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Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
108 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Presents an introduction to whales, describing legends about them, the history of whale hunting, the latest research on their brain and methods of communication, and the current efforts of conservationists to protect them from extinction.
3) Fossils
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Pub. Date
c2011
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
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Learn about fossils, what they are and how they are formed.
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Pub. Date
2008
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64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 col. map ; 26 cm.
Description
Authoritative texts that include interviews with experts, useful time lines, diagrams, glossaries, and more bring readers up to date on the latest findings of specific scientific issues and discoveries in the field of genetics, from the Human Genome Project to stem cell research to the National Geographic's own Genographic Project.
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Describes symptoms and paths of deadly diseases that have impacted the course of human history. Explores how major medical events and plagues impacted society and forever changed the course of history, including a review of the black plague and its effects on the feudal system and yellow fever and its impact on the slave trade. Did the Black Death destroy the feudal system? Did cholera pave the way for modern Manhattan? Did yellow fever help end the...
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Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
73 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
10) Project Seahorse
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Pub. Date
2010
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56 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
"Project Seahorse follows the work of two dedicated scientists as they explore the life cycle of the tiger tail seahorse and forge partnerships with the people of Handumon in the Philippines to save its habitat."--Amazon.com.
15) Isaac Newton
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Giants of science (Viking) volume 2
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Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.
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