When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bi…
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…
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances str…
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.
2018 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Originally published in 1903, this is a manual of the philosophy of physical, mental and spiritual development by the intelligent control of the breath. Ramacharaka [William Walker Atkinson] was the author of several books on the subject of Eastern Philosophy and its practices…
At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from realit…
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.
Hurricanes plague the tropics from June through November. Some years bring just a handful of storms. Other years, meteorologists run out of names because there are so many. Readers learn how and where these storms form and the dangers they pose to the land and people who live in Gulf and Atlantic coast regions.