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Series
Publisher
Shelter Harbor Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 folded-out timeline.
Language
English
Description
Knowledge does not arrive fully formed, it requires many minds to puzzle over the evidence. Jackson tracks the history of the periodic table, a powerful yet elegant tool that lays bare the building blocks of the universe. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of the periodic table against the backdrop of world history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Shelter Harbor Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 folded-out timeline.
Language
English
Description
Astronomers today believe that the Universe may have begun 13.7 billion years ago, when its entire energy, mass, space, and even time, expanded out from a single point. Every scientific discovery about space and the stars their beginnings as well as our own derives from this ancient light. Jackson examines astronomy's turning points, times when years of accumulated thought converged upon one astronomer's obsession, to turn a confounding puzzle into...
Author
Series
Publisher
Shelter Harbor Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm + 1 folded timeline (27 x 252 cm folded to 27 x 21 cm).
Language
English
Description
Psychology is a young science. While great thinkers have pondered the nature of thought itself for centuries, the idea of using scientific experiments to examine the way we think, make decisions, and behave was only arrived at in the mid-19th century. However, the impact of psychology has been far reaching. Thanks to the work of Sigmund Freud, William James, Abraham Maslow, and many others, we now consider the psychological impact of events, along...
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