Download or read book Rainbows and Other Marvels of Light and Water written by Lynnae D. Steinberg and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact filled and image packed, this lively volume captures all the excitement of rainbow sightings after rainy days. Readers who delight in the sight of these multihued arcs will be thrilled to learn more about rainbows and related atmospheric phenomena, including moonbows, halos, and sun dogs. They will learn that it takes nothing more than light and water to create some of the most colorful sights in the atmosphere. The volume's clear narrative makes the science of light, prisms, and the color spectrum accessible to an elementary audience, while vocabulary boxes allow readers to quickly locate definitions of key terms and concepts.
Download or read book Rainbows written by Alicia Z. Klepeis and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what causes rainbows. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and helpful infographics help readers learn all about the science behind this phenomenon as well as ways that people study or protect it.
Download or read book Marvels in the World of Light written by Charles J. Ovenden and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crystals written by Heather Moore Niver and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gemstones and snowflakes represent some of our most memorable and alluring interactions with crystals, but crystals form many different materials, come in various shapes, sizes, and colors, and can grow in several different ways. This inviting volume examines the science behind crystal formation, clearly explaining to an elementary audience the difference between the types of bonds that hold crystals together and elucidating the melting, freezing, and dissolution processes that yield crystalline structures. Readers are also guided through the process of growing their own crystals at home. Vocabulary, Think About It, and Compare and Contrast boxes round out the engaging narrative.
Download or read book Organisms That Glow written by Bobi Martin and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether they glimmer to attract prey, to ward off predators, or for another reason entirely, glowing organisms are some of the most mesmerizing wonders of nature. This stunning volume introduces elementary readers to bioluminescence and biofluorescence, using accessible language to explain how and why various organisms make their own light. Vibrant images allow readers to journey through woods haunted by fox fire, soar high with fireflies that punctuate a summer night's sky, and dive deep to view the myriad creatures that illuminate the ocean's depths. Boxed text encourages critical thinking about Earth's incredible biodiversity and the behaviors and chemistry of living things.
Download or read book A New Map of Wonders written by Caspar Henderson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Henderson teaches us how to wonder anew with a new vision of science illuminated by a rich range of literature, philosophy, art, and music.” —Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of Dutch Light We live in a world that is known, every corner thoroughly explored. But has this knowledge cost us the ability to wonder? Wonder, Caspar Henderson argues, is at its most supremely valuable in just such a world because it reaffirms our humanity and gives us hope for the future. That’s the power of wonder, and that’s what we should aim to cultivate in our lives. But what are the wonders of the modern world? Henderson’s brilliant exploration borrows from the form of one of the oldest and most widely known sources of wonder: maps. Large, detailed mappae mundi invited people in medieval Europe to vividly imagine places and possibilities they had never seen before: manticores with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the stinging tail of a scorpion; tribes of one-eyed men who fought griffins for diamonds; and fearsome Scythian warriors who drank the blood of their enemies from their skulls. A New Map of Wonders explores these and other realms of the wonderful, in different times and cultures and in the present day, taking readers from Aboriginal Australian landscapes to sacred sites in Great Britain, all the while keeping sight questions such as the cognitive basis of wonder and the relationship between wonder and science. Beautifully illustrated and written with wit and moral complexity, this sequel to The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is a fascinating account of the power of wonder and an unforgettable meditation on its importance to our future.
Download or read book Auroras written by Elisa Peters and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auroras, the dancing lights that most often grace the night skies of the North and South Poles, look like magnificent kaleidoscopes of light and color to the naked eye. This absorbing volume breaks down this breathtaking phenomenon, using it to introduce elementary readers to the basics of magnetism and atmospheric science. The narrative carefully explains how the Earth's poles and atmosphere affect solar wind and describes how similar dazzling displays are visible on other planets. Vivid images capture the wonder of the northern and southern lights, while boxed terms and guiding questions nurture a deeper curiosity about our atmosphere.
Download or read book Quantum Buddhist Wonders of the Universe written by Graham Smetham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the implications of the meeting of Quantum Physics and Buddhist metaphysics for our understanding of paranormal phenomenon. The quantum nature of telepathy. The quantum truth of rebirth. The holographic principle and enlightenment. Advanced states of consciousness in Buddhist jhana meditation and the psychology of Abraham Maslow. The misleading ideas of Brian Cox and Jim Al-Khalali. Michael Mensky's Quantum Concept of Consciousness.... and much more....
Download or read book The Island of the Great Mother Or The Miracle of le Des Dames written by Gerhart Hauptmann and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begun in 1916, first published in 1924, this an almost poetic utopian work. About one hundred women and a twelve-year-old boy shipwrecked from a luxury liner on an unknown South Sea island establish a matriarchal society, a paradise of natural existence. In this society children are regarded as of divine origin, and there is a taboo on even considering who the father of any given child may be. The island religion resembles ancient Greek mythology but with Hindu and Buddhist aspects. As the male children grow up, they are exiled to the other side of the island where they develop a different kind of society and even establish contact with the outside world. Eventually, the matriarchal rule is ended by a revolt of the men, who bring society back to the more usual 'civilized' aspects and end this temporary, utopian, ideal world.
Download or read book The Cornell Plantations written by Cornell Plantations and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Color and Light in Nature written by David K. Lynch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world of optical marvels - from the commonplace but beautiful rainbow, to the rare and eerie superior mirage. But how many of us really understand how a rainbow is formed, why the setting sun is red and flattened, or even why the sky at night is not absolutely black? This beautiful and informative guide provides clear explanations to all naturally occurring optical phenomena seen with the naked eye, including shadows, halos, water optics, mirages and a host of other spectacles. Separating myth from reality, it outlines the basic principles involved, and supports them with many figures and references. A wealth of rare and spectacular photographs, many in full color, illustrate the phenomena throughout. In this new edition of the highly-acclaimed guide to seeing, photographing and understanding nature's optical delights, the authors have added over 50 new images and provided new material on experiments you can try yourself.
Download or read book Environment Archaeology and Landscape Papers in honour of Professor Martin Bell written by Catherine Barnett and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated to Martin Bell (University of Reading), this book outlines how wetland and inland environments can be related and investigated using multi-method approaches. Papers fall under three themes: coastal and intertidal archaeology; mobility and human-environment relationships; heritage resource management, nature conservation and rewilding.
Download or read book Joshua Marvel written by B. L. Farjeon and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joshua Marvel is a novella by B. L. Farjeon. Farjeon was an English novelist, playwright, printer and journalist. Excerpt: "Cannot you and I remember the time when we used to stroll into the country with our boy-friend, and, with arms thrown lovingly around each other's neck, indulge in day-dreams not the less sweet because they were never to be realized? And how, when we had built our castles, and were looking at them in the clouds, with our hearts filled with joyful fancies, we wandered in silence down the shady lane, sweet with the scent of the flowering May that shut us out from view on either side; and across the field with its luxuriant grass up to our ankles with everywhere the daisy peeping out to watch us as we passed; and over the heath where the golden gorse was blushing with joy; and down the narrow path to the well which shrunk from public observation at the bottom of a flight of cool stone steps, hewn out by the monks of a cloister which should have been hard by, but wasn't, having been destroyed in a bloody battle which took place once upon a time?"
Download or read book A Brief History of Black Holes written by Dr Becky Smethurst and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics. Right now, you are orbiting a black hole. The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole, the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy. In this cosmic tale of discovery, Dr Becky Smethurst takes us from the earliest observations of the universe and the collapse of massive stars, to the iconic first photographs of a black hole and her own published findings. She explains why black holes aren’t really ‘black’, that you never ever want to be ‘spaghettified’, how black holes are more like sofa cushions than hoovers and why, beyond the event horizon, the future is a direction in space rather than in time. Told with humour and wisdom, this captivating book describes the secrets behind the most profound questions about our universe – all hidden inside black holes. 'A jaunt through space history . . . with charming wit and many pop-culture references' – BBC Sky At Night Magazine
Download or read book This United Church of Ours Fourth Edition written by Ralph Milton and published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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