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Albert Einstein (Scientists Who Changed the World) by Anita Croy
Category: CHILDREN'S BIOGRAPHY | Series: Scientists Who Changed the World
>> PUBL. CANCELLED Albert Einstein is one of the most famous scientists in the world, known for his phenomenal work in the field of quantum physics. His Theory of Relativity changed our understanding of space and inspired decades of research. In some cases, this research discovered things that Ei ...Show more
Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity by Carl Wilkinson
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Words That Changed the World Ser.
Understand how Einstein came to write the most famous equation in history and see how the world was changed forever. Broken into 10 bite-sized chapters, this step-by-step journey through Einstein's mind takes his original manuscripts and makes them accessible to budding scientists everywhere.
All Charged Up! - Big Ideas That Changed the World #5 by Don Brown
Category: Education | Series: Big Ideas That Changed the World Ser.
Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of electricity in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series. In 600 BCE, the Greek mathematician Thales observed a seemingly strange phenomenon: amber, when rubbed with a cloth, had the ability to attract lightweig ...Show more
Charles Darwin (Scientists Who Changed the World) by Anita Croy
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Scientists Who Changed the World
"Animals that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and have more offspring." He named this idea natural selection. This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Charles Darwin, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of natural history. Darwin's g ...Show more
Darwin's Origin of Species by Browne Janet
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
An enlightening and highly readable introduction to the book that altered forever our understanding of what it is to be human. There is grandeur in this view of life . . . whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beauti ...Show more
Galileo Galilei (Scientists Who Changed the World) by Anita Croy
Category: CHILDREN'S BIOGRAPHY | Series: Scientists Who Changed the World
>> PUBL. CANCELLED The evolution of science and how we conduct experiments would most likely not be nearly as sophisticated as it is today if it weren't for Galileo Galilei. Hailed 'the father of modern science' by none other than Albert Einstein, Galileo pioneered the scientific method, which us ...Show more
Karl Marx's Das Kapital by Wheen Francis
Category: History | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it', wrote Karl Marx in 1845. This is the essence of Das Kapital, a blazing expos of the new capitalist world of the Victorian era, whose ideas would affect the lives of millions and alter the course of world histo ...Show more
Machines That Think! - Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 by Don Brown
Category: CHILDREN'S NON FICTION | Series: BIG IDEAS That Changed the World Ser.
Award-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in book two of the Big Ideas seriesMachines That Think explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines. Included are fascinating looks at ...Show more
Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4) by Jackie French
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can understand the ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future by Jackie French
Category: Audio | Series: Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books.So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time she imagines herself changing destinies from a glittering palace or explorer's ship, but instead, she ends up in Australia in ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future by Jackie French
Category: Audio | Series: Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books.So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time she imagines herself changing destinies from a glittering palace or explorer's ship, but instead, she ends up in Australia in ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (The Girls Who Changed the World, #1) by Jackie French
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time she imagines herself ...Show more