Download or read book Quiz Yourself Clever Animals of the World written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover your own inner Attenborough with this fact-packed, quick-quiztastic book, which covers more than 120 animals, from terrifying tigers to adorable apes! This amazing book welcomes you to the animal kingdom where you can meet more than 100 species, ranging from lions to butterflies and everything in between. Stunning pictures and fast facts will allow you to amass a wealth of knowledge in a fun way. Meet familiar creatures, including polar bears and tigers, and unbelievable ones, such as a vampire bat and a trumpetfish, with each animal having its own quiz questions to test your knowledge on what you've learned. For even more fun, get friends involved and quiz each other! Every creature is shown in beautiful detail, with quiz questions surrounding its portrait. Turn the page to find the answers to the questions—delivered in fast-fact style, including what they eat, where they live, how big they are compared to humans, and more images and facts. A jaw-dropping spectrum of animal types—from fish and birds to reptiles and mammals—provides a learning experience like no other!
Download or read book Animal Knowledge Genius written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blow the minds of your friends and family with your animal knowledge. This brilliant nature quiz book is suited for hours of family fun! Do you know the difference between a great white shark and a giant manta ray? Can you spot the difference between a dung beetle and a tiger beetle? Challenge yourself and the family to this brain-busting nature challenge! In this exciting family activity book, you’ll find: • “Reference” spreads which introduce a topic and give all the essential info. • “Quiz” pages, packed with pictures to pore over, put your knowledge to the test. • “Test Yourself” panels across three levels of difficulty — starter, challenger and genius. • A fun fact with every image gives a clue. • Answers appear upside down on the page. This stunning visual encyclopedia of animal knowledge is packed with hundreds of fantastic facts. It’s an irresistibly interactive kids book that will have you challenging yourself and the family over and over again. This entertaining general knowledge book for kids will test your brainpower and challenge you to learn so much more. Can you complete all these levels of difficulty as the challenge gets harder? Packed with more than 60 topics across the animal world and eye-popping images, this animal activity book is excellent for brain training and makes learning way more fun. It’s perfect for children ages 9-12, or geniuses of all ages. Look out for more fun family quiz books in this series from DK. Put your general knowledge skills to the test and take on the Knowledge Genius! brain-busting challenge!
Download or read book Feral Children and Clever Animals written by Douglas K. Candland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-10-26 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative book, Douglas Candland shows that as we begin to understand the way animals and non-speaking humans "think," we hold up a mirror of sorts to our own mental world, and gain profound insights into human nature. Weaving together diaries, contemporary newspaper accounts, and his own enlightening commentary, Candland brings to life a series of extraordinary stories. He begins with a look at past efforts to civilize feral children. We meet Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron, now famous as the subject of a Truffaut film; Kaspar Hauser, raised in a cell, civilized, and then assassinated; and the Wolf Girls of India, found early this century huddled among wolf pups in a forest den (they were originally believed to be ghosts by superstitious villagers, who nearly shot them as they were being captured). In each case, it was hoped that the study of these children would help clarify the age-old nature/nurture debate, but, as Candland shows, so much of the information "revealed" was really only a projection of beliefs previously held by the investigating scientists. Candland then turns to "clever animals." We learn how the investigation of "Clever Hans," the German horse who could calculate square roots, proved to be a first step in the direction of behaviorism (researchers found that Hans was being tipped off by the subtle and unwitting body language of his owner and other observers, who would bend almost imperceptibly at the waist with every hoof beat, and stand erect when the correct count was reached). And Candland discusses the many attempts to communicate with our closest neighbor, the apes. We read of Richard Lynch Garner's 1892 experiment living with chimpanzees in Gabon (he taught one to say the French word "feu"), and of Gua, raised by W.N. and L.A. Kellogg alongside their own son Donald, and of the latest successes of teaching sign language to such precocious apes as Sarah, Sherman, Austin, and Koko. Throughout, Candland illuminates the boldest and most intriguing efforts yet to extend our world to that of our fellow creatures. And he shows that, in the end, our effort to "make contact" is a reflection of the way in which we as a species create and order our universe. Humans have long shown a wish to connect with the silent minds around them. In assembling and interpreting the compelling tales in this book, Candland offers us a new understanding not only of the animal kingdom, but of the very nature of humanity, and our place in the great chain of being.
Download or read book What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions written by Vinciane Despret and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don’t mean science fiction, or false stories about science, but, on the contrary, true ways of understanding how difficult it is to figure out what animals are up to.” —Bruno Latour, form the Foreword Is it all right to urinate in front of animals? What does it mean when a monkey throws its feces at you? Do apes really know how to ape? Do animals form same-sex relations? Are they the new celebrities of the twenty-first century? This book poses twenty-six such questions that stretch our preconceived ideas about what animals do, what they think about, and what they want. In a delightful abecedarium of twenty-six chapters, Vinciane Despret argues that behaviors we identify as separating humans from animals do not actually properly belong to humans. She does so by exploring incredible and often funny adventures about animals and their involvements with researchers, farmers, zookeepers, handlers, and other human beings. Do animals have a sense of humor? In reading these stories it is evident that they do seem to take perverse pleasure in creating scenarios that unsettle even the greatest of experts, who in turn devise newer and riskier hypotheses that invariably lead them to conclude that animals are not nearly as dumb as previously thought. These deftly translated accounts oblige us, along the way, to engage in both ethology and philosophy. Combining serious scholarship with humor that will resonate with anyone, this book—with a foreword by noted French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist of science Bruno Latour—is a must not only for specialists but also for general readers, including dog owners, who will never look at their canine companions the same way again.
Download or read book Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are written by Frans de Waal and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waal’s landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal—and human—intelligence.
Download or read book My First Quiz Picture Book of Animals written by Clever Publishing and published by Clever Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My First Quiz Picture Book of Animals pages are bursting with lively illustrations and first question and answer activities! The colorful pictures engage toddlers while prompting them to observe and answer corresponding questions. The large format features loads of pictures on every spread, encouraging little learners to explore the pages to discover animals and their habitat.
Download or read book Quiz Yourself Clever Rocks and Minerals written by DK and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the wonders of our rocky planet with this quiztastic book featuring rocks and minerals from all over the world! Learn about Earth's fascinating rocks, minerals, and gems, from igneous rocks formed deep inside the Earth's molten core to sparkling emeralds, in this quiz book for children ages 9+. Striking pictures and fast facts will allow you to learn all about geology in a fun and engaging way. The pure form of every rock or mineral is shown via an eye-catching image, surrounded by quiz questions. Turn the page to find the answers. In no time, you'll be able to distinguish sedimentary from sandstone, metamorphic from mudstone, and pyrite from pearl. This geology quiz book for children offers: - Fast and fun learning through the use of detailed animal images and interesting facts. - Hundreds of quick-fire questions for children to quiz themselves and challenge friends and family. - Information that has been endorsed and authenticated by experts. Quiz Yourself Clever: Rocks & Minerals is packed with information on the world's amazing materials - from rainbow rocks and priceless diamonds to minerals that glow in the dark! Discover the unique qualities of each material, together with how it is used in industry, architecture, art, and science. Children can use the book to test their own knowledge, or challenge friends and family. More in the series If you enjoyed Quiz Yourself Clever: Rocks & Minerals, then why not test yourself with another quiz book to boost your knowledge, Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World - and get to grips with the fascinating animal kingdom!
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics written by Tom L. Beauchamp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 997 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and R.G. Frey.
Download or read book Clever Dick s Animal Quiz Book written by Steve Bicknell and published by . This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clever Dick is the most popular boy in school. His friends can ask him anything and he always knows the answers.
Download or read book The Genius of Birds written by Jennifer Ackerman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lovely, celebratory. For all the belittling of ‘bird brains,’ [Ackerman] shows them to be uniquely impressive machines . . .” —New York Times Book Review “A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence.” —Scientific American An award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores their newly discovered brilliance and how it came about. As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent. At once personal yet scientific, richly informative and beautifully written, The Genius of Birds celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures. Ackerman is also the author of Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast.
Download or read book Melvin Burgess written by Alison Waller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melvin Burgess has made a powerful name for himself in the world of children's and young adult literature, emerging in the 1990s as the author of over twenty critically acclaimed novels. This collection of original essays by a team of established and new scholars introduces readers to the key debates surrounding Burgess's most challenging work, including controversial young adult novels Junk and Doing It. Covering a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives, the volume also presents exciting new readings of some of his less familiar fiction for children, and features an interview with the author.
Download or read book Get Smart A Multi Skill English Course Book for Class 2 written by Leena Kapoor and published by Goyal Brothers Prakashan. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conformity with the objectives and recommendations of the latest National Curriculum Framework, we have developed Get Smart—A Multi-skill English Language Course comprising Coursebooks for Primers A and B and Primary Classes (Grades 1 to 5), and Workbooks and Literature Readers for Primary Classes (Grades 1 to 5). This series adopts an eclectic approach which keeps the child in the centre of learning and encourages teacher-student interaction as well as collaborative and experiential learning. This series follows the latest teaching-learning pedagogy and lays emphasis on the four language skills—listening, speaking, reading and writing—along with vocabulary and grammar. It combines the advantages of structural and communicative approaches. The universally accepted themes and language-learning activities have been blended for the progressive development of learning abilities, besides teaching life skills and values for the learner’s holistic development. Special Features of the Coursebooks • Themes include a wide range of universally-accepted prose and poetry. • Warm Up comprises a hands-on exercise or activity having direct relevance to the theme of the text. • Use Word Check tests whether the learners have understood the difficult words taught in the text. • Sum-up Text includes exercises covering textual questions that develop and test factual, inferential, evaluative and predictive understanding of the lesson. • Word Wise hones the pronunciation and vocabulary skills of the learners through a wide variety of topics. • Grammar Check consists of explanations and examples followed by exercises that not only help learners understand grammatical concepts but also apply them in various situations. • Listener’s Lap develops the listening skills of the learners through interesting texts, short poems, anecdotes, etc. along with the exercises based on these texts. • Speaking Track paves the way for the learners to participate in dialogue, role-play, choral speaking and other activities to enhance their communicative skills. • Pen Down includes different types of creative writing exercises used in everyday communication. • Finish Line at the end of every lesson, focuses on cooperative and collaborative activities that the learners may use in real-life situations Goyal Brothers Prakashan
Download or read book Smart Animals written by Michael Holland and published by Little Gestalten. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our human brains took us all around the globe and even into space. But we are not the only clever creatures on the planet. Some animals are so smart that we don't even know the extent of their intelligence. How do some animals play? How do they use tools? How do they solve problems? How do they communicate? How do their excellent memories work? Smart Animals features octopuses navigating mazes, rats outsmarting lab experiments, dolphins naming each other, orangutans solving riddles, elephants holding a grudge for decades, and many more. Get ready for the most marvelous and mind-blowing masterminds from our animal kingdom!
Download or read book The Zoologist s Guide to the Galaxy written by Arik Kershenbaum and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a noted Cambridge zoologist, a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal laws that govern life on Earth and in space. Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to what aliens might be like, we imagine that life on other planets is the stuff of science fiction. The time has come to abandon our fantasies of space invaders and movie monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing. But short of aliens landing in New York City, how do we know what they are like? Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution--which applies throughout the universe--Cambridge zoologist Dr. Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like: how these creatures will move, socialize, and communicate. For example, by observing fish whose electrical pulses indicate social status, we can see that other planets might allow for communication by electricity. As there was evolutionary pressure to wriggle along a sea floor, Earthling animals tend to have left/right symmetry; on planets where creatures evolved in midair or in soupy tar, they might be lacking any symmetry at all. Might there be an alien planet with supersonic animals? A moon where creatures have a language composed of smells? Will aliens scream with fear, act honestly, or have technology? The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy answers these questions using the latest science to tell the story of how life really works, on Earth and in space.
Download or read book Trivia for Smart Kids written by D. L. Digital Entertainment and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On planet earth, what bird has larger eyes than its brain? Surprisingly enough, an ostrich has eyes that are larger than their own brain. If you like interesting and interactive trivia questions like this, then keep reading... We know trivia is fun, especially for kids, but we also know that learning new things and gaining new knowledge on topics you love is one of the most enjoyable parts about it. Trivia has been around since the dawn of time and continuously brings new and fun interactive ways for friends, family and children to enjoy together. Unfortunately, finding interesting topics to learn about can take a lot of time and effort to find when searching through blog post after blog post. Luckily, Trivia for Smart Kids puts an end to this problem, having all of the information you want to learn about and test your skills on in one, convenient place. In Trivia for Smart Kids, you can expect: To learn about the amazing health benefits of trivia questions 8 different categories of trivia to choose from 300+ different and mind-blowing questions Questions that are easy to hear and comprehend Multiple choice format Clear and concise narration for the ultimate trivia experience And much more... Now, we know some types of trivia questions can be repetitive and boring and seeing the same questions you always see over and over again is no fun. We've made it our #1 priority to find new, interesting and intriguing questions in order to keep you interested and always wanting more. So, are you ready to test your skills and see what you know about all different kinds of trivia? Then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button now!
Download or read book How Smart are Animals written by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1990 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses recent research on levels of intelligence in both wild and domestic animals.
Download or read book Feminist Postcolonial Theory written by Reina Lewis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
