Ever look at the sky and wonder what makes it so blue? Or watch shadows shrink and grow as the day goes on? Find out the answers to these questions (plus 38 more!) with a book that explores color and light.
This thought-provoking book examines life before there was vision and considers how it changed when the image-forming eye evolved. It goes back to the earliest life on Earth to trace the evolution of vision and color in nature.For color to exist there needs to be light, an image-forming eye, and a brain to process the data. We know that more than 543 million years ago there were no image-formin…
Travel back in time with this visual guide to the history of human conflict, tracing the evolution of technology and tactics from the ancient world to the American Civil War! Combining beautiful nineteenth century engravings, artwork, and diagrams with an engaging and informative modern text, The History of Warfare narrates humankind's timeless capacity for devising new ways of waging war on…
Pada sebuah malam tahun 1879, di sebuah hotel di Paris, Mark Twain duduk-duduk bersama para putrinya, yang memohon agar sang ayah menceritakan sebuah kisah. Mark pun mulai memberi tahu mereka tentang Johnny, seorang bocah miskin yang memiliki biji-biji sihir. Kemudian, Mark membuat coretan kasar di buku, tetapi pada akhirnya kisah itu tak pernah terselesaikan … hingga sekarang. “Kisah li…