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ID: 010810

Cosmos / Sagan, Carl

1980

Sagan, Carl	Book
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Publication	Ballantine Books, 1980.
Description	324pBlack Spine
Summary/Abstract	The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousness, of how science and civilization grew up together, and of the forces and individuals who helped to shape modern science. Carl Sagan covers topics such as space exploration, the human brain, and ancient Greek scientists.
Standard Number	9780345331359 Pb.

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Space Exploration ; IGCSE ; Science - History ; Astronomy - Popular works ; Cosmology

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011063	500/SAG	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 006037

Entertainment / Dowswell, Paul

2001

Dowswell, Paul	Book
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Publication	Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description	48pPurple spine
Series	Great Inventions
Summary/Abstract	Explores the different inventions in the field of entertainment that have shaped the world, describing life before the inventions, inventors and how the inventions have a made a difference.
Contents	Chess, c.600 Playing cards, c.969 Fireworks, c.1000 Piano, 1709 Comics, c.1850 Record player, 1877 Motion pictures, 1882 Hand-held camera, 1888 Jukebox, 1889 Tape recorder, 1898 Animation, 1900 Electric microphone, 1924 Television, 1925 Electric guitar, 1931 Transistor radio, 1953 Video recorder, 1956 Computer games, 1958 Compact disc, 1965 Digital camcorder, 1995
Standard Number	043113233X Hb.

Key Words

Inventions ; Science - History ; Inventions - History ; Recreation - History ; Leisure - History ; Amusements - History ;
Games - History ; Multimedia - History ; UOI - Discoveries and inventions/explorations

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005994	609/DOW	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 005540

Explosive Experiments - Horrible Science / Arnold, Nick

2001

Arnold, Nick	Book
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Publication	Great Britain, Scholastic, 2001.
Description	192pBlack Spine
Series	Horrible Science
Summary/Abstract	Gives you the red hot details of dodgy experiments that have set the world of Science alight!
Contents	Medical Experiments Brain Experiments Nature Experiments Chemistry Experiments Forces Experiments Electricity Experiments
Standard Number	0439999278 pb.

Key Words

Science - Experiments ; Science - History

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006261	507.8/ARN	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 005908

Great Scientists / Farndon, John

2005

Farndon, John	Book
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Publication	Great Britain, Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2005.
Description	160pBlack Spine
Summary/Abstract	Biographies of men and women who have made outstanding contrbutions to their own fields of scientific endeavour and have contributed to the ever-expanding pool of human knowledge.
Contents	Euclid Archimedes Hipparchus Claudius Ptolemy Medieval Arab Scientists Leonardo da Vinci Nicolas Copernicus Andreas Vesalius Galileo Galilei Christiaan Huygens Anton van Leeuwenhoek Robert Hooke Sir Isaac Newton Carolus Linnaeus James Hutton Antoine Lavoisier John Dalton Michael Faraday Charles Babbage Charles Darwin Louis Pasteur Gregor Mendel Dmitri Mendeleyev James Clerk Maxwell Max Planck Marie Curie Ernst Rutherford Albert Einstein Alfred Wegener Niels Bohr Edwin Hubble Werner Heisenberg Linus Pauling The DNA team Francis Crick James Watson Rosalind Franklin Stephen Hawking
Standard Number	0572031483 Pb.

Key Words

Biography ; Science - History ; Science - Biography

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005984	920/FAR	Main	On Shelf	General	Reference

ID: 026272

Relativity: the special and the general theory / Einstein, Albert

1916

Einstein, Albert	Book
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Edition	2022 (Reprint)
Publication	New Delhi, Fingerprint Classics, 1916.
Description	163pBlack spine
Summary/Abstract	After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote Relativity. Intended for a popular audience, the book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written.
Standard Number	9788175994652 Pb.

Key Words

Science - History ; IBDP ; Relativity (Physics) ; SCIENCE - Physics - Relativity

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I02575	530.11/EIN	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 008127

Science / Williams, Brian

2001

Williams, Brian	Book
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Publication	Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description	48pPeach Spine
Series	Great inventions
Summary/Abstract	This title explores the key inventions that have shaped the modern world. The inventions are arranged chronologically to help build up a picture of how they develop and evolve. Each title describes life before the inventions, the inventors, and how the inventions have made a difference to the way we live.
Contents	Porcelain, c AD 850 Gunpowder, c AD 900 Magnifying Lens, c AD 1200 Thermometer, 1592 Barometer, 1643 Air Pump, 1650 Steam Engine, 1712 Chronometer, 1759 Cotton Gin, 1793 Safely Matches, 1827 Electric Generator, 1831 Mechanical reaper, 1831 Electric Motor, 1834 Bunsen Burner, 1855 Cathode Ray Tube, 1879 Steam Turbine, 1884 Internal Combustion Engine, 1885 Bakelite, 1909 Nuclear power, 1945 Timeline
Standard Number	0431132429 Hb.

Key Words

Inventions ; Science - History ; Inventions - History ; UOI - Discoveries and inventions/explorations

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005995	609/WIL	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 010009

Science and technology / Farndon, John

2000

Farndon, John	Book
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Publication	Great Britain, Southwater, 2000.
Description	64pGrey Spine
Series	Explore History
Summary/Abstract	Traces the evolution of scientific thought and amazing breakthroughs, from the discoveries of the ancient Greeks to the microchip.
Contents	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
Standard Number	9781844765591 Pb.

Key Words

Technology ; Science ; Inventions ; Science - History ; Discoveries in science ; Technology - History

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010419	500/FAR	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 022262

Science book / Science...(Title)

2014

Science...(Title)	Book
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Publication	London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014.
Description	352pBlack spine
Series	Big Ideas Simply Explained
Summary/Abstract	Explores the history of science, how scientists have sought to explain our incredible universe and how amazing scientific discoveries have been made. This book helps you discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia, why Copernicus' ideas were contentious and what the discovery of DNA meant.
Standard Number	97814093501556 Hb.

Key Words

Science - Juvenile Literature ; History ; Science - History ; IBDP

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I02024	500/SCI	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 008768

Seriously Squishy Science Book / Arnold, Nick

2007

Arnold, Nick	Book
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Publication	Great Britain, Scholastic, 2007.
Description	80pBlack Spine
Series	Horrible Science
Summary/Abstract	A stunning collection of all things squidgy and yucky from Horrible Science.
Contents	Introduction Ugly bugs Awful animals Blood, bones and body bits Deadly diseases and doctors Killer chemicals Fatal physics Scary outer space The ultimate squishy chapter
Standard Number	9780439944144 Pb.

Key Words

IGCSE ; Science - History

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009140	500/ARN	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 015582

Story of science: an illustrated history / Challoner, Jack

2012

Challoner, Jack	Book
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Publication	Sydney, Weldon Owen, 2012.
Description	96pBlack Spine
Summary/Abstract	Provides highlights of 500 years of scientific discovery, that changed our understanding of how the world around us works.
Contents	1. Earth Moves! (1540s - 1630s): Working out our place in space with: Nicolaus Copernicus, Joseph Kepler, Galileo Galilei 2. This Air (1630s - 1650s): Proving that nothing really does exist, and introducing: Evangelista Torricelli, Otto von Guericke, Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke 3. Tiny Things (1660s-1670s):
Standard Number	9781742522807 Hb.

Key Words

Electricity ; Light ; Energy ; Science - Miscellanea ; Earth ; Matter ;
Heat ; Science ; Universe ; Chemistry ; Inheritance and succession - Fiction ; Science - History ;
Evolution ; Science - Biography ; Force and Energy ; Matter - Properties ; Matter - Constitution ; Chemical reactions ;
Gravity ; Genetics ; Germs ; UOI - Solar System ; UOI - Energy ; Genetics - History ;
UOI - Matter ; UOI - Elements of Nature ; Earth - Crust ; Science - forecasting ; UOI - Light ; Plate tectonics ;
Species diversity ; Periodic table

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015313	509/CHA	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 006396

The Science Fair Expedition / Cole, Joanna; Degen, Bruce

2006

Cole, Joanna	Book
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Publication	USA, Scholastic, 2006.
Description	45pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract	Ms. Frizzle takes the gang on a tour through the history of science so they can get ideas for their science expedition.
Standard Number	0590108247 Hb.

Key Words

Scientists ; Science - History ; Frizzle, Ms. (Fictitious character)

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006877	FIC/COL	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 010689

Theories for everything: An illustrated history of science from the invention of numbers to string theory / Langone, John; Stutz, Bruce; Gianopoulos, Andrea

2006

Langone, John	Book
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Publication	Washington, D.C., National Geographic, 2006.
Description	407pBlack spine
Summary/Abstract	Presents a lively overview of humankinds's never-ending quest for knowledge and shows how science has evolved over the ages by combining our curiosity and instinctive speculation with theoretical rigour and meticulous experiment. The authors are science journalists of great repute.
Standard Number	0792239121 Hb.

Key Words

Science - History ; IBDP ; TOK ; Transfer to IBDP

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011062	509/LAN	Main	On Shelf	General