Search Results: Returned 18 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 18
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1996, Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 973 .0496 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores ten locations that have had significant impact on the African-American experience.
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2004., Juvenile, Greenwood Publishing Group Call No: 921 SAGAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Greenwood biographies,Summary Note: Presents a biography on twentieth-century American scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan and explores his work on planetary explorations and other scientific breakthroughs credited to him.
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c2005, Juvenile, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 323 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Open for debate
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2000., Enslow Publishers Call No: 364.151 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Issues in focusSummary Note: Examines genocide around the world, including Germany, Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo.
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c2002, Enslow Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Artist biographiesSummary Note: Examines the life and work of the American realist painter, describing and giving examples of his art.
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c2004, Benchmark Books Call No: 660.6 5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Open for debateSummary Note: Discusses the use of genetic engineering in plants and animals, and the hopes spurred by the mapping of human DNA by the Human Genome Project as well as the controversy over using stem cells for disease research.
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c2000., Franklin Watts Call No: 629.40973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this worldSummary Note: Surveys the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, describing the major space craft and missions launched.
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1994., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Chronicles late nineteenth- to mid-twentieth century developments in the physical and life sciences, such as the theory of relativity, splitting the atom, and genetic research, showing how great scientists' work has built upon those that came before them, and includes a chronology, glossary, and annotated further reading list.
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1994., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Chronicles developments in the physical and life sciences in the latter half of the twentieth century, such as space exploration, DNA, and genetic engineering, showing how great scientists' research has built upon those that came before them, and includes a chronology, glossary, and annotated further reading list.
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1993., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Surveys the early history of science, discussing the philosophical underpinnings developed by Greek thinkers, continuing through the developments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and concluding with the discoveries of the seventeenth century.
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1993., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Chronicles eighteenth-century developments in the physical and life sciences, showing how great scientists' research has built upon those that came before them, and includes a chronology, glossary, and annotated further reading list.
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1994., Facts on File Call No: 509 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the shoulders of giantsSummary Note: Examines the role of science in the Industrial Revolution, its establishment as a popular discipline, and discoveries in the areas of atoms and the elements, chemistry, evolution, and energy.
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-- Mercury.c2003., Pre-adolescent, F. Watts Call No: 523.41 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this world.Summary Note: Describes the discovery and observation of the planet nearest the sun, Mercury, including the findings of the Mariner 10 fly-by mission of 1974-75.
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c2002., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 629.44 SPANGENBURG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Out of this world (Franklin Watts, Inc.)Summary Note: Examines what it is like for the crews living and working on American space shuttles and discusses the life of the Russian space station Mir and plans for an international space station.
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1998., Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 973 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the attempts of various reformers and social groups to diversify the makeup of the United States and it focuses on historic sites associated with these movements.
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1990., Facts on File Call No: 627.13 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Connecting a continentSummary Note: Traces the history of canals and canal building in America, from the first American canals to the building of the Panama Canal and the recent work done on the Illinois Waterway.
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2003., Enslow Publishers Call No: 306.4 SPA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Teen issuesSummary Note: Explores what fads are, how they get started, why people get involved in them, what is good and bad about following the crowd, and some well-known fads of the past.
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c1995, Facts on File Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Makers of modern science