After the strong success of Roger Everett’s first book Wading and Shore Birds, we are pleased to offer this new collection: Favorite Songbirds. With over 100 full-color photographs of exquisite beauty, Roger offers images of the birds we know and love the best: cardinals. chickadees, goldfinches, robins, and…
This new photographic study continues the series begun by Tricia Veasey with her Geese and Mallards books in 1988. The excellent color photos of these interesting varieties of waterfowl in their natural settings provide study material for bird enthusiasts, artists and all manner of hobbyists who need factual visual…
Over 140 beautifully rendered color illustrations of common Cape Cod birds with species accounts that include locations where they may be found by birders. The informative text provides helpful advice on the best bird watching techniques and six field trips focusing on different environments and the species that…
Beryl in its many color varieties is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples are found at many locales worldwide, mainly in pegmatites and schists. Other members of the group are prized by species collectors and micromount enthusiasts. This book explains how beryl is formed and the unique…
Kategorier: Matematik och naturvetenskap Naturvetenskap Outdoor schools / education Pedagogik Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Skolor Undervisning i specifika ämnen
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Boken Att lära in ute året runt, på över 300 sidor, beskriver hur man kan arbeta utomhus med barn och elever under alla årstider med hänvisningar till kursplanernas centrala innehåll i Lgr 11. Den är indelad i olika teman med fokus på naturkunskap men med kopplingar till andra ämnen och…
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Under det senaste århundradet har människan lyckats göra det omöjliga. Svält, krig och sjukdomar har förvandlats från obegripliga naturkrafter till problem som faktiskt går att…
I denna lilla uppsats, som först publicerades i en vetenskaplig tidskrift, formulerar författaren universellt giltiga naturlagar kring hur information uppstår och hur den överförs.
Första delen ägnar dr Gitt åt att förklara vad en naturlag innebär, att definiera vad universell information är samt att härleda fyra…
Over 650 vivid color photos reveal the geo-collectible fossils and minerals associated with the first two billion years of earth’s history. The engaging text explores the geology of shield areas and their associated rocks and minerals. Also examined are pegmatites and their associated minerals, including attractive…
I denna lilla uppsats, som först publicerades i en vetenskaplig tidskrift, formulerar författaren universellt giltiga naturlagar kring hur information uppstår och hur den överförs.
Första delen ägnar dr Gitt åt att förklara vad en naturlag innebär, att definiera vad universell information är samt att härleda fyra…
Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet.
New Jersey’s southern Cape is host to huge annual bird migrations, making Cape May one of the best bird-watching locations in the world. Over 400 species have been spotted here. See exquisite photographs that present shore, prey, and song birds commonly seen at Cape May in lively action and flight themes. Birds…
As a new wave of interplanetary exploration unfolds, a talented young planetary scientist charts our centuries-old obsession with Mars.
Mars – bewilderingly empty, coated in red dust – is an unlikely place to pin our hopes of finding life elsewhere. And yet, right now multiple spacecraft are circling,…
A collection of the weirdest and wackiest theories from science and history by bestselling author of Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese.
An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.
World-renowned woodturner Dick Sing takes you through all the steps needed to create delightful and decorative miniature birdhouses. Starting with a basic birdhouse, Dick illustrates how to set up and turn the body, roof, perch, and finial. Clear, step-by-step instructions show wood preparation, proper use of equipment…
Provided here is a detailed picture of the lives and environments of whales and seals, including chapters on anatomy, adaptation to aquatic life, nutrition, migration, reproduction, and paracites and enemies. The interaction of man with these marine animals is also explored, as is their paleontology. New information…
Over 140 color photos, diagrams, and text reveal the crystal structures, habits, names, and changing family relationships of silicate crystals. This thorough guide provides an introduction to crystallography, the current classification of silicate structures, and reviews orthosilicates, disilicates, chain silicates,…
560 color photos and engaging text take readers on a journey back to a world first of tropical climates and then plunging into an Ice Age. It covers the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene Epochs, and includes a dazzling array of fossils, including plants, mollusks, sharks, insects, mammoths, and mastodons.…
An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life
From birth, genetic females are better at fighting viruses, infections and cancer. They do better at surviving epidemics and famines. They live longer, and even see the world in a…
Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight. A book for ages 8-80 about flying – from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the British Airways pilots of today.
The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and…
Bokens titel syftar på Einsteins berömda påstående ”Gud spelar inte tärning” i debatten med Niels Bohr om slumpmässigheten i kvantmekaniken. Einstein såg Gud som synonym med naturlagarna, och var inte tilltalad av tanken på en Gud som ingriper i människors liv, och än mindre en Gud som vill ha personlig…
The Atlantic coast, from Maryland north to New England, is part of a major flyway for migrating birds, and therefore an important destination for birdwatchers and other nature lovers. From the great variety of birds found along the shores and wetlands of the Atlantic coast noted bird photographer Roger S. Everett has…
Take a photographic journey through nesting season with a newly mated osprey pair. In this true raptor adventure, the ospreys prepare a nest and mate, but their eggs do not hatch. Through an unlikely twist of events, biologists swap the unviable eggs with hatchlings from an ill-fated nest. Witness the heartwarming…
This guide to celestial navigation has been popular ever since it first appeared in 1969. Revised in 1982, Celestial Navigation is a quick, easy, and thorough explanation (with realistically worked problems) of the practice of celestial navigation at sea, using simple and inexpensive equipment. Extracts from the…
This compendious, but very readable, volume by one of the legends of Tibetan Singing Bowl playing has quickly established itself as the definitive study. Particularly useful is the wide scope of the book, which includes not just Tibetan bowls and the techniques used to sound them, but, also, Chinese bells, drilbu and…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Biokemisk teknik Bioteknik Genteknik Matematik och naturvetenskap Naturvetenskap Reportage och samlingar av journalistiska texter Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
Den nya genteknikens framväxt har gått i rasande fart. När de första genmodifierade barnen föddes i Kina 2018 blev det tydligt att mänskligheten stod inför möjligheter som vi förut bara fantiserat om. Med gensaxen crispr kan vi troligen bestämma våra barns…
”Stefan Buijsman är verklighetens Sheldon Cooper i ’The Big Bang Theory’, men med ofantligt mycket större social kompetens.”Svenska Dagbladet
Hur kan vi förstå vår vardag med simpel matematik? I Siffrorna visar holländska Stefan Buijsman hur trafikljus,…
Just as she did with North Korea, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick explores one of the most hidden corners of the world. She tells the story of a Tibetan town perched eleven thousand feet above sea level that is one of the most difficult places in all of China for foreigners to visit. Ngaba was one of the first…
This is much-awaited sequel to LaMotte’s ever-popular Pure Sea Glass. This elegant compilation reveals extraordinary stories of healing along with profiles of 14 sea glass collections from regions of the United States. The reader is presented with more aspects on shard identification and exposed to the role history…
Updated values and text revisions have been made to this popular and thorough guide to Candlewick crystal, one of the most popular lines of glass produced by the Imperial Glass Corporation of Bellaire, Ohio, which was introduced in 1936 and manufactured until the company’s closing in 1984. Today this pattern,…
At a time when science can seem complex and remote, it has a greater impact on our lives, and to the future of our planet, than ever before. It really matters that its discoveries and truths should be clearly and widely communicated. That its enemies, from the malicious to the muddled, the self-deluding to the…
Fascinating color photos let you see whales in their natural habitat. Learn about their behavior, external anatomy, and physical features. Discussed in the text are the humpback, minke, finback, and the rarely seen right whales, baleen whales that eat by taking in thousands of gallons of water and schools of fish or…