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  • Genius Optical Inventions

    From the X-Ray to the Telescope

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Sarah Conner ...
    Series series Incredible Inventions
    Before magnifying glasses, how did people make objects look larger? The ancient Romans filled glass bowls with water. Then microscopes and telescopes came along. But optical innovation didn't stop there. Learn how many lightbulb designs Thomas Edison tested, how spies used microfilm to carry secret messages, how satellites let us look at Earth from space, and more! Fact-packed text and fun ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Logic of Chinese Behaviors

    de Xuewei Zhai ...
    Traducido por Matt Turner, Haiying Weng ...
    This book presents a discussion on Chinese people’s internal and external psychologies and logics, as well as the respective stage of social development and cultural context they were raised in, and from sociological, social psychological, and cultural anthropological perspectives.In particular, the book explores the relationship between Chinese people’s behaviors and China’s social and cultural ... Leer más

    $116.99 USD

  • Facing the Era of Great Transformation

    Essays on deepening reforms

    de Wu Jinglian ...
    Traducido por Matt Turner, Haiying Weng ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book collects essays from Chinese economic sage who was the mastermind of the reform and opening and persistent champion of market-driven development. In the essays, he outlines his vision of the systemic reform needed for today's China, from rule of law to completion of the market system and reform of state-owned enterprises. Dr. Wu's thoughts are always of interest, but at this pivotal ... Leer más

    $107.99 USD

  • Extraordinary Insects

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Santiago Calle ...
    Series series Crazy Creepy Crawlers
    Did you know that there are around ten quintillion insects alive at any one time? And all of these insects have some pretty extraordinary skills! Get up close and personal with these insects, and you'll discover that a cockroach can live for weeks without its head, an antlion will suck out the insides of its prey, and a giant weta weighs more than a mouse. Read this book to learn more about the ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Genius Transportation Inventions

    From the Wheel to Spacecraft

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Sarah Conner ...
    Series series Incredible Inventions
    Bicycles were only invented about two hundred years ago—and the first ones didn't have tires or brakes! But bikes aren't the only way we've tried to conquer the roads, seas, and skies. You'll discover how slow the earliest steam locomotives were, how Leonardo da Vinci designed a flying machine inspired by bats and birds, how the US Department of Defense invented GPS, and more! Fact-packed text and ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Genius Engineering Inventions

    From the Plow to 3D Printing

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Sarah Conner ...
    Series series Incredible Inventions
    Tin cans were first produced in London in 1813. But they had to be opened with a hammer and chisel, because the can opener wasn't invented until 1855! Check out other amazing engineering innovations, such as a popular soft drink originally sold as a "brain tonic," an 18th-century battery called a voltaic pile, and a design from 1596 for the first flushing toilet. Fact-packed text and fun ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Genius Communication Inventions

    From Morse Code to the Internet

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Sarah Conner ...
    Series series Incredible Inventions
    Printing words in books originated in China with the invention of movable type. But books aren't the only way we've communicated throughout history. Find out who invented the first radio, which complicated code took 267 years to crack, and how cloth weaving inspired computer programs. Fact-packed text and fun illustrations reveal wacky inventions (a machine that translates your dog's barks!) and ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Deadly Spiders

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Santiago Calle ...
    Series series Crazy Creepy Crawlers
    With their unique ability to spin silk that is stronger than steel, spiders make cunning traps as well as beautiful webs. This book brings you up close to these brilliant engineers, aerial acrobats, and super-successful predators. Discover the trap-door spider that can pull 38 times its own weight, the diving bell spider that lives its whole life in water, the bird-dropping spider that is a master ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Tiny Creepy Crawlers

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Santiago Calle ...
    Series series Crazy Creepy Crawlers
    Some of the most powerful creatures are also the smallest! Some are easy to find, such as the woodlouse and centipede. Others are so tiny that they can only be seen clearly under a microscope. Discover fleas that can jump 30,000 times without stopping, millipedes that can derail a train, velvet worms that shoot slime at their enemies, and many more tiny-but-tough customers. ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Flying Creepy Crawlers

    de Matt Turner ...
    Ilustraciones de Santiago Calle ...
    Series series Crazy Creepy Crawlers
    Flying insects hold one of the great keys to survival: wings. And there are winged insects buzzing, flitting, and soaring all around us. Take a close-up look to see how the hummingbird hawk moth dodges predators as it feeds, how honeybees dance to show where food-rich flowers are, and how an emperor dragonfly can see—and fly—in all directions. You'll meet all kinds of incredible creepy crawlers ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Dream Catcher

    de Matt Turner ...
    Dream Catcher is a suspenseful horror, revolving around a small family living in the West-coast of America. The family happen upon a dark artifact at a day auction one afternoon, and the night that follows is wrought with nightmares, and horror. ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

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  • Energy and Waves through Infographics

    de Rebecca Rowell ...
    Ilustraciones de Alex Sciuto ...
    Series series Super Science Infographics
    The supercharged facts about energy and waves can set your brain buzzing! You learn about huge rates of consumption (like the 35.3 quadrillion BTUs of petroleum used in the United States in 2011), huge timelines (it took 300 million years for our greatest source of energy, fossil fuels, to be created), and even huger mysteries (how long it will be before fossil fuels run out).How can all these big ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD