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Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Millions of tons of plastic slip into oceans every year. Some floats and travels slowly with the currents, endangering the health of marine animals. The rest is hardly visible but is far more dangerous. Tiny bits of plastic sprinkle the ocean's surface or mix into the sandy seafloor and beaches. It ends up inside birds, fish, and other animals, harming them-and ultimately humans. Experts struggle with fear and hope as they work to stop the flood of...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? ... Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s, [then] explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Recounts events during which, immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001, a small group of U.S. SpecialForces soldiers entered Afghanistan on horseback to capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and were ambushed in a battle in which they were outnumbered forty to one.
Author
Publisher
Red Panda Press
Pub. Date
20220718
Language
English
Description
Want to impress your friends and family with both useful, worthless but undeniably interesting facts?
Then Interesting Facts For Curious Minds: 1572 Random But Mind Blowing Facts About History, Science, Pop Culture and Everything in Between is the book for you!
In this book you’ll find the answers to questions such as:
When did zero become a number?
Who was the inventor of Bitcoin?
What did the Big Bang sound like?
How have sports changed around...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Ms. Frizzle and her students go to the new science museum to get ideas for their science fair projects, but a cardboard bus display provides Ms. Frizzle with the perfect vehicle to take the kids on a tour of scientists throughout history.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Profiles many of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
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