As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important...
Math and science
- Author:Yunkaporta, TysonSummary:
- Author:Harari, Yuval N.Summary:
"From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our...
- Author:Zegarelli, MarkSummary:
Manage your time and ace the mathematics section of the SAT Scoring well on the mathematics section of the SAT exam isn't guaranteed by getting good grades in Algebra and Geometry. Turn to SAT Math For Dummies for expert advice on...
- Author:Forest, John, McInnes, JamesSummary:
Aujourd’hui, les colonies d’abeilles disparaissent à un rythme effarant et on se demande si elles vont survivre. Les abeilles sont ici depuis 20 millions d’années, bien longtemps avant nous. Aurions-nous rompu notre pacte avec les...
- Author:Poznansky, Mark J.Summary:
How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when twelve million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer? With all the advances in science in the last century, why are...
- Author:Hunter, Malcolm L.Summary:
Written in an informal and engaging style, Saving the Earth as a Career is an ideal resource for students and professionals pursuing a career in conservation. The book explores the major skills needed to become an effective conservation...
- Author:Gingras, F. PierreSummary:
The climate changes experts predict a drying of 20 to 30 % of the water available in the Great Lakes area in the next century, a forecast already in progress. Environment Canada predicts a 24% flow decreasing. the levels of Lake Huron...
- Author:Sörensen, Pia M., Weitz, David A., Brenner, M. P.Summary:
Based on the popular Harvard University and edX course, Science and Cooking explores the scientific basis of why recipes work. The spectacular culinary creations of modern cuisine are the stuff of countless articles and social media...
- Author:Levaren, MaxineSummary:
Uh-oh, now you’ve gone and done it, you volunteered to do a science fair project. Don’t sweat it, presenting at a science fair can be a lot of fun. Just remember, the science fair is for your benefit. It’s your chance to show that you...
- Author:Schwarcz, JoeSummary:
Bestselling popular science author Dr. Joe Schwarcz breaks down the science of essential oils, placenta creams, intermittent fasting, and of course the spread of COVID-19 misinformation in this new collection from the master of...
- Author:Robertson, Beth A.Summary:
Beth A. Robertson resurrects the story of a group of men and women who sought to transform the seance into a laboratory of the spirits and a transnational empirical project. Her findings cast new light on how science, metaphysics, and...
- Author:Erickson, MarkSummary:
Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today'...
- Author:Letourneau, Nicole, Joschko, JustinSummary:
The latest research on child development may hold the key to the parenting of the future. Combining the expertise of its author – a celebrated expert in parent-infant mental health and mother of two – with the latest findings in gene-by...
- Author:Rhodes, RichardSummary:
A masterful, timely, fully authorized biography of the great and hugely influential biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson, one of the most ground-breaking and controversial scientists of our time-from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author...
- Author:Groc, Isabelle, Dench, Judi, F. Mills, David F.Summary:
Sea otters once ruled the Pacific Ocean, but the fur trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries brought this predator to near extinction. Today they’re slowly coming back from the brink, and scientists are learning more about...
- Author:Mortillaro, NicoleSummary:
An in-depth look at the lives and accomplishments of seven extraordinary women in the world of astronomy and space study. With a focus on feminist and stem-related content, this non-fiction book is written by a Senior Science Reporter...
- Author:Minter, AdamSummary:
When you drop a box of unwanted items off at the local thrift store, where do they go? Probably across the country-or even halfway across the world-to people and places eager to reuse what you don't want. In Secondhand, Adam Minter...
- Author:Wintink, MandySummary:
Self Science takes the study of the brain out of the laboratory and into the light. After years of seeing how evidence-based practices ignore the individual and fall into generalizations, Dr. Mandy Wintink decided there had to be...
- Author:Parr, JoySummary:
Our bodies are archives of sensory knowledge that shape how we understand the world. If our environment changes at an unsettling pace, how will we make sense of a world that is no longer familiar? One of Canada's premier historians...
- Author:Mattern, JoanneSummary:
Sequence It! Shows Children The Concept Of Numbers In A Sequence And Their Positions (First, Last) In The Sequence.