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Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Explores intriguing tales about every element of the periodic table, sharing their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, evil, love, the arts, and the lives of the colorful scientists who discovered them.
From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88)...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world A squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don’t...
26) Moon
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
This special book written to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing combines the story of the preparation, journey, arrival, and landing of Apollo 11 with scientific information about the Moon and its influence on our culture through music, theater, literature, and more.
28) Weapons
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
39) Terrors and marvels: how science and technology changed the character and outcome of World War II
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
40) Battle at sea
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Following the success of "Battle" and "Weapon, Battle at Sea" looks at every aspect of warfare on, above, and under the sea. This dramatic book catalogs the stories of the people, ships, and organizations behind history's greatest naval conflicts.
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