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Come on a journey into the heart of matter,and enjoy the
process!,as a brilliant scientist and entertaining tour guide takes
you on a fascinating voyage through the Periodic Kingdom, the world
of the elements. The periodic table, your map for this trip, is the
most important concept in chemistry. It hangs in classrooms and
labs throughout the world, providing support for students,
suggesting new avenues of research for professionals, succinctly
organizing the whole of chemistry. The one hundred or so elements
listed in the table make up everything in the universe, from
microscopic organisms to distant planets. Just how does the
periodic table help us make sense of the world around us? Using
vivid imagery, ingenious analogies, and liberal doses of humour P.
W. Atkins answers this question. He shows us that the Periodic
Kingdom is a systematic place. Detailing the geography, history and
governing institutions of this imaginary landscape, he demonstrates
how physical similarities can point to deeper affinities, and how
the location of an element can be used to predict its properties.
Here's an opportunity to discover a rich kingdom of the imagination
kingdom of which our own world is a manifestation.
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Living!
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Elizabeth Austen
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It is time to learn about living things! Can you spot which things
are living? Can you tell which things are nonliving? With images
that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures,
this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young
readers. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity
provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning.
Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage
young learners with this dynamic text!
The term "metaverse" is suddenly everywhere, from debates over
Fortnite to the pages of The New York Times to the speeches of Mark
Zuckerberg, who proclaimed in June 2021 that "the overarching goal"
of Facebook is to "bring the metaverse to life." But what, exactly,
is the metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist
Matthew Ball explains, it is the successor to the mobile internet
that has defined the last two decades. The metaverse is a
persistent, 3D, virtual world-a network of interconnected
experiences and devices, tools and infrastructure, far beyond mere
virtual reality. And it is poised to revolutionise every industry
and function, from finance and healthcare to payments, consumer
products and even sex work. The internet will no longer be at arm's
length; instead, it will surround us, with our lives, labour and
leisure taking place inside the metaverse. With sweeping authority,
The Metaverse predicts trillions in new value-and the radical
reshaping of society.
Exam Board: Pearson BTEC Academic Level: BTEC National Subject:
Applied Science First teaching: September 2016 First Exams: Summer
2017 For all four of the externally assessed units 1, 3, 5 and 7.
Builds confidence with scaffolded practice questions. Unguided
questions that allow students to test their own knowledge and
skills in advance of assessment. Clear unit-by-unit correspondence
between this Workbook and the Revision Guide and ActiveBook.
New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist
Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in
2020. "The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of
science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed
Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy,
sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science
does not exist in a social vacuum. They are beautiful, whether in
their clarity of ideas, the elegance of their prose, or often
both." The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature
Writing brought clarity to the complexity and bewilderment of 2020
and delivered us necessary information during a global pandemic.
From an in-depth look at the moment of the virus's outbreak, to a
harrowing personal account of lingering Covid symptoms, to a
thoughtful analysis on how the pandemic will impact the
environment, these essays, as Yong says, "synthesize, evaluate,
dig, unveil, and challenge," imbuing a pivotal moment in history
with lucidity and elegance. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE
WRITING 2021 INCLUDES - SUSAN ORLEAN - EMILY RABOTEAU - ZEYNEP
TUFEKCI - HELEN OUYANG - HEATHER HOGAN BROOKE JARVIS - SARAH ZHANG
and others
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