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Artificial intelligence: A beginner's guide to robotics and man-made minds / Challoner, Jack 2002  Book
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Publication London, Dk Publishing Inc, 2002.
Description 72pMagenta spine
Series Essential Science
Summary/Abstract Modern computers do not think about what they are doing: they simply follow instructions. Can we ever produce a truly intelligent computer with a mind of its own? Will every home soon have robots to caryy out the housework? This title explains the various approaches to creating artificial intelligence, examines the philosophical issues relating to this research and predicts how computers and robots may be used in the future.
Contents What is artificial intelligence? Approaches to artificial intelligence The future of artificial intelligence?
Standard Number 0751373583 Pb.
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ID:   026017


Diary of Curious Cuthbert / Challoner, Jack; Mayfield, Kate Cragoe (ill.) 2017  Book
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Publication Bristol, Explaining Science Publishing, 2017.
Description i, 114pWhite spine
Summary/Abstract Meet scientist, inventor, thinker, hero Cuthbert Armeeni, who lives in a land where people use satellites to predict the weather but no one knows that germs cause disease; where calendars can skip a month by royal decree; and where cats can talk - or can they? Discover some of the stories from his own diary, retold in rhyme.
Contents Acknowledgements Introduction The weatherless day The talking cat A new beginning The unwell well The month that wasn't Now you see me
Standard Number 9780995475052 Pb.
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ID:   000949


Hurricane and Tornado / Challoner, Jack 2000  Book
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Edition 2004 (Pb)
Publication Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2000.
Description 73pRed Spine
Series DK Eyewitness
Summary/Abstract Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background, and legends.
Standard Number 1405302968 Pb.
Key Words PYP  Hurricanes  Tornadoes 
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ID:   002656


Rocks, minerals and the changing earth / Challoner, Jack; Farndon, John; Walshaw, Rodney 2004  Book
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Publication Great Britain, Southwater, 2004.
Description 128pBlack spine
Summary/Abstract Explains environmental issues such as climate change, the human impact on the world, non-renewable sources of energy, landscapes, how ancient fossils were created with 30 well-explained projects.
Standard Number 1842159755 Pb.
Key Words IGCSE  Rocks  Minerals  Global Perspectives - IGCSE 
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Story of science: an illustrated history / Challoner, Jack 2012  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.
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