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Book Hidden Worlds

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Kramer
  • Publisher : Turtleback Books
  • Release : 2003-08-25
  • ISBN : 9780613886659
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Hidden Worlds written by Stephen Kramer and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2003-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are hidden worlds in nature-places you can visit only with a microscope. For more than twenty-five years, Dennis Kunkel has been exploring these worlds. Through the lenses of powerful microscopes, he has examined objects most people have never

Book Hidden Worlds

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  • Author : Royden Loewen
  • Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
  • Release : 2001-11-30
  • ISBN : 0887550584
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Hidden Worlds written by Royden Loewen and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1870s, approximately 18,000 Mennonites migrated from the southern steppes of Imperial Russia (present-day Ukraine) to the North American grasslands. They brought with them an array of cultural and institutional features that indicated they were a "transplanted" people. What is less frequently noted, however, is that they created in their everyday lives a world that ensured their cultural longevity and social cohesiveness in a new land.Their adaptation to the New World required new concepts of social boundary and community, new strategies of land ownership and legacy, new associations, and new ways of interacting with markets. In Hidden Worlds, historian Royden Loewen illuminates some of these adaptations, which have been largely overshadowed by an emphasis on institutional history, or whose sources have only recently been revealed. Through an analysis of diaries, wills, newspaper articles, census and tax records, and other literature, an examination of inheritance practices, household dynamics, and gender relations, and a comparison of several Mennonite communities in the United States and Canada, Loewen uncovers the multi-dimensional and highly resourceful character of the 1870s migrants.

Book Out of Sight

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  • Author : Seymour Simon
  • Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
  • Release : 2012-10-01
  • ISBN : 1936503891
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book Out of Sight written by Seymour Simon and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From deep within the human body to distant nebulae in outer space, there are worlds all around us that are smaller, faster, and farther than the unaided eye can see. In these thirty-six amazing images, you can see the invisible: from a white blood cell attacking E. coli bacteria, to the delicate splash from a falling drop of water captured by a high-speed strobe. With pictures that astound and fascinating explanations of how each image was captured, award-winning author Seymour Simon takes readers on a fantastic voyage that's truly out of sight.

Book Hidden Worlds in Quantum Physics

Download or read book Hidden Worlds in Quantum Physics written by Gerard Gouesbet and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its emphasis on the history and philosophical foundations of physics, this book will interest lay readers as well as students and professionals. The distinguished author discusses pioneers in the field, including Pauli, Einstein, Bohr, and de Broglie. Topics include hidden-variable and causal theories, pilot wave, and Schrödinger's equation. 2013 edition.

Book Hidden Worlds

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  • Author : Timothy Paul Smith
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2018-06-05
  • ISBN : 069118724X
  • Pages : 193 pages

Download or read book Hidden Worlds written by Timothy Paul Smith and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one has ever seen a quark. Yet physicists seem to know quite a lot about the properties and behavior of these ubiquitous elementary particles. Here a top researcher introduces us to a fascinating but invisible realm that is part of our everyday life. Timothy Smith tells us what we know about quarks--and how we know it. Though the quarks that make science headlines are typically laboratory creations generated under extreme conditions, most quarks occur naturally. They reside in the protons and neutrons that make up almost all of the universe's known matter, from human DNA to distant nebulae, from books and tables to neutron stars. Smith explains what these quarks are, how they act, and why physicists believe in them sight unseen. How do quarks arrange themselves? What other combinations can nature make? How do quarks hold nuclei together? What else is happening in their hidden worlds? It turns out that these questions can be answered using a few simple principles, such as the old standby: opposites attract. With these few principles, Smith shows how quarks dance around each other and explains what physicists mean when they refer to "up" and "down" quarks and talk about a quark's color, flavor, and spin. Smith also explains how we know what we know about these oddly aloof particles, which are eternally confined inside larger particles. He explains how quark experiments are mounted and how massive accelerators, targets, and detectors work together to collect the data that scientists use to infer what quarks are up to. A nonmathematical tour of the quark world, this book is written for students, educators, and all who enjoy scientific exploration--whether they seek a taste of subnuclear physics or just wonder about nature on the smallest of scales.

Book Hidden Worlds of Wildlife

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  • Author : National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division
  • Publisher : National Geographic Society
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 9780870447914
  • Pages : 199 pages

Download or read book Hidden Worlds of Wildlife written by National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 1990 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows and describes wildlife in Africa, Costa Rica, Guyana, Antarctica, the Yukon, and Papua New Guinea

Book Hidden Worlds

Download or read book Hidden Worlds written by Debora Pearson and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes remarkable tunnels from around the world from ancient times to the present.

Book The Hidden Worlds

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  • Author : Sandra Ingerman
  • Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
  • Release : 2018-07-27
  • ISBN : 1785358219
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Worlds written by Sandra Ingerman and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Were those people in Isaiah's dream the same people from school? Popular soccer star Magda? George, who he'd never heard speak because he always left classes for special services help? Angry Rose, the Chinese girl who was always in trouble for fighting? And why were there dead birds and fish everywhere? When the four encounter one another the next day by the same pond from the dream, they realize they've shared a dream and there really are dead birds and fish covering the ground! This leads to real-life adventures and more dreams as they discover a toxic waste plant disposing of poisons illegally. Not friends in the beginning, romance blossoms as they work together with their Power Animals to close down the plant.

Book The Hidden Worlds

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  • Author : Kristin Landon
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780441015115
  • Pages : 372 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Worlds written by Kristin Landon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to save her family from ruin and secure a future for her loved ones, nineteen-year-old Linnea Kiaho, who is from one of the poorest planets, accepts an indenture on the decadent home world of the Pilot Masters and finds an unlikely ally in pilot Iain sen Paolo. Original.

Book Beyond the Veil  Unveiling Hidden Worlds

Download or read book Beyond the Veil Unveiling Hidden Worlds written by Michelle Basila and published by Durgesh Singh kushwah . This book was released on with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Veil: Unveiling Hidden Worlds is an enthralling exploration of the mysteries that lie just beyond our everyday perception. Delving into the realms of the unknown, this captivating book takes readers on a journey of discovery, as it unravels ancient myths, examines unexplained phenomena, and delves into the metaphysical and esoteric aspects of hidden worlds. With each turn of the page, readers are invited to embrace the mystery and open themselves up to a world of infinite possibilities. Prepare to be captivated by the secrets that lie beyond the veil.

Book Capitalism s Hidden Worlds

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  • Author : Kenneth Lipartito
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2020-01-24
  • ISBN : 0812251814
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Capitalism s Hidden Worlds written by Kenneth Lipartito and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic social history of shadow capitalism spanning the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries Observers see free markets, the relentless pursuit of profit, and the unremitting drive to commodify everything as capitalism's defining characteristics. These most visible economic features, however, obscure a range of other less evident, often unmeasured activities that occur on the margins and in the concealed corners of the formal economy. The range of practices in this large and diverse hidden realm encompasses traders in recycled materials and the architects of junk bonds and shadow banking. It includes the black and semi-licit markets that allow wealthy elites to avoid taxes and the unmeasured domestic and emotional labor of homemakers and home care workers. By some estimates, the unmeasured economic activity that occurs within the household, informal market, and underground economy amounts to a substantial portion of all economic activity in the world, as much as 30 percent in some countries. Capitalism's Hidden Worlds sheds new light on this shadowy economic landscape by reexamining how we think about the market. In particular, it scrutinizes the missed connections between the official, visible realm of exchange and the uncounted and invisible sectors that border it. While some hidden markets emerged in opposition to the formal economy, much of the obscured economy described in this volume operates as the other side of the legitimate, state-sanctioned marketplace. A variety of historical actors—from fortune tellers and forgers to tax lawyers and black market consumers—have constructed this unseen world in tandem with the observable public world of transactions. Others, such as feminist development economists and government regulators, have worked to bring the darkened corners of the economy to light. The essays in Capitalism's Hidden Worlds explore how the capitalist marketplace sustains itself, how it acquires legitimacy and even prestige, and how the marginalized and the dispossessed find ways to make ends meet. Contributors: Bruce Baker, Eileen Boris, Eli Cook, Hannah Frydman, James Hollis, Owen Hyman, Anna Kushkova, Christopher McKenna, Kenneth Mouré, Philip Scranton, Bryan Turo.

Book Doors to Hidden Worlds

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  • Author : Alfred Vendl
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • Release : 2023-10-04
  • ISBN : 3111250121
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book Doors to Hidden Worlds written by Alfred Vendl and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 40 years of science visualization The visualization of often-encrypted data reveals new, previously hidden, but quite real worlds to humankind. Art adopts these insights and uses them to create new dimensions. This book brings together a wide range of contributions on visualization in science, media, and art. Renowned experts and associates of the Science Visualization Lab at the University of Applied Arts Vienna present examples of outstanding and innovative visualization projects and provide insight into their working methods. The book follows a variety of approaches to expanding perception and rendering the invisible visible. “If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.” – William Blake Insight into the thinking and working methods of renowned scientists, media experts, and artists Lavish publication with numerous illustrations and AR features With contributions by Ina Conradi / Mark Chavez, Christian Köberl, Walter Köhler, Thomas Matzek, Markus Müller, Ruth Schnell, Victoria Vesna / James K. Gimzewski, Manfred Wakolbinger, and others

Book The Hidden Worlds

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  • Author : Sandra Ingerman
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9781785358203
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Worlds written by Sandra Ingerman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four seventh graders solve a threatening environmental issue with the help of their power animals.

Book Hidden World

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  • Author : Kaushik Ram
  • Publisher : Brolga Pub.
  • Release : 2017-06
  • ISBN : 9781925367867
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Hidden World written by Kaushik Ram and published by Brolga Pub.. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic appears in moments we never thought we'd imagine. No amount of planning can recreate moments we experience so deeply - all thoughts are momentarily suspended. This is the great paradox - when we constantly plan to arrive at a fleeting moment, we never do. The conditioning of the human mind has hijacked the evolution of humankind. However, many are waking up from the epidemic of chronic thinking. We are realising the human soul is not simply an evolutionary experiment in survival. We see that we are here to share our gifts. Written in a way that speaks to the subconscious, Dr. Kaushik Ram's mix of observations and fictional stories brings poetry and magic into our modern reality. Learn what lies beyond the conventional approaches to mind and body and discover the dreams only you can imagine. It is then we realise... we have just begun.

Book Exoplanets

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  • Author : Donald Goldsmith
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2018-09-10
  • ISBN : 0674988876
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Exoplanets written by Donald Goldsmith and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astronomers have recently discovered thousands of exotic planets that orbit stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy. With his characteristic wit and style, Donald Goldsmith shows how these observations have already broadened our planetary horizons, and tells us what may come next, including the ultimate discovery: life beyond our home planet.

Book The Hidden World of the Fox

Download or read book The Hidden World of the Fox written by Adele Brand and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the hidden world of the fox, as beautifully revealed by an acclaimed ecologist who has studied foxes for two decades across four continents “An ode to this familiar yet mysterious creature. … The sight of foxes can lift Brand's prose into poetry. ... By turns lyrical, salty, funny and scholarly.” —New York Times Book Review The fox. For thousands of years myth and folklore have celebrated its cunning intelligence. Today the red fox is the nature’s most populous carnivore, its dancing orange tail a common sight in backyards. Yet who is this wild neighbor, truly? How do we negotiate this uneasy new chapter of an ancient relationship? Join British ecologist Adele Brand on a journey to discover the surprising secrets of the fabled fox, the familiar yet enigmatic creature that has adapted to the human world with astonishing—some say, unsettling—success. Brand has studied foxes for twenty years across four continents—from the Yucatán rainforest to India’s remote Thar Desert, from subarctic Canada to metropolitan London. Her observations have convinced her that the fox is arguably the most modern of all wildlife, uniquely suited to survival in the rapidly expanding urban/wild interface. Blending cutting-edge science, cultural anthropology, and intimate personal storytelling drawn from her own remarkable fieldwork, The Hidden World of the Fox is Brand’s rich and revelatory portrait of the extraordinary animal she has devoted her life to understanding.

Book Exposing Hidden Worlds

Download or read book Exposing Hidden Worlds written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis "the best American I ever knew." The pioneering photojournalist, an immigrant from Denmark, drew attention to the poverty and evils of slum life in the late 1800s. Riis won national acclaim when his photos illustrated his bestselling book How the Other Half Lives. The book focused on the difficult time immigrants faced as thousands of newcomers flooded into the United States each year. Riis called for reform and hoped to prod government officials to help the poor people who were forced to live under horrible conditions. The impact of Riis' photos came from capturing the poor and homeless as they lived and worked, with the subjects' eyes often staring directly into the camera. The great photographer Ansel Adams called them "magnificent achievements in the field of humanistic photography." But the reforms that came from Riis' work have not eliminated urban poverty and homelessness, and important work remains to be done.