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First Flight

par Anna Ploszajski ...

Illustré par Greta Samuel ...

Collections series DK Science Stories
Experience the greatest breakthroughs in science, with the DK Science Stories series.Meet Orville and Wilbur Wright: two ordinary brothers with an extraordinary dream. In a world of horse-drawn carriages, the Wrights want to take to the skies. This is the true story of how their creativity, scientific thinking, and sheer determination turned their dream into reality and changed the world.Growing ... En savoir plus

$10.99 CAD

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Experience the greatest breakthroughs in science, with the DK Science Stories series.Meet Orville and Wilbur Wright: two ordinary brothers with an extraordinary dream. In a world of horse-drawn carriages, the Wrights want to take to the skies. This is the true story of how their creativity, scientific thinking, and sheer determination turned their dream into reality and changed the world.Growing
... En savoir plus
Handmade

A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making

par Anna Ploszajski ...

A fresh and entertaining perspective on materials science involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working with materials such as clay, stone, steel and wool.From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

A fresh and entertaining perspective on materials science involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working with materials such as clay, stone, steel and wool.From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just
... En savoir plus
Our Human Story

In 100 Amazing Achievements

par Anna Ploszajski ...

A celebration of the greatest human achievements through science, culture, technology, and all the fascinating bits in betweenJoin charismatic scientist Anna Ploszajski (expert consultant for DK title What's it Made Of?) as she weaves 100 stories that reveal the essence of human achievement.From organizing ourselves into societies, with justice, education, and governments of many types to creating ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

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A celebration of the greatest human achievements through science, culture, technology, and all the fascinating bits in betweenJoin charismatic scientist Anna Ploszajski (expert consultant for DK title What's it Made Of?) as she weaves 100 stories that reveal the essence of human achievement.From organizing ourselves into societies, with justice, education, and governments of many types to creating
... En savoir plus
Fatto a mano

I segreti dei materiali, tra scienza e arte

par Anna Ploszajski ...

Traduit par Davide Fassio ...

Reazioni chimiche, leggi fisiche, strutture atomiche, interazioni fondamentali, tensioni di snervamento… Nei secoli il progresso scientifico ci ha garantito una comprensione vastissima e approfondita delle proprietà dei materiali che usiamo nei più disparati ambiti della nostra vita. Esiste però anche un tipo di conoscenza che ha poco a che vedere con la teoria e le formule, e molto con la pratica ... En savoir plus

$18.99 CAD

Reazioni chimiche, leggi fisiche, strutture atomiche, interazioni fondamentali, tensioni di snervamento… Nei secoli il progresso scientifico ci ha garantito una comprensione vastissima e approfondita delle proprietà dei materiali che usiamo nei più disparati ambiti della nostra vita. Esiste però anche un tipo di conoscenza che ha poco a che vedere con la teoria e le formule, e molto con la pratica
... En savoir plus
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Hands of Time

A Watchmaker’s History

par Rebecca Struthers ...

Lu par Anna Ploszajski ...

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8 heure 7 min

""A hugely entertaining achievement."" –Esquire“An engaging survey through a period of intellectual history that reveals as much about people who wear watches as the objects on their wrists."" – Wall Street Journal""As impeccably crafted and precisely engineered as any of the watches on which the author has worked so lovingly over the years, this book is a joy to behold and a wonder to enjoy.” ... En savoir plus

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""A hugely entertaining achievement."" –Esquire“An engaging survey through a period of intellectual history that reveals as much about people who wear watches as the objects on their wrists."" – Wall Street Journal""As impeccably crafted and precisely engineered as any of the watches on which the author has worked so lovingly over the years, this book is a joy to behold and a wonder to enjoy.”
... En savoir plus

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First Flight

The Story of the Wright Brothers

par Anna Ploszajski ...

Lu par Nerissa Bradley ...

Version Longue

2 heure

Experience the greatest breakthroughs in science, with the DK Science Stories series.Meet Orville and Wilbur Wright: two ordinary brothers with an extraordinary dream. In a world of horse-drawn carriages, the Wrights want to take to the skies. This is the true story of how their creativity, scientific thinking, and sheer determination turned their dream into reality and changed the world.Growing ... En savoir plus

$10.00 CAD

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Experience the greatest breakthroughs in science, with the DK Science Stories series.Meet Orville and Wilbur Wright: two ordinary brothers with an extraordinary dream. In a world of horse-drawn carriages, the Wrights want to take to the skies. This is the true story of how their creativity, scientific thinking, and sheer determination turned their dream into reality and changed the world.Growing
... En savoir plus

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Knowing What We Know

The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

par Simon Winchester ...

Lu par Simon Winchester ...

Version Longue

14 heure 19 min

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of ... En savoir plus

$41.99 CAD

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“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of
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Understanding Iran

Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei

par William R. Polk ...

Lu par Paul Boehmer ...

Version Longue

12 heure 29 min

William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East.A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations ... En savoir plus

$34.99 CAD

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William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East.A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations
... En savoir plus

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The Year Without Summer

1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

par William K. Klingaman, Nicholas P. Klingaman ...

Lu par David Colacci ...

Version Longue

11 heure 27 min

1816 was a remarkable year—mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern US and Europe in the summer of 1816.In the US, the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and ... En savoir plus

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1816 was a remarkable year—mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern US and Europe in the summer of 1816.In the US, the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and
... En savoir plus

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Silent Spring Revolution

John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening

par Douglas Brinkley ...

Lu par Stephen Graybill ...

Version Longue

29 heure 24 min

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico desert in 1945, ... En savoir plus

$66.99 CAD

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New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico desert in 1945,
... En savoir plus

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Uranium Wars

The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age

par Amir D. Aczel ...

Lu par Eric Conger ...

Collections series MacSci
Version Longue

8 heure

Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom—the most controversial type of energy ever discovered.Set against the darkening shadow of World War II, Amir D. Aczel's suspenseful account tells the ... En savoir plus

$27.99 CAD

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Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom—the most controversial type of energy ever discovered.Set against the darkening shadow of World War II, Amir D. Aczel's suspenseful account tells the
... En savoir plus

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Magisteria

The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion

par Nicholas Spencer ...

Lu par John Sackville ...

Version Longue

16 heure 19 min

Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.The true history of science and religion is a human one. It’s about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific revolution. It’s about ... En savoir plus

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Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.The true history of science and religion is a human one. It’s about the role of religion in inspiring, and strangling, science before the scientific revolution. It’s about
... En savoir plus

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