Helaine Becker
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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Description
"When Emmy Noether is born in 1882, no one knows she's going to become a visionary mathematician. Back then, girls were expected to be gentle and quiet -- definitely not geniuses. But Emmy is a genius! And she's much more interested in math than in learning to cook and sew. Though she faces sexism and anti-Semitism, she perseveres to earn her mathematics degree and teach at a university. And when Einstein's famous Theory of Relativity has a problem...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Learn to perform fun, step-by-step tricks with common household items. Learn intriguing facts about magicians of the past adn their awe-inspiring tricks. Get the inside scoop on how to stage a majic show that'll leave audiences amazed and astounded.
Author
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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Description
Are monsters really out there in the big, wide world? Frankenstein, vampires, bigfoot, zombies, werewolves, sea monsters? They're not real, right? But what if they were? How would science explain their existence? In this totally original book, these mythical creatures are put under the microscope, one by one, and the scientific principles that prove or disprove their plausibility are explained. How does electricity work, and can it ever wake the dead?...
Author
Lexile measure
IG 1140L
Language
English
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Description
The future is now. Here come the hubots! Using increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) and embodied intelligence (EI), a new generation of robots is being designed to look, act and even think just like humans! Hubots, or human-inspired robots, are expanding the boundaries of what robots can do. For example, they can fight fires on the high seas, set up colonies on other planets and provide humans with companionship. This book introduces...