Download or read book The Incredible Machine written by National Geographic Society (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to the human body, examining conception, heredity, and stages of life, the circulatory and immune systems, the heart, brain, senses, digestion, and much more.
Download or read book The Incredible Freedom Machines written by Kirli Saunders and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was small when she heard about them ... the incredible freedom machines. A poetic and visual feast from multi-award-winning creators Kirli Saunders and Matt Ottley.
Download or read book The Incredible Machine written by Robert M. Poole and published by . This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than four hundred photographs provide a journey inside the human body to explore the mysteries of human anatomy and physiology, from the development of a fetus to white cells devouring invading bacteria
Download or read book Just Like Rube Goldberg written by Sarah Aronson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how Rube Goldberg followed his dreams to become an award-winning cartoonist, inventor, and even an adjective in the dictionary in this inspiring and funny biographical picture book. Want to become an award-winning cartoonist and inventor? Follow your dreams, just like Rube Goldberg! From a young age, Rube Goldberg had a talent for art. But his father, a German immigrant, wanted Rube to have a secure job. So, Rube went to college and became an engineer. But Rube didn’t want to spend his life mapping sewer pipes. He wanted to follow his passion, so Rube got a low-level job at a newspaper, and from there, he worked his way up, creating cartoons that made people laugh and tickled the imagination. He became known for his fantastic Rube Goldberg machines—complicated contraptions with many parts that performed a simple task in an elaborate and farfetched way. Eventually, his cartoons earned him a Pulitzer Prize and his own adjective in the dictionary. This moving biography is sure to encourage young artists and inventors to pursue their passions.
Download or read book The Incredible Human Machine Volume 2 written by Samy Veluchamy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From chronic diseases to infectious conditions, a growing number of health issues face countries all over the world. With the advent of globalization, more and more young people than ever are having their lives taken by diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart disease-but there is still hope for improving this ever-changing health situation. The answer lies in empowerment and education, and understanding the incredible machine that is the human body. With this revolutionary health care guide, people can begin to educate themselves and take charge of their own health, regardless of their current knowledge of technical terms or medical jargon. Written by experienced health care professionals, with the average patient in mind, this book covers most major areas of general medicine-from the vital organs and their functional impairments to infectious diseases to environmental and occupational health risks. It includes up-to-date information about disease specific signs and symptoms, the latest approaches used by medical professionals for clinical diagnoses, treatments, and ways to work on health and wellness at home. The book provides guidance to patients and families on what questions to ask of their doctors and then make informed medical care decisions for safe and effective results. In addition to providing valuable information for patients and consumers, the book serves as a clinical manual for professionals, particularly young doctors, nurses, allied-health professionals, and students just starting out in the world of health care. It is full of practical information regarding the physician-patient relationship, and effective communication strategies for health care professionals. It serves as a handy reference to basic physiology, common diseases/disorders, and infectious conditions that affect men, women and children of all ages. It provides concise information on hundreds of the latest clinical diagnostic tests/procedures and medical/surgical treatments recommended by experienced doctors for their patients.
Download or read book Blender 3D Incredible Machines written by Christopher Kuhn and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design, model, and texture complex mechanical objects in Blender About This Book Develop realistic and awesome machines for your 3D projects and animation films Gain the ability to look at a piece of machinery in real life and then recreate it in Blender Develop a comprehensive skill set covering key aspects of mechanical modeling Who This Book Is For This book is intended for consumers and hobbyists who are existing users of Blender 3D want to expand their capabilities by diving into machine modeling with Blender 3D. You are expected to have experience with basic Blender operations. What You Will Learn Reacquaint yourself with Blender's modeling toolset Practice fundamental skills that are applicable to a range of modeling projects Know when and where to use various types of geometry—something that saves time in one instance will pose significant problems in another Think ahead and plan your project out to significantly improve both quality and efficiency Create models for freestyle use Overcome challenging modeling problems Create customized game models that can easily be exported to other formats. This is one of the most popular uses of Blender, and the results can be incorporated into game design! Get comfortable with the start-to-finish process to create any type of hard surface model In Detail Blender 3D is one of the top pieces of 3D animation software. Machine modeling is an essential aspect of war games, space games, racing games, and animated action films. As the Blender software grows more powerful and popular, there is a demand to take your modeling skills to the next level. This book will cover all the topics you need to create professional models and renders. This book will help you develop a comprehensive skill set that covers the key aspects of mechanical modeling. Through this book, you will create many types of projects, including a pistol, spacecraft, robot, and a racer. We start by making a Sci-fi pistol, creating its basic shape and adding details to it. Moving on, you'll discover modeling techniques for larger objects such as a space craft and take a look at how different techniques are required for freestyle modeling. After this, we'll create the basic shapes for the robot and combine the meshes to create unified objects. We'll assign materials and explore the various options for freestyle rendering. We'll discuss techniques to build low-poly models, create a low-poly racer, and explain how they differ from the high poly models we created previously. By the end of this book, you will have mastered a workflow that you will be able to apply to your own creations. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow book that is based around four concrete projects. Each topic is explained sequentially in the process of creating a model, and detailed explanations of the basic and advanced features are also included.
Download or read book The Incredible Scream Machine written by Robert Cartmell and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984 America celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first successful roller coaster device: La Marcus A. Thompson’s switchback railway, erected at Coney Island. Robert Cartmell examines every phase of roller coaster history, from the use of the roller coaster by Albert Einstein to demonstrate his theory of physics, to John Allen’s use of psychology in designing one.
Download or read book The Incredible Talking Machine written by Jenni Spangler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage . . . Twelve-year-old Tig works at the Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is asked of her by her tyrannical boss, Mr Snell. But Tig will do whatever it takes to get closer to her dream – to become a Stage Manager and spend her days inventing new ways to imagine and build the intricate machinery and props that bring the exciting productions to life! But when a strange new act – a talking machine – arrives at the Theatre Royale, it moves and behaves in a way that Tig just can’t work out. It’s as though it’s alive somehow . . . And when the machine appears to be hiding a dangerous secret, Tig must race against time to solve the mystery, before everything and everyone she cares about is lost forever. A gloriously gothic adventure from an original new voice in middle-grade. A gloriously gothic adventure with a magical twist from an original new voice in middle-grade. Perfect for fans of Michelle Harrison, Sophie Anderson and Emma Carroll. Praise for Jenni Spangler’s debut novel, THE VANISHING TRICK: A thrilling, original, evocative and eerie tale - I adored it!’ Michelle Harrison, author of A Pinch of Magic 'A thrilling page-turner. Madame Pinchbeck is a gloriously Dickensian villain’ Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song 'Ghosts, gadgets, likeable villains and unlikely heroes: The Vanishing Trick is a dark and dazzling adventure’ Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse 'A completely enthralling tale, oozing with atmosphere and originality’ Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island
Download or read book Blender 3D 2 49 Incredible Machines written by Allan Brito and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modeling, rendering, and animating realistic machines with Blender 3D.
Download or read book Fantastic Forces and Incredible Machines written by Nick Arnold and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Kids can build their own race car, solve the mystery of how the Egyptians built the pyramids, create an ice-cube igloo, and other feats of engineering. This book includes compelling challenges, activities, contemporary graphics, step-by-step instructions, and more.
Download or read book The Incredible Bread Machine written by susan Love Brown and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Truth Machine written by James L. Halperin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1999-09-29 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to have your conception of truth rocked to its very foundation. It is the year 2004. Violent crime is the number one political issue in America. Now, the Swift and Sure Anti-Crime Bill guarantees a previously convicted violent criminal one fair trial, one quick appeal, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine must be built that detects lies with 100 percent accuracy. Once perfected, the Truth Machine will change the face of the world. Yet the race to finish the Truth Machine forces one man to commit a shocking act of treachery, burdening him with a dark secret that collides with everything he believes in. Now he must conceal the truth from his own creation . . . or face his execution. By turns optimistic and chilling--and always profound--The Truth Machine is nothing less than a history of the future, a spellbinding chronicle that resonates with insight, wisdom . . . and astounding possibility. "PROFOUND." --Associated Press
Download or read book The Incredible Bread Machine written by R. W. Grant and published by Fox & Wilkes. This book was released on 1999 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Untitled 2 Jenni Spangler written by Jenni Spangler and published by Simon & Schuster Children's. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage in a gloriously gothic adventure from Jenni Spangler, illustrated by Chris Mould. Twelve-year-old Tig works at Manchester's Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is asked of her by her tyrannical boss, Mr Snell. Tig will do whatever it takes to get closer to her dream - to become a Stage Manager and spend her days inventing new ways to imagine and build the intricate machinery and props that bring the exciting productions to life! But when a strange new act - a talking machine - arrives at the Theatre Royale, it moves and behaves in a way that Tig just can't work out. It's as though it's alive somehow . . . And when the machine appears to be hiding a dangerous secret, Tig must race against time to solve the mystery, before everything and everyone she cares about is lost forever. A Victorian adventure full of ghost, gadgets and shifty villains, from the critically-acclaimed Jenni Spangler, who's debut The Vanishing Trick, was selected as Waterstones Book of the Month. Praise for THE VANISHING TRICK: A thrilling, original, evocative and eerie tale - I adored it!' Michelle Harrison, author of A Pinch of Magic 'A thrilling page-turner. Madame Pinchbeck is a gloriously Dickensian villain' Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song 'Ghosts, gadgets, likeable villains and unlikely heroes: The Vanishing Trick is a dark and dazzling adventure' Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse 'A completely enthralling tale, oozing with atmosphere and originality' Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island
Download or read book The Incredible Space Raiders from Space written by Wesley King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord of the Flies meets Star Trek in this outer space story of adventure, mystery, and fantastical fun from the author of The Vindico and The Feros. When Jonah wakes up on the Fantastic Flying Squirrel, he’s a bit confused. One second he is in his family’s living room doing his homework, and the next he’s sitting on a very cold floor on a very cold ship with a very strange-looking girl staring at him. Her name is Willona the Awesome, and she’s here to welcome him to The Incredible Space Raiders. Now that Jonah is on board, the Incredible Space Raiders can set off on an important mission: to venture into the Dark Zone and save the universe from the Entirely Evil Things. But when Space Raiders start to disappear, Jonah realizes that if he’s going to make it to the Dark Zone alive, he’s going to have to step up and figure out what’s going on. Join the Space Raiders aboard the Fantastic Flying Squirrel for an unforgettable journey where imagination and truth collide somewhere deep in space!
Download or read book The 100 Greatest MSDOS Games written by Tom Crossland and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MS-DOS games encompassed the 1980s and 1990s and are regarded to be a golden era for home gaming. How could it not be a golden era with games like Doom, Quake, The Secret of Monkey Island, Star Wars: X-Wing, and so on? The DOS era left behind enough happy gaming memories to last a lifetime. So let's go ahead now and explore the 100 greatest games of the beloved DOS era!
Download or read book Case Based Reasoning Research and Development written by Manuela Veloso and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-10-16 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR-95, held in Sesimbra, Portugal, in October 1995. The 52 revised papers included are classified as scientific papers , application papers , and posters . All current aspects of research and development aiming at industrial applications in CBR are addressed. Among the topical sections are case and knowledge representation, case retrieval, nearest neighbour methods, case adaption and learning, cognitive modelling, integrated reasoning methods, and application-oriented methods: planning, decision making, diagnosis, interpretation, design, etc.
