Nothing less than the fate of life on earth lies in the balance, which makes for an engrossing plot, made more poignant by the scientific research and data that back it up. All packaged in gonick's unmatchable humor that helps lightening the dark realization of the sad state of the earth today. Do you think that the ozone hole is a grunge rock club? or that the food web is an on-line restaurant…
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In 1907, when she was twenty-five and not yet a published novelist, Virginia Stephen had everything still to prove. She felt herself to be at a crossroads: “I shall be miserable, or happy; a wordy sentimental creature, or a writer of such English as shall one day burn the pages.” Today her prose is still blazing; perhaps it burns brighter than ever. This is the story of how a determined …
Buku ini menceritakan penemuan dan penjajahan benua Amerika, reformasi Eropa, serta kelahiran aliran politik dan sains modern. Tampil juga tokoh-tokoh yang pemikiran dan buah karyanya membentuk dunia sekarang.'
The teenage years are an exciting yet ever-changing period of your life. New challenges and tasks seem to pop up almost daily—not to mention all the transitions your body is going through. As you get older and take on more responsibilities, you have probably wondered how to do many of the adult tasks your parents or older siblings seem to breeze through daily. Everyday challenges like how …
The Cambridge IGCSE & O Level Complete Physics Student Book is at the heart of delivering the course. It offers a rigorous approach for covering all the content students need to succeed, with a light touch to ensure it is engaging. Exam-style questions improve students' exam performance and enriching content equips learners for further study.
Formalin, boraks, arsenik, antioksidan, nuktir: semuanya adalah istilah kimia yang kita temui sehari-hari, tapi tahukah kamu seperti apa barangnya, dari mana asalnya, dan bagaimana mereka mempengaruhi kehidupan kita? Kimia memang misterius. Tak heran manusia bisa lebih dahulu memahami fisika daripada Tapi kamu tak perlu jadi ilmuwan untuk tahu kimia. Kartun Kimia dengan ilustrasi yang sederhan…
Theory for Ethnomusicology: Histories, Conversations, Insights, Second Edition, is a foundational work for courses in ethnomusicological theory. The book examines key intellectual movements and topic areas in social and cultural theory, and explores the way they have been taken up in ethnomusicological research. New co-author Harris M. Berger and Ruth M. Stone investigate the discipline's past,…