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The Magical Word of Science focused on children mainly between 9-15 years old, who like to do simple experiments and experience the wonders of Science. The book contains 100 experiments that can be easily done at home, which enables children to better undertstand the phenomena of physics, chemistry and biology. The experiments can be easily done by using simple things found in the home. The tasks in the book can be divided into three categories based...
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Este libro tiene como objetivo la divulgación científica de forma comprensible para cualquier persona, independientemente de su formación previa. Está especialmente pensado para niños y jóvenes de edades comprendidas entre los 10 y 16 años y recoge un amplio espectro de temas de interés, como son la Tierra, el cuerpo humano, la biología, la física y química, la tecnología o las matemáticas.
Javier Fernández Panadero es licenciado en...
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Más allá de opiniones y teorías, el experimento es el que nos da la clave sobre qué es cierto y qué no. Una vez más, con su estilo riguroso y divertido, Javier Fernández Panadero te propone con este libro un desafío: TÚ serás el que llegue al resultado.
¿Cuánto peso aguanta un pelo? ¿Cambia mi altura durante el día? ¿Cómo sacar ventaja en un examen tipo test?
Mide, calcula, estima, comprueba y decide. Esta es la varita mágica con...
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La Ciencia va más allá de lo que se hace en los laboratorios. La Ciencia trata de cómo funciona tu cuerpo y el mundo que te rodea. Y en este libro te proponemos convertir tu mundo en un laboratorio en el que podrás hacer más de setenta experimentos sencillos, divertidos, que podrás disfrutar en compañía y te permitirán entender mejor la mágica Ciencia que aparece en cada rincón del Universo. Para que puedas experimentar en tu propio "laboratorio",...
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¿Qué pasaría si tuviéramos que explicarle a un extraterrestre las cosas que hacemos cada día? ¿Cómo explicarle que unos tiremos comida y otros se mueran de hambre? ¿Qué les pongamos pijamas a los peluches? ¡¿Cómo explicarle lo que es una morcilla?! Exploraremos juntos un buen puñado de paradojas de nuestra vida cotidiana. Algunas tendrán una explicación razonable, otras tendrán que ver con el funcionamiento de nuestra mente, otras...
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Do you have a project-assignment fron your physics teacher and do not know where to begin? Or, you have to participate in a Science Fair, and you wish to surprise everyone with a revolutionary chemistry model? Or, you simply wish to experiment with new concepts of physics, electronics, biology and chemistry? This revised book and the free CD contains 71+10 new projects on Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Electronics. The purpose of the book and CD...
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"Big Science" is a broad epithet that can be associated with research projects that involve huge budgets, big facilities, complex instrumentation, years of planning, and large multidisciplinary teams of researchers. Legitimizing the ESS examines the complexity of the cultural, social, and political processes from which and in which Big Science develops by focusing on the planning and development of the European Spallation Source, ESS, that is to be...
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Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer, this handy guide to household electronics gives the weekend workbench enthusiast a multitude of ideas on how to salvage valuable parts from old electronics and turn them into useful gadgets once more. This handbook is loaded with information and helpful tips for disassembling old and broken electronics. Each of the more than 50 deconstruction projects includes a treasures cache of the components to be found, a required...
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A witty celebration of the great eccentrics who have performed dangerous scientific experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind.
Many scientists have followed the advice of the great Victorian doctor Jack Haldane to "never experiment on an animal if a man will do" and "never ask anyone to do anything you wouldn't do yourself." He and his father inhaled poisonous gasses to test the efficacy of the prototype gas mask they had invented. When...
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Written for reasonable risk takers and suburban dads who want to add more excitement to their lives, this daring combination of science, history, and DIY projects explains why danger is good for you and details the art of living dangerously. All of the projectsfrom throwing knives, drinking absinthe, and eating fugu to cracking a bull whip, learning baritsu, and building a flamethrowerhave short learning curves; are human-focused, as opposed to technology-centric;...
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In this revised and expanded edition, William Gurstelle shows ordinary folks how to build a dozen fun and impressively powerful launchers with inexpensive household and hardware store materials. This new edition includes three new projects along with diagrams, photographs, and fascinating science information. With a strong emphasis on safety, the book also gives tips on troubleshooting and describes each machine's historical origins as well as the...
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En este volumen se recogen 202 preguntas y respuestas sobre distintas disciplinas científicas (química, física, tecnología, biología, etc.). Todo fácil pero exacto. Los libros de Javier Fernández Panadero tienen como objetivo la divulgación científica de forma comprensible para cualquier persona, independientemente de su formación previa.
Está especialmente pensado para niños y jóvenes de edades comprendidas entre los 10 y 16 años....
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Combining science, history, and DIY pyrotechnics, this book for the workbench warrior explains humankinds most useful and paradoxical tool: fire. William Gurstelle, author of the bestselling Backyard Ballistics, presents 25 projects with instructions, diagrams, photos, and links to video demonstrations that enable people of all ages to explore and safely play with fire. From Franklins stove to Diesels engine, explosive and fascinating tales are told...
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After decades of analyzing his dreams, a professor of psychology finds that some of them anticipate future events. Not only does he dream the exact day of the year on which one of his books is accepted for publication, but he learns how to use these dreams to create better outcomes in his life. Working with a medium for his research as well as in the classroom, he finds that the medium often gets correct information, to which she does not have any...
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En esta historia ilustrada, Steven Johnson se adentra en los aspectos lúdicos de la tecnología. Reúne para eso un elenco de personajes excéntricos y entrañables, inmersos en un sinfín de anécdotas que muestran "la cocina" de un puñado de inventos que fueron llamados providencialmente a cambiar el mundo, nuestro mundo. Este libro es también un viaje a través del tiempo y las civilizaciones, que hilvana estaciones y paradas a golpe de capítulos...
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This classic in the philosophy of science describes and analyzes the profound change from the philosophy of the Middle Ages to the modern view of humanity's less central place in the universe. It offers a fascinating analysis of the works of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle, and Newton.
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A unique approach to the history of science using do-it-yourself experiments along with brief historical profiles to demonstrate how the ancient alchemists stumbled upon the science of chemistry.
Be the alchemist! Explore the legend of alchemy with the science of chemistry. Enjoy over twenty hands-on demonstrations of alchemical reactions.
In this exploration of the ancient art of alchemy, three veteran chemists show that the alchemists' quest involved...
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Whether you are a scientist or a poet, pro-nuclear energy or staunch opponent, conspiracy theorist or pragmatist, James Mahaffey's books have served to open up the world of nuclear science like never before. With clear explanations of some of the most complex scientific endeavors in history, Mahaffey's new book looks back at the atom's wild, secretive past and then toward its potentially bright future. Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far flung...
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This is the sequel to Craig Bohren's popular Clouds in a Glass of Beer (also available from Dover), the book that made the fascinating world of atmospheric physics accessible to readers without a scientific background. Like its predecessor, this volume abounds in lively writing, fun-filled and easy-to-perform experiments, and numerous photographs and illustrations that offer illuminating and memorable ways to learn about an intriguing branch of science....
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