Jonathan Lethem plays with memory, time and character in this picaresque novel about a man called Chaos, stricken with amnesia in Hatfork, Wyoming, who discovers that his name is really Everett Moon and that he is from San Francisco. In this near-future, however, San Francisco has become a "city of erasures," perpetually foggy, where the names of ...
Having trouble finding a science fair topic that's both interesting to you and impressive to judges? Are you unsure about how to research, conduct, or present an experiment? Then look no further. This new edition of The Complete Handbook of Science Fair Projects is recognized in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) rule book and ...
First published in 1942, this classic work is unique in its blend of literary history, criticism, analysis, personal anecdote, and how-to instructions. International story collector Ruth Sawyer (1880-1970) traces the art of storytelling from its earliest narrative impulses and offers simple instructions in this most ancient art. Includes a ...
After three years of development, Klutz is proud to announce its long-awaited version of a science book. 100 jam-packed pages cover subjects from light waves to biology, magnetism to optical illusions. Bound into the book are a mirror, moire spinner, diffraction grating, Fresnel lens, and agar growth medium. Attached to the binding is a plastic ...
Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos theory, award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal the real science behind Pullman's bestselling His Dark Materials trilogy.
This guide contains 50 hands-on science projects. It instructs on how to make an observation station, a nephoscope, a solar oven, wind chimes, a barometer, a solar clock, an astrolabe, a hot air balloon and a wind sock. Equipment needed includes spiders, toads, worms, wind, sun, water and light.
An introduction to the various properties of air. Also included are two science experiments intended to prove that air exists in everything. Color illustrations accompany the text.
We're not the people we thought we were a few decades ago, this book argues. Not only have we been surrounded by a new technological landscape, but our very subjectivity has been transformed since information became something disembodied and virtual rather than something always embedded in a human subject. This change in the way information is ...
What begins with an unlikely collection of unrelated phenomena - mechanical dolls, weather, atoms, lyric poetry - blossoms in the course of "Toy Medium" into a meditation on one of Western philosophy's biggest puzzles: the relation of mind and matter. What is the role of the imagination in defining material substance? In a study of the poetics ...
Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosopher-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes some of the scientific discoveries attributed to the Greeks and their impact on modern science.
This volume brings together 22 scholars to look at the complexities of children's culture. Chapters focus on a variety of issues, many of which are hotly disputed - from what it means to be a child to the pace by which a child leaves childhood. The contributors ask questions about how the gender symbolism of children's culture is constructed and ...
In this volume, contributors from Great Britian, the United States and Canada offer a serious critical examination of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books from a broad range of perspectives, including literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. A significant proportion of the book explores the Harry Potter series' literary ...
A pioneering ethnobotanist, Gary Paul Nabhan credits the arts with sparking unlikely scientific breakthroughs and believes that such "cross-pollination" engenders new forms of expression that are essential to discovery. In this highly readable book, he tells four stories to illustrate this idea. In the first, coping with color blindness in art ...
CategoriesOn the Beauty of Physics is a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary educational book that uses art, and information from a variety of disciplines to facilitate the reader'ss encounter with challenging material. It promotes scientific literacy, fosters an appreciation of the humanities, and encourages informed and imaginative connections ...
Fulford suggests that storytelling--in the shape of gossip, urban legends, newspaper reportage, literature, television, and movies--is essential to modern life. He investigates the elements of narrative and explores the human need to articulate events.
What melts in your mouth and not in your hands, plumps when you cook it, and comes in more than forty-eight scrumptious flavors? Give up? The correct answer is: Science! With The Science Chef you'll learn loads of basic science by doing fun, easy-to-perform cooking projects. And you get to eat the results when you're finished! Why do onions make ...
Superstition still requires that many buildings have no floor numbered thirteen. Over 25 percent of Americans say they believe in astrology. Knocking on wood is an almost universal habit. Are these harmless notions - or dangerous delusions? Unfortunately, "fairy-tale thinking" is still the greatest enemy of progress, and education often bypasses ...
This title is suitable for ages 9 to 12 years. Squish, squash, mush, and mash. With "Kids' Crazy Art Concoctions", children mix up the most fascinating paints, doughs, pastes, and unbelievable special papers - making fun and funky art while they're at it. Creativity will blossom as kids experiment with thick paints like Vincent Van Gogh used, or ...
In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and reviews give commentary on all the major contributors to the field, situate the field as a whole in relation to historical trends and contemporary schools ...
In these reflections on the relations between art and science, Huxley attempts to discern the similarities and differences implicit in scientific and literary language, and he offers his opinions on the influence that each discipline exerts upon the other.
This investigation takes an affectionate look at the cultural role of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys to uncover the huge and enduring popularity of the young crime fighters. It traces the rise of the youth culture and the way the plots have changed.
Gaston Bachelard, who died in 1962, left 12 works on the philosophy of science, nine on the poetic imagination, and two on time and consciousness, written in an image-laden style that rejected traditional academic discourse in favour of a subversive, allusive, highly metaphorical way of thinking and writing. "Gaston Bachelard, Subversive Humanist" ...
This resource book for teachers includes trickster tales, fables, "Why" legends, and fairy tales from different cultures. Ideas and activity sheet ideas are given to expand a child's imagination and reinforce the lesson found in the tale.
Visual comparisons allow readers to understand differences in sizes, heights, speeds, and numbers. Gatefold pages contain large-scale color illustrations that allow readers to further comprehend the comparisons made in the text.
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