Experiments category: 574 books
Mars One
Humanity's Next Great Adventure: Inside the First Human Settlement on Mars
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Will we one day walk on Mars? A book that “will feed the imagination of anyone with an interest in space or the future of humanity on other worlds” (Foreword Reviews).
In 2011, Mars One announced its intentions to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars beginning as early as 2024....
This is Improbable Too
Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative, and the brilliantly improbable from around the world. Here he investigates research on the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body (brain included). This Is Improbable Too explores the odd questions that researchers...
Jetpack Dreams
One Man's Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Jetpack Dreams chronicles the colorful pop history and science of that most amazing and mysterious of machines: the jetpack. Fueled by a fascination and lifelong obsession with the power of flight, journalist Mac Montandon goes on a vastly entertaining search of the elusive invention. He examines...
by Chong Xie
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
There is a question that arises in our consciousness: is it really genes or biomechanics that make us different from the widely sought after and famous athletes whose performances are not only awe inspiring but almost seem "out of this world" magical? Keeping this million-dollar question...
by Christian Bök
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Internationally best-sellling poet Christian Bök has spent more than ten years writing what promises to be the first example of 'living poetry.' After successfully demonstrating his concept in a colony of E. coli, Bök is on the verge of enciphering a beautiful, anomalous poem into the genome of...
by Torrey Maloof
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
People experience extreme weather all over the world every day. From blizzards that pack cities with snow to thunderstorms that create terrifying tornadoes, this wild weather can be very dangerous and people must learn to be well prepared when it strikes! Teach students about meteorologists, the Fujita...
Canadian Failures
Stories of Building Toward Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017
Successful Canadians write about failure, and how it got them where they are today.
What does it mean to fail? To some of the most successful Canadians, it was a rite of passage, a stepping stone to greater things, or even a brilliant source of inspiration....
Physics
Investigate the Forces of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Have you ever noticed that the physical world works in certain ways? Skateboarders use force and motion to perform tricks. If you jump up as high as you can, you'll quickly fall back to the ground. Baseball players use gravity to bring the ball back down when they throw it. When you flip a switch,...
by Gordon McComb
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
The Bestselling Robotics Book--Now with New Projects and Online Tools!
"Amazing...should be required reading for any budding robot builder!" -GeekDad, Wired.com
Have fun while learning how to design, construct, and use small robots! This richly illustrated guide offers everything...
Getting Started in Permaculture
54 Projects for Home and Garden
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
A very practical, down-to-earth primer with step-by-step guides packed with diagrams and illustrations for garden projects: includes mulching, mandala gardens, raised beds, ponds, walls, cold frames, animal tractors, a solar still, hothouses, a haybox cooker, farming earthworms, tractor tyre ponds and DIY fertilisers.
by Santosh Jha
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Non-Fiction: Empowering Consciousness, Life-Living Wellness, Personal Excellence.
Wellness is a function of wider poise of person and personality, which includes factors not only material but also emotional. A person is in complete wellness when there is an overall poise between the cognitive factors...
Doable Renewables
16 Alternative Energy Projects for Young Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Kids will learn valuable hands-on lessons from this guide by constructing working models that generate renewable, alternative energy. Budding scientists learn how to build their own Kelvin water-drop generator out of six recycled cans and alligator-clip jumpers; a solar-powered seesaw from a large...
Chemistry
Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Have you ever wondered what makes up everything in the world around you? Or what exactly is the difference between solids, liquids, and gases? Have you wanted to know what causes two substances to react or change?
Chemistry: Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World introduces readers...
The Real Work of Data Science
Turning data into information, better decisions, and stronger organizations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
The essential guide for data scientists and for leaders who must get more from their data science teams
The Economist boldly claims that data are now "the world's most valuable resource." But, as Kenett and Redman so richly describe, unlocking that value requires far more than technical...