The Earth has existed for more than 4600 million years, during this time continents have formed, broken up, collided and drifted apart. Land masses have been submerged, sea beds lifted up, mountain ranges and sea basins have formed. Plants and animals have appeared, evolved and disappeared. This atlas presents to the general reader the history of the Earth since its formation. The atlas draws on the latest scientific data to produce maps and illustrations which reconstruct the changing geography...
Volume 3 of the Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science is a survey into the applications of colloids in a variety of fields, based on theories presented in Volumes 1 and 2. The Handbook provides a complete understanding of how colloids and interfaces can be applied in materials science, chemical engineering, and colloidal science. It is ideally suited as reference work for research scientists, universities, and industries.
What fuels the creative fire of genius? Is it fierce determination, some special quirk of personality, or fortuitous coincidence? In Portraits of Discovery, astronomer and science writer George Greenstein profiles the lives often brilliant scientists to reveal the sources of their genius. He skillfully intertwines the stories of their personal lives and their work, showing how devotion to discovery "is what gives their lives meaning; what animates their days and consoles their nights". This is a...
Physical Sciences and the Language of War
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Australian Weevils: Volume IV covers the 11 smaller tribes of the weevil subfamily Entiminae (broad-nosed weevils), which comprises more than 100 genera and 700 described species in Australia. Around half of this fauna is covered in Volume IV, featuring keys to all the tribes, genera and described species as well as updated concepts and diagnoses of the tribes and summarising accounts of the taxonomy, nomenclature, distribution and known hostplants of all the genera and species. All the introduc...
Energy, Transportation & the Environment (Energy, Transportation and the Environment)
Guide to the Universe: Outer Planets (Greenwood Guides to the Universe)
by Glenn F. Chaple
Whether you're bewildered by the vast number of organisms inhabiting our planet or just crave a clear and comprehensive explanation of the endoplasmic reticulum, Instant Biology will guide you through the science that brings the very act of living (and dying) to life. From an enlightening walk down the double helix stairway to a look at Darwin's evolutionary musings on the diversity of existence, Instant Biology lays bare the facts of life. But Boyce Rensberger goes beyond the birds and the be...
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know)
by Joanne Baker
We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held in their orbit by gravity. Where would we be without the Bernoulli equation to explain how planes fly, electromagnetic waves enabling us to communicate around the world or the discovery of X-rays? In 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know Joanne Baker will uncover the physics all around us, from basic concepts like gravity...
The Nutritional Value of Indigenous Wild Plants:
by John R. K. Robson and Joel N Elias
The Shulgin Index is a comprehensive collection of the known psychedelic phenethylamines and related compounds. There are 126 main compounds with detailed physical properties, synthesis and analytical chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacological properties, and legal status. Fully referenced with over 2,000 citations. There are sub-tables of lesser-studied structural homologues and analogues, over 1300 total compounds covered. GCMS scans are included for 229 compounds. This book is an invaluable res...
In a friendly and entertaining style, America's Scientific Treasures describes unique destinations for the traveller interested in science and technology. Attractions include museums, homes of famous scientists, unusual geological formations, botanical gardens, zoos, and much more.
Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science & Technology- This Product is A License Agreement
Simply the best science reference source available -- the complete world of science on a single CD-ROM. This latest edition provides the user access to the authoritative text of the award-winning 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th edition, and the entire McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th edition, with 122,600 definitions.Spectacular dolor images, superb animations, crystal-clear audio presentations, and interactive maps, allow exploratio...
International Primary Science Teacher's Guide: Stage 3 (Collins International Primary Science)
Spark scientific curiosity from a young age with this six-level course through an enquiry-based approach and active learning. Collins International Primary Science fully meets the requirements of the Cambridge Primary Science Curriculum Framework from 2020 and has been carefully developed for a range of international contexts. The course is organised into four main strands: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth and Space and the skills detailed under the 'Thinking and Working Scientifi...
Why is the sky blue? Does it really get warmer when it snows? Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside of the tube? How is it possible to uncork a bottle by hitting the bottom? Can you drive through a rainbow? Should you walk or run in the rain? Why does soap make bubblebath collapse? The leading science weekly the New Scientist runs a popular column, The Last Word, which invites readers to write in with enquiries about everyday scientific phenomena. Providing a selection of the most interestin...
Scientifica Historica is an illustrated, accessible review of those books that marked the development of science from ancient civilizations to the new millennium. The book is divided into five eras and explores the leading scientific pioneers, discoveries and books within them:Ancient World - looks at the beginnings of language, plus the first ever scientific documents produced and translatedRenaissance in Print - explores the effects of the invention of the printing press and the exploration...
Transactions of the Seventh Prague Conference (Transactions of the Prague Conferences on Information Theory, 7B)
The Prague Conferences on Information Theory, Statistical Decision Functions, and Random Processes have been organized every three years since 1956. During the eighteen years of their existence the Prague Conferences developed from a platform for presenting results obtained by a small group of researchers into a probabilistic congress, this being documented by the increasing number of participants as well as of presented papers. The importance of the Seventh Prague Conference has been emphasized...
Practical Guide to Safety in Tissue Culture
There has been a growing awareness in recent years of the need for safe and regulated handling of biological materials in order to prevent health hazards and environmental contamination. By providing practical information for the routine handling of cell and tissue culture, this work discusses guidelines on the setting up of safe laboratory practice and details of the national and international regulations covering the safe handling of biological materials. The book should be useful reading for...
Discover the real science behind 2001, ET, Signs, and all your favorite fictional alien civilizations. As space telescopes continue to search for life in this unearthly Universe, the crucial questions remain unanswered. Are we awake to the revolutionary effects on human society and science that alien contact will bring? And how is it possible to imagine the unknown? The Science of Aliens tells the compelling story of how the portrayal of alien life has evolved over time. Taking examples from s...
International Primary Science Workbook: Stage 5 (Collins International Primary Science)
Spark scientific curiosity from a young age with this six-level course through an enquiry-based approach and active learning. Collins International Primary Science fully meets the requirements of the Cambridge Primary Science Curriculum Framework from 2020 and has been carefully developed for a range of international contexts. The course is organised into four main strands: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth and Space and the skills detailed under the 'Thinking and Working Scientifi...