Zimmermann: 365 books

Pluto once was one of the nine planets of our solar system, but the IAU demoted it to the status of dwarf planet. One of these articles personifies Pluto and shows his reaction to his rise and fall. Another article offers a more scientific treatment of Pluto and its satellites. A third article concerns itself with Eris.

This e-book treats the cassowary, the solitary sandpiper, whistling ducks, baboon species of the genus papio, dugongs and manatees, Caecilians. The Asian tiger mosquito, swallowtail butterflies and Apollo butterflies. We look at the scientific classification of these animals, as well as their range,...

In this e-book, you will learn about the Arsacids of Iberia, an ancient kingdom in modern Georgia. Also treated are the Magyars who settled in Hungary. There are articles treating Otto I and Conrad II, German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors, as well as a separate article on the Salian Dynasty, to which...

Peter Armbruster, Sigurd Hoffmann, Victor Ninov, and Gottfried Münzenberg worked in Darmstadt, a city in Hesse, Germany. In Darmstadt, the following elements were synthesized: Bohrium (107), Hassium (108), Meitnerium (109), Darmstadtium (110), Roentgenium (111), and Copernicium (112). Element 113...

This e-book treats the rings of Jupiter and its moons: the inner moons, the Galilean moons, Themisto, the Himalia group, Carpo, the Ananke group, the Carpo group, and the Pasiphae group. Considerable space is alloted to the meaning of the names of the satellites.

This e-book gives a fairly detailed account of photosynthesis. It explains the light reaction, the Calvin Cycle, and the Hatch and Slack patheway. It also discusses Chlamydomonas and its production of hydrogen in photosynthesis.

What are the names of the moons of Uranus? How were they discovered? What are the names of their craters and other physical features? These are some of the questions that are answered in this interesting e-book.

In this e-book, you will learn about Lazzaro Spallanzani, who helped disprove spontaneous generation; Tycho Brahe, a careful observer of the heaven; Johannes Kepler, who formulated three laws of planetary motion; Martin Klaproth, who discovered several chemical elements; Amedeo Avogadro, who discovered...

Talakitok is a name applied to many different fish of the family Carangidae. This e-book treats several fish that belong to the genera Caranx and Carangoides, plus the pilotfish, Indian threadfin, African pompano, golden trevally, cleftbelly trevally, longrakered trevally, genus Trachinotus, genus seriola, and the giant trevally.

This e-book treats the phyla Acanthocephala, Gnathostomulida, Ctenophora, Mesozoa, Bryozoa, Phoronida, and Priapulida. There is also a humorous treatment of the phylum Placozoa. It presents the basic facts in a manner understandable to beginners.

This e-book presents salient facts concerning the satellites of Saturn. Considerable spacee is devoted to an explanation of their names. There are sixteen articles, each of which treat one or more satellites. They are treated in order, starting with the satellites that are closest to Saturn and working outward. Students will find that these articles are especially beneficial.

Mars is a small planet with an inhospitable atmosphere. Its two moons are Phobos and Deimos. They were discovered by Asaph Hall, but Swift and Voltaire wrote about them before they were discovered. This e-book presents a few basic facts concerning Mars. It discusses the mysterious structure on Elysium...

What are the earliest and the latest possible dates of Easter? Does the term Xmas really take Christ out of Christmas? Why did Christ descend into nhell? How should Christians react to scandal? How was the advice of Ahithophel defeated? What is the importance of virginity? How does God protect freshwater...

This e-book is ideal for those who want to read solid facts about plants without evolutionary speculation. Included are general descriptions of the flowering plants of Antarctica, ferns of the Sonoran Desert, and plants and animals of the Alaskan Arctic. Several plant families are treated, such as,...