-winning journalist Dan Fagin recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. He tells the stories of the pioneering scientists and physicians who first identified pollutants as a cause of cancer, and brings to life the everyday heroes in Toms River who struggled for justice: a young boy whose cherubic smile belied the fast-growing tumors that had decimated his body from birth; a nurse who fought to bring the alarming incidence of childhood cancers to the attention of authorities who didn’t want to listen; and a mother whose love for her stricken child transformed her into a tenacious advocate for change. A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, Toms River is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND KIRKUS REVIEWS “A thrilling journey full of twists and turns, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Dan Fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the honesty of a journalist, and the dramatic skill of a novelist.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies “A complex tale of powerful industry, local politics, water rights, epidemiology, public health and cancer in a gripping, page-turning environmental thriller.”—NPR “Unstoppable reading.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Meticulously researched and compellingly recounted . . . It’s every bit as important—and as well-written—as A Civil Action and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”—The Star-Ledger “Fascinating . . . a gripping environmental thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “An honest, thoroughly researched, intelligently written book.”—Slate “[A] hard-hitting account . . . a triumph.”—Nature “Absorbing and thoughtful.”—USA Today
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0345538617
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • Winner of The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award • “A new classic of science reporting.”—The New York Times The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground, burying tens of thousands of leaky drums in open pits and discharging billions of gallons of acid-laced wastewater into the town’s namesake river. In an astonishing feat of investigative reporting, prize-winning journalist Dan Fagin recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. He tells the stories of the pioneering scientists and physicians who first identified pollutants as a cause of cancer, and brings to life the everyday heroes in Toms River who struggled for justice: a young boy whose cherubic smile belied the fast-growing tumors that had decimated his body from birth; a nurse who fought to bring the alarming incidence of childhood cancers to the attention of authorities who didn’t want to listen; and a mother whose love for her stricken child transformed her into a tenacious advocate for change. A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, Toms River is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND KIRKUS REVIEWS “A thrilling journey full of twists and turns, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Dan Fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the honesty of a journalist, and the dramatic skill of a novelist.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies “A complex tale of powerful industry, local politics, water rights, epidemiology, public health and cancer in a gripping, page-turning environmental thriller.”—NPR “Unstoppable reading.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Meticulously researched and compellingly recounted . . . It’s every bit as important—and as well-written—as A Civil Action and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”—The Star-Ledger “Fascinating . . . a gripping environmental thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “An honest, thoroughly researched, intelligently written book.”—Slate “[A] hard-hitting account . . . a triumph.”—Nature “Absorbing and thoughtful.”—USA Today