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The extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China--long the world's most technologically advanced country. This married Englishman, a freethinking intellectual, while working at Cambridge University in 1937, fell in love with a visiting Chinese student, with whom he began a lifelong affair. He became fascinated with China, and embarked on a series of extraordinary expeditions...
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2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Profiles the life and achievements of cosmologist Stephen William Hawking, one of the world's greatest science writers, whose notable accomplishments were achieved in spite of disabilities caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Scientists can change the world! Sir Isaac Newton's experiments helped us understand mass. This title introduces budding scientists and engineers to Sir Isaac Newton whose discoveries changed the course of science. Photos and illustrations bring the stories of this great mind to life, and a quiz lets readers test their newfound knowledge. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles....
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Documents the life and work of Joseph Priestly who by the 1780s had established himself as not only a world-renowned scientist, but also a prominent religious figure and forthright political thinker. Explores his work on ecosystem science and the discovery of oxygen as well as his founding of the Unitarian movement, and traces how his move to Pennsylvania (after being chased out of England by an angry mob) influenced the course of early American history....
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2023.
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"In the tradition of A Street Cat Named Bob, Nala's World, and Felix the Railway Cat: This is the story of Travis Nelson, his deaf Norwegian Forest cat, Sigrid, and their adventures on two wheels. When Travis Nelson arrived in London, he expected to embark on a new life and a new job. Coming from California, he'd uprooted his wife and his cat, Sigrid, and planned to be here for the long haul. Then Covid-19 struck. Travis's new job vanished as the...
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[2019]
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From mud tracks on a quiet country road to dirt specks on the soles of walking boots, forensic ecologist Patricia Wiltshire uses her decades of scientific expertise to find often-overlooked clues left behind by criminal activity. She detects evidence and eliminates hypotheses armed with little more than a microscope, eventually developing a compelling thesis of the who, what, how, and when of a crime. Wiltshire's remarkable accuracy has made her one...