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Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.続きを見る

* Designed to support Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) * Chemactivities for use in any GOB classroom and with any GOB textbook * Promote a student-focused, active classroom with a wide range of activities続きを見る

From alders to yellowbells, 60 Montana plants are featured in this guide. Each illustrated entry also gives a detailed description of the plant and its habitat and range.続きを見る

The M.I.T. Introductory Physics Series is the result of a program of careful study, planning, and development that began in 1960.続きを見る

A tremendous resource for zoologists, ecologists, and any researchers in tropical marine systems. This book describes and illustrates in great detail the incredibly diverse bivalve mollusk fauna of the Florida Keys. The lushness of the color illustrations and photographs will encourage even retice……続きを見る

Offers an accurate picture of science through the examination of nontechnical case studies which illustrate the various roles that experiment plays in science. Examines both sucessful and unsucessful experiments to show how scientists use experimental evidence and critical discussion to expand our……続きを見る

For 30 years, this book has been the acknowledged standard in advanced classical mechanics courses. This classic book enables readers to make connections between classical and modern physics -- an indispensable part of a physicist's education. In this new edition, Beams Medal winner Charles Poole ……続きを見る

Global Change and the Earth System describes what is known about the Earth system and the impact of changes caused by humans. It considers the consequences of these changes with respect to the stability of the Earth system and the well-being of humankind; as well as exploring future paths towards ……続きを見る

RealTime Physics is a series of introductory laboratory modules that use computer data acquisition tools (miscrocomputer-based lab or MBL tools) to help students develop important physics concepts while acquiring vital laboratory skills. Besides data acquisition, computers are used for basic mathe……続きを見る

In a timely fusion of science and faith, scientist and popular writer Schroeder explains why cutting-edge scientific theories point to a great plan underlying the universe.続きを見る

Communicating his ideas in the form of a classical dialogue between a youth and a wise elder, cosmologist Brian Swimme crafts a fascinating exploration into the creativity suffusing the universe. His explication of the fundamental powers of the cosmos is mystical and ecstatic and points directly t……続きを見る

What happens when evolutionary and cultural imperatives clash, and what we can do about it.続きを見る

The third in this popular series, with the same format (including questions that teachers can use for checking comprehension) that has driven the success of Exploring Planet Earth and Exploring the History of Medicine. Home and Christian school teachers are clamoring for these more specialized boo……続きを見る

This book offers a unique perspective of the impact of scanning probe microscopies on our understanding of the surface chemistry at the nanoscale.続きを見る

Synthesizes current scientific knowledge on the behaviour, conservation, life cycle, and spectacular migration of this charismatic insect.続きを見る

The great physicist's own explanation of relativity, written for readers unfamiliar with theoretical physics, outlines the special and general theories and presents the ideas in their simplest, most intelligible form.続きを見る

With Behe's book, the theory of intelligent design finally has its masterwork, a comprehensive scientific statement that draws the line between random and non-random mutation in nature, arguing that random mutation plays only a minor role in evolutionary change.続きを見る

With lively prose and an eye for colorful and unusual details, Le Couteur and Burreson offer a novel way to understand the shaping of civilization and the workings of our contemporary world.続きを見る

Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.続きを見る

Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Join bestselling author Douglas Adams and zooligist Mark Carwardine as they take of……続きを見る

As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physi……続きを見る

Four concise, brilliant lectures on mathematical methods in quantum mechanics from Nobel Prize-winning quantum pioneer build on idea of visualizing quantum theory through the use of classical mechanics.続きを見る

Abundantly illustrated, simply written classic by a master storyteller acquaints youngsters with the habits and characteristics of four-footed animals. Porcupines, field mice, squirrels, coyotes, and other creatures take on appealing personalities in informative, entertaining tales about the inhab……続きを見る

Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.続きを見る

Although there is no exact equivalent to our term science in Greek, Western science may still be said to have originated with the Greeks, for they were the first to attempt to explain natural phenomena consistently in naturalistic terms, and they initiated the practices of rational criticism of sc……続きを見る