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Scientific American The Amateur Astronomer
Scientific AmericanPredict the orbit of a satellite? Record sunspots? Finally, here is the book you've been waiting for! From the longest-running column in Scientific American's history comes this collection of fascinating projects for the amateur astronomer.
Scientific American Science Desk Reference
Scientific AmericanNow Scientific American presents this one-volume, easy-to-use reference to the exciting and ever-changing world of science and technology.
Scientific American: How Things Work Today
More editionsA collection of articles and essays explain the inner workings of such technological wonders as subways, electron microscopes, Velcro, spy satellites, and the artificial heart. Scientific American kno
Scientific American Explores the Hidden Mind: A Collector's ...
Scientific AmericanFree when packaged with any Worth text. This special collector's edition features articles that reveal the mysterious inner workings of mind and brain.
Scientific Freedom
PreviewScientific Freedom is the first comprehensive collection covering both the state of scientific progress and the ethics, law and history of scientific research.
Dictionary of scientific biography
American Council of Learned SocietiesAlso available online as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library under the title Complete dictionary of scientific biography.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Rebecca HirschScientific American. Scientific American/Nature America, 2010. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. Lori Zimmer. “MIT Scientists Create Artificial Solar Leaf That Can Power Homes.” Inhabit. Inhabit.com, 28 Mar. 2011. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. 6.
Nature's imagination: the frontiers of scientific vision
John CornwellOffering a new scientific paradigm that moves beyond the accepted scientific approach of reductionism and accounts for the whole, a collection of essays by today's leading mathematicians, astronomers, neoroscientists, and philosophers ...
The End of War
John HorganThat's how the argument goes. But longtime Scientific American writer John Horgan disagrees. Applying the scientific method to war leads Horgan to a radical conclusion: biologically speaking, we are just as likely to be peaceful as violent.
Genesis: The Evolution of Biology
Jan Sapp"The Origin of Life," Scientific American 192 (1954): 44-53; Iris Fry, The Emergence of Life on Earth: A Historical and Scientific Overview (New Brunswick, NJ.: Rutgers University Press, 2000); Robert Shapiro. A Skeptic's Guide to the Creation ...
Superconductor Applications: SQUIDs and Machines
PreviewBrian Schwartz. A series of edited volumes comprising multifaceted studies of contemporary scientific issues by some of the best scientific minds in the world, assembled in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division. Series B: Physics ...
Benjamin Banneker: American Scientific Pioneer
Myra WeatherlyBiography of the African-American man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and published several popular almanacs.
The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking
Kenneth HooverA concise introduction to the fundamental concepts of social scientific thinking, this classic text--a favorite with students for over 30 years--makes scientific thinking, research methods and statistics accessible to undergraduates at a ...
African American Inventors
Otha Richard SullivanProfiles the lives of twenty-five African American inventors who made significant scientific contributions from the eighteenth century to modern times.
Preserve Your Love for Science: Life of William A Hammond, ...
Bonnie Ellen Blustein3 W. Bruce Fye, The Development of American Physiology: Scientific Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (Baltimore and London, 1987). 4 Quoted in W. Bruce Fye, "Growth of American Physiology 1850—1900," in Physiology in the American ...
Energy
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information BranchA selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and ...
American Christianities: A History of Dominance and Diversity
PreviewEva Garroutte, Janette Beals, Ellen Keane, et al., “Religiosity and Spiritual Engagement in Two American Indian Populations,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48, no. 3 (September 2009): 480–500. timothy s. lee From the Coercive to ...
Scientific Attitude, Scientific Aptitude And Achievement
D.B. RaoBibliography 1 73 Bhaskara Rao, D., G. Sundara Rao and S Aruna and L. Rathaiah, "Scientific Attitudes and Personality Traits of Prospective Science Teachers". Progressive Educational Herald 3 (January 1989), 62-66. Bhaskara Rao ...
A Coursebook on Scientific and Professional Writing for ...
M. N. HegdeA Coursebook on Scientific and Professional Writing for Speech-Language Pathology is divided into three parts covering basic writing skills that are the foundation of good writing, scientific writing in accordance with the fifth edition of ...
Proceedings: Scientific and medical conferences, production ...
American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' AssociationIsaac Newton: And the Scientific Revolution
Gale E. ChristiansonExplores the life and scientific contributions of the famed English mathematician and natural philosopher.
Isaac Newton and the scientific revolution
Gale E. ChristiansonExplores the life and scientific contributions of the famed English mathematician and natural philosopher
Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Oceanic Researchwho called from an unknown number?