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022413
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London, Discovery Communications, 2004.
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130 min.Black spine
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We take you on a journey through 25 breakthroughs in the world of science; discoveries that have changed mankind's perception of where we come from and why we are here.
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1 DVD.
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ID:
019857
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Mumbai, Euro Books, 2009.
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68pOrange Spine
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The book of
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Provides answers to all your questions on discoveries. Includes games and riddles.
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Discoveries -
Fire
The wheel
Metals
Glass
Textiles and clothing
Farming
The Prehistoric village
Breeding and fishing
Numbers
The measurement of time
Clocks and watches
Writing
Houses
The past
Quiz
Exploration -
Astronomy
Navigation
Roads
Means of transport
The Silk Route
Exploring the Sahara
The discovery of America
The route to India
Circling the world
The great explprers
The Amazon river
The African jungle
Exploring Australia
The race to the poles
Man on the moon
Quiz
Index
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9788128623172 Hb.
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018701 | 609/WOL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
021475
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Bath, North Parade Publishing, 2014.
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44pOchre Spine
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From beginning of civilization to the latest inventions like the mobile phone, this book looks at all the major inspirations throughout the ages around the world.
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Invention vs Discovery
Prehistoric times
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
China showed the way
The Greeks - mapping history
Mighty Rome
Ancient India
Native America
Daring explorers!
The period of darkness
Towards enlightenment
Exploring the sky
Health is wealth
Communication
Energy
Moving ahead!
Riders of the sea
The sky is the limit
Glossary
Index
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9781783731930 Hb.
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020046 | 609/DIS | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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023040
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London, Evans Brothers Ltd., 2005.
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48pCream spine
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Milestones in modern science
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The first computers looks at how computers have been transformed from massive, unwieldy and slow calculating machines, to devices that can be held in the palm of the hand, and which have infiltrated almost every aspect of our lives. It explains how the first computers worked, their functions, advantages and drawbacks, the race to improve on the basic model, and how this competition inspired further developments.
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0237527413 Hb.
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021324 | 004/BED | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
017717
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France, Millimages, 2004.
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53 minCream Spine
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Discover Science Series: The Way Things Work
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From aircraft to zippers and axles to zoom lenses, The Way Things Work brings to life core principles of physics in a fun and engaging way for children.
* Winner of New York Festival Gold World Award for Children's Programming
* For ages 8 years & above
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Flight
Ballooning
Floating
Sinking
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8886356014081 1 VCD.
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N00116 | 530/WAY | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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001632
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London, Southwater, 2004.
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128pBlack Spine
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Ground-breaking ideas and inventions through the ages, including over 35 projects to create at school or at home.
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1844760596 Pb.
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ID:
024527
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Connecticut, Millbrook Press, 1993.
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48pYellow spine
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Eureka!
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Discusses how a television works and the history of its development.
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1562947184 Pb.
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022389 | 621.388/BEN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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022476
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2017.
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xxviii, 572pBlack spine
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The world's most innovative and brilliant thinkers discuss recent scientific breakthroughs that will shape the future.Scientific developments radically alter our understanding of the world. Whether it's technology, climate change, health research, or the latest revelations of neuroscience, physics, or psychology, science has, as Edge editor John Brockman says, "become a big story, if not the big story." Contributors include: Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND on the best way to understand complex problems; author of Seven Brief Lesson on Physics CARLO ROVELLI on the mystery of black holes; Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER on the quantification of human progress; TED conferences curator CHRIS J. ANDERSON on the growth of the global brain; Harvard physicist LISA RANDALL on the true measure of breakthrough discoveries.
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9780062562067 Pb.
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I02060 | 500/BRO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
008059
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USA, Millbrook Press Brookfield, 2001.
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64pGrey Spine
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Tells us about some of the wonderful animals that have recently been discovered and more unknown creatures out there in the wild places of the world.
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The age of discovery
From forest to mountain
Southeast Asia's lost world
New relations
Out of the sea
Now what?
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0761322744 Hb.
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008424 | 590/ORE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
010009
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Great Britain, Southwater, 2000.
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64pGrey Spine
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Explore History
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Traces the evolution of scientific thought and amazing breakthroughs, from the discoveries of the ancient Greeks to the microchip.
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Introduction
Inventing Mathematics
Star gazing
The first scientist
Roman engineers
Where and when
The great anatomists
The moving earth
Force and motion
Atoms and matter
Factory and furnace
The charged world
Steam powet
The story of lfe
On the road
Off the ground
Rays and radiation
Space and time
The big universe
Miracle cures
Nuclear power
Lifeplan
The power of the processor
Space age
Instant contact
Artificial materials
Life changing
Glossary
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9781844765591 Pb.
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ID:
007222
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Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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48pRed Spine
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Microlife
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Contains a history of microbiology from the first microscopes to the unravelling of DNA, the scientists and techniques involved. It examines the implications of scientific discoveries for humans and the living world of advances, thereby giving an insight into the development of scientific ideas.
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The Jansens and the compound microscope
Robert Hooke and his small drawings
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek and his little animals
Edward Jenner and vaccination
Schledien, Schwann and the theory of cells
Louis Pasteur and the germ theory
Pasteur and the end of spontaneous generation
Pasteur and infectious diseases
Ferdinand Cohn and the birth of bacteriology
Joseph Lister and the birth of modern surgery
Robert Koch : Pioneer of microbiology
Paul Ehrlich : 'Prince of Science'
Ehrlich and the magic bullets
Alexander Fleming and antibiotics
Martinus Beijerinck and the discovery of viruses
Wendell Stanley and the crystal invaders
Oswald Avery and the search for heredity
Watson and Crick : Unravelling the helix
Watson and Crick : Molecule model-making
Stanley Prusiner's prisons
Glossary
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043109277X Pb.
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007668 | 920/SNE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
010351
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New York, Barron's Educational Series, 2005.
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64pBlack Spine
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Brain Power
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A visual learning experience covering 2,400,000 years of ground-breaking inventions and discoveries - from fire at the dawn of the human race to present-day research into genetic engineering.
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0764158988 Hb.
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ID:
006337
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Great Britain, Macmillan Children's Books, 2000.
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Description |
95pPink Spine
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Summary/Abstract |
Looks through the discoveries that - for good or bad - have made the world what it is today.
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Discoveries!
Secrets of the Universe
Relativity
The Power of the Atom
Electricity
The New World
Longitude
Germs
Anaesthetics and Antibiotics
Genetics
Plastics
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0330481002 Pb.
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006813 | 609/ARD | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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