Download or read book The Disappearing Spoon written by Sam Kean and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Big Bang through the end of time. Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.
Download or read book Alice in Wonderland Journal Sometimes I Have Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast Royal Blue written by Molly Lester and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sometimes I Have Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast' is one of the stationery series: 'Alice in Wonderland Colour Notebook Journals'. This 6" x 9" notebook has a chic, matte-finish cover featuring an illustration of Alice from 'Alice in Wonderland' on a royal blue vintage background with the quote, 'Sometimes I Have Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast'. The elegant journal consists of 100 ruled pages of cream paper and is a great addition to anyone's stationery collection. - Makes a great personal journal for writing down your daily thoughts or for jotting down notes and ideas. - 100 lined, opaque, cream pages. - 6"x9" 15.2cm wide x 22.9 cm high. - Smooth paper that is perfect for pens or pencils. - A great gift for any 'Alice in Wonderland' fan. - Great for journaling or can be used as a blank diary. - A wonderful back to school supply - exercise book.
Download or read book Alice in Wonderland Journal Sometimes I Have Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast Grey written by Molly Lester and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sometimes I Have Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast' is one of the stationery series: 'Alice in Wonderland Colour Notebook Journals'. This 6" x 9" notebook has a chic, matte-finish cover featuring an illustration of Alice from 'Alice in Wonderland' on a grey vintage background with the quote, 'Sometimes I Have Believed As Many As Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast'. The elegant journal consists of 100 ruled pages of cream paper and is a great addition to anyone's stationery collection. - Makes a great personal journal for writing down your daily thoughts or for jotting down notes and ideas. - 100 lined, opaque, cream pages. - 6"x9" 15.2cm wide x 22.9 cm high. - Smooth paper that is perfect for pens or pencils. - A great gift for any 'Alice in Wonderland' fan. - Great for journaling or can be used as a blank diary. - A wonderful back to school supply - exercise book.
Download or read book Out Of Control written by Kevin Kelly and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.
Download or read book The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll Rev C L Dodgson written by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1898 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hampshire Days written by William Henry Hudson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book The Journals of Sylvia Plath written by Sylvia Plath and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electrifying diaries that are essential reading for anyone moved and fascinated by the life and work of one of America's most acclaimed poets. Sylvia Plath began keeping a diary as a young child. By the time she was at Smith College, when this book begins, she had settled into a nearly daily routine with her journal, which was also a sourcebook for her writing. Plath once called her journal her “Sargasso,” her repository of imagination, “a litany of dreams, directives, and imperatives,” and in fact these pages contain the germs of most of her work. Plath’s ambitions as a writer were urgent and ultimately all-consuming, requiring of her a heat, a fantastic chaos, even a violence that burned straight through her. The intensity of this struggle is rendered in her journal with an unsparing clarity, revealing both the frequent desperation of her situation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons.
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Download or read book Working written by Studs Terkel and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” —The Boston Globe A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller Studs Terkel’s classic oral history Working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a “brilliant” and enduring portrait of people’s feelings about their working lives. This edition includes a new foreword by New York Times journalist Adam Cohen (Forbes). “Splendid . . . Important . . . Rich and fascinating . . . The people we meet are not digits in a poll but real people with real names who share their anecdotes, adventures, and aspirations with us.” —Business Week “The talk in Working is good talk—earthy, passionate, honest, sometimes tender, sometimes crisp, juicy as reality, seasoned with experience.” —The Washington Post
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Download or read book How the Mind Works written by Steven Pinker and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life.
Download or read book New Ideas for Work and Play written by Lina Beard and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Theories of Social Capital written by Ben Fine and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the evolution of social capital since his highly acclaimed contribution of 2001 (Social Capital Versus Social Theory), Ben Fine consolidates his position as the world's leading critic of the concept. Fine forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences only by degrading the different disciplines and topics that it touches: a McDonaldization of social theory. The rise and fall of social capital at the World Bank is critically explained as is social capital's growing presence in disciplines, such as management studies, and its relative absence in others, such as social history. Writing with a sharp critical edge, Fine not only deconstructs the roller-coaster presence of social capital across the social sciences but also draws out lessons on how (and how not) to do research.
Download or read book Above the Falls written by Lionel Youst and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
