Mengapa di antara hewan ditemukan kerja sama, pengasuhan, bahkan pengorbanan diri? Sepintas itu semua sulit diselaraskan dengan gagasan evolusi sebagai “pertarungan untuk hidup”. Konsep gen egois hadir untuk menjelaskannya, juga kasus lain seperti keberadaan serangga sosial dan efek gen yang bisa melampaui tubuh pemiliknya. Namun gen cuma satu contoh replikator, sesuatu yang bisa membuat sa…
Saya ingin menunjukkan kepada Anda bahwa dunia nyata, seperti yang dipahami lewat sains, memiliki sihirnya tersendirijenis yang saya sebut sihir puitis: kecantikan yang mengilhami, yang semakin ajaib karena nyata sifatnya dan karena kita bisa memahami bagaimana cara kerjanya.... Sihir realitas sungguh mengagumkan. Mengagumkan, dan nyata. Mengagumkan karena nyata. Ada berbagai pertanyaan be…
QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here’s a hint: It’s housed in your head and it’s the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of a softball that looks like a wrinkled grey sponge! In this fascinating, interactive book -- a companion to th…
How can you be kind to Earth? Bert and Ernie along with their Sesame Street friends teach young readers about energy and how everybody can conserve energy to protect the planet. Simple, practical advice tackles the big issue in a kid-friendly way. Interior paper made with 30 percent recycled post-consumer waste fibers.
Recognized as the father of analytic geometry, René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Kids will love this funny and very accessible tale - based on one of math's greatest myths - about the man who popularized the Cartesion system of coordinates.
Find out about snakes, crocodiles, lizards, turtles, and other reptiles in this new co-reader from National Geographic Kids.
from the back cover: What does the future hold in store for the human race? Aliens from distant galaxies, telepathic horror, interstellar war, time-warps, the shriek of a rose, collision with an asteroid - the unknown lies around every corner, and the universe is a big place. These nine science-fiction stories offer possibilities that are fantastic, humorous, alarming, but always thought-provo…
Vocabulary knowledge plays a huge role in the academic success of middle school students. But which words do students need to know to master the content in their textbooks, and how can they be learned? This book has the practical answers educators need.
How many times you have driven in a car this week? Have you ever thought about how cars are made or who came up with the idea for the first one? From the Model T to today's cleaner engines, let's take a spin in the fascinating world of cars!
Delve into underwater cities, soar through the solar system, walk hand in hand with robots, and travel by starship to distant floating lands. Then realise that these wonderful stories, paired with real science, are things that could actually happen one day.