Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Science & Nature - History of Science

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was one of the most important woman scientists in history, and she was one of the most influential scientists--man or woman--of the 20th century. Curie postulated that radiation was an atomic property, a discovery that has led to significant scientific developments since. She was also the first person to use the term radioactivity. Her perseverance led to the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium. This combination of creativity and perseverance netted her two Nobel Prizes, one in physics and the second in chemistry. This book, however, looks at more...

ENJOY THE SPECTACULAR story of sport from the ancient Olympics in 776 BC to London 2012 on a laminated 10-foot timeline wallchart. More than 100 different sporting moments are featured in over 1,000 pictures and captions to tell a unique history of sport on a spectrum including fighting, racing, and ball games. This giant edition is specially designed to be unfolded and stuck up on a wall and will make a spectacular display for any sports hall, pavilion, changing room, library, bedroom, classroom, or anywhere curious people dwell. What on Earth? Posterbooks are fully...

Quantum mechanics is one of the great success stories of modern physics, making sense of the very small just as Einstein's theory of relativity made sense of the very large. But, for most students, the ideas that make quantum mechanics powerful can be confusing and counterintuitive. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science series provides a history of quantum mechanics from the early breakthroughs of Planck and Einstein, at the beginning of the 20th century, to the present frontiers of quantum computing and quantum gravity. The approach is entirely non-technical, and...