|
|
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General
Faraday's detailed examination of the candle, its composition, and
the physical nature of its flames, is published here complete with
the original illustrations and explanatory tables. Although
involved in developing several of the cutting-edge advances in
thermodynamics during his era, Michael Faraday recognized that the
essential principles of physics underpinned earlier innovations.
This book outlines the three essential ingredients for fire; a
supply of oxygen, a supply of fuel, and heat. The fundamental
design of the candle, with its slow-melting wax and wick, is
detailed. As well as being a great scientist in his own right,
Faraday was respected as a lecturer capable of explaining with
clarity principles which his contemporaries struggled to present to
the general population. It can be argued that Michael Faraday was
among the first of the 'popular scientists' capable of presenting
science in a manner interesting and stimulating: it is in this
spirit that he published this book.
This book is a collection of salient works of a student from the
far away continent of Africa, cataloguing his journey via snapshots
of writings that covers travels to four continents, spanning three
decades from impoverished roots deep in the hinterland of Liberia,
West Africa to high school in an economically challenging capital
city, then to medical school and finally as a trained neurologist
and entrepreneur with valuable time still left. A must read book
for anyone interesting in reading about the life of a student
starting from an impossible beginning in an economically and
politically challenged continent but able to reach unimaginable
heights in his profession and life despite all the limitations and
insurmountable odds.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
You read an article about repressed memories of sexual abuse
returning in middle-age; a television program features actors as
villains of a certain build and physiognomy; you chat with a friend
about the damage done to their personalities by their parents,
siblings, or circumstances; you explain to someone how you forgot a
task assigned because of an unconscious motivation. We are all
natural psychologists, explaining behavior by the beliefs of our
time and culture. We are captives, in a psychological sense, by
theories and ideas that we accept tacitly, without knowledge or
evaluation of their origins. We do not escape their influence, for
they represent our idea of common sense. We can be, however, better
evaluators of ourselves and others by examining the ideas' origins
and source of their power. To find and judge their source we are
powerless if we use only our own sense of reason, for reason is
contaminated by ideas of the past.Our best hope is to search for
their origins.
When salt loses its savor it needs to be thrown out and
replaced-this is an emphatic lesson from The Second Vatican
Council, which addresses "joy and hope" in a faithless and
despairing culture. The shining light of Vatican II is a beacon
trained on the natural reality of transformational consciousness
that grows out of and thrives in beauty and truth. The beauty of
the moment, the truth of the moment is all that is and all that ye
need to know, for beauty is truth, truth beauty. A Tree's leaf is a
lexicon (DIVINICON) of symbiotic history. Leaves are pages of
durable consciousness that green freshly every Spring. Open to the
beauty, the wisdom of a leaf, and the destiny of the
blossom-HAPPINESS IS A LITTLE FLOWER GARDEN.
In this book the basic laws of hydrodynamics, the science on liquid
and gas flow, are considered in a popular form. Airplanes and
ships, birds and dolphins, blood vessels and pipelines are among
the research targets of this science. Application of various laws
is demonstrated on numerous examples taken from the ambient life.
Description of the existing potential of hydrodynamics, novel
technology solutions and inventions may kindle interest of many
readers. The monograph is very well illustrated that both
complements the book and facilitates its understanding. An adult
reader will benefit from reading this book by broadening his
horizons and discovering unknown facts. Boys and girls will further
in choosing a profession that may become their fate.
The first comprehensive and consistent philosophy of consciousness
has been developed based on the unique hierarchical approach and
hierarchical logic, with applications to the methodology of
science, psychology and everyday life.
Grounded in decades of research, the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
(SEM) has been successfully implemented at hundreds of schools
across the world. Now, The Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Science:
A Hands-on Approach for Engaging Young Scientists takes
high-engagement learning one step further by applying SEM teaching
strategies to the science curriculum. In this book, teachers learn
how to engage students and to teach the skills needed to complete
meaningful, in-depth investigations in science. Activities are
connected to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and
current policy recommendations calling for the meaningful
integration of technology and promoting thinking and doing like
young scientists over rote memorization. Easy to read and use, the
book incorporates many practical suggestions, as well as
reproducible student and teacher handouts.
This book will help numerous entrepreneurs with guidance on
starting aesthetic services in an existing practice or in a new set
up. The aesthetic field is coming out with new innovations and the
industry is exploding and responding with new user-friendly safe
products every day. The time is now to be at the forefront and
ahead of the competition by offering these services. Topics covered
include Skin Anatomy, Skin Issues, Anesthesia Complications,
Cosmeceuticals, Chemical Peels, and Marketing.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Later this year, the Planetary Society is planning to launch
LightSail-1, a sail that will travel farther and farther into space
propelled by the sun's steady stream of photon particles. Other
such flights are projected for the next few years. This renewed
interest in light and its momentum call for a fresh look into the
speed of light c which generates this energy. This speed has been,
for over a century, a cardinal pillar supporting the present
edifice of theoretical physics, but that light had any speed at all
was discovered only in the seventeenth century, and confirmed in
the eighteenth, by means of measurements over vast astronomical
distances. These methods seem to have proven that the speed of
light varied with the speed of the observer. Nonetheless, another
experiment late in the nineteenth century, was interpreted as
showing that the speed of light was independent of its observer or
its source-it was a universal constant. This thesis is a meticulous
examination in historical context of the evidential data and
theories which paved the road to the idea that the speed of light
was a universal constant, a seemingly universal belief. The need
for the endeavor arose secondarily to the main task of exploring
fundamental physical and geometrical phenomena of light detailed in
the previous treatises on Optokinetics.
|
|