'manifests its worth in enabling us': S. Gaukroger (2006), p. 166. • 'whatever God himself has been pleased': ... 'There are not two waies in the whole World': S. Ward (1654), Vindiciae academiarum, p. 240, in H. R. Trevor-Roper (1985), ...
Designer: Nicole Russo; Photo Researcher: Karen Huang TITLES IN THIS SERIES .1...” a.1 S IICURIUSIWC O a. CURIOSITY.
In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, twelve-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his ...
When neighbors demanded her story , she claimed she had been robbed , beaten , seized with a fit , and marched to the bawdy house of Susannah ( Mother ) Wells , where she was solicited , mocked by two prostitutes , and imprisoned ...
Award-winning novelist Joan Thomas blends fact and fiction, passion and science in this stunning novel set in 19th-century Lyme Regis, England — the seaside town that is the setting of both The French Lieutenant's Woman and Jane Austen's ...
Intrigue, danger, chess, and a real-life hoax combine in this historical novel from the author of The Shakespeare Stealer Philadelphia, PA, 1835.
An illustrated nonfiction book about the search for life on Mars told from the unique perspective of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, focusing on its engineering aspects.
A stylishly illustrated non-fiction book about the search for life on Mars, told from the unique perspective of NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity.Discover the incredible story of the search for life on Mars, told from the unique perspective of ...
In Alberto Manguel's most personal book to date, the author tracks his own life of curiosity through the reading that has mapped his way. Manguel chooses as his guides a selection of writers who sparked his imagination.
The story of the people who designed, built, launched, landed, and are now operating the Mars rover Curiosity Award-winning science writer Rod Pyle provides a behind-the-scenes look into the recent space mission to Mars of Curiosity--the ...
Award-winning novelist Joan Thomas blends fact and fiction, passion and science in this stunning novel set in 19th-century Lyme Regis, England—the seaside town that is the setting of both The French Lieutenant's Woman and Jane Austen's ...
Mary made fascinating paleontological discoveries that were co-opted by the established male scientists.
Explores the evolution of curiosity from stigma to scientific stimulus through a look at the inventions and discoveries made between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and details how curiosity functions in science today.
In his debut picture book, Motum brings the story of NASA's beloved Mars rover Curiosity to life in vivid color.
Curiosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters.
Curiosity is the instinct that prompts us to act, and a book about curiosity should tell us how to live. This is the first to do so, with its twelve rules for life. While a fatal sin in Eden, curiosity is a necessary virtue in our world.
We've also been made incurious by the rise of bitter partisanships and narrow ideologies that have sent things and people we should care about to our mental trash folders. That's why this book is needed today.
Pyle follows the team of dedicated scientists whose job it is to explore new vistas on Mars. Readers will also join Curiosity, the most advanced machine ever sent to another planet, on its journey of discovery"--
Without curiosity, the world does not move forward. Curiosity is what drives ingenuity and innovation. Curiosity is a habit of mind and an approach to life that can be practiced, nurtured, and sustained.