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"A fascinating, empathetic book" — Wall Street Journal
Humans are born to create theories about the world — unfortunately, we're usually wrong and bad theories keep us from understanding science as it really is
Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And if you fire a bullet from a gun and drop one from your hand, which bullet hits the ground first? In a pinch we almost always get these questions wrong. Worse,...
Humans are born to create theories about the world — unfortunately, we're usually wrong and bad theories keep us from understanding science as it really is
Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And if you fire a bullet from a gun and drop one from your hand, which bullet hits the ground first? In a pinch we almost always get these questions wrong. Worse,...
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"In Science Set Free, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas that are not only limiting, but also dangerous for the future of humanity" -- Front jacket flap.
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"A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science. Captivatingly written, interwoven with tantalizing illustrations and historical vignettes ranging from Newton's alchemy to quantum mechanics to the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Strevens's wholly original investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long, two thousand years...
6) Losing the Nobel Prize: a story of cosmology, ambition, and the perils of science's highest honor
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The inside story of a quest to unlock one of cosmology's biggest mysteries, derailed by the lure of the Nobel Prize. What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, thought they'd glimpsed the spark that ignited the Big Bang. Millions around the world tuned in to the announcement, and Nobel whispers began to spread. But had these cosmologists truly...
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"The scientific method is the process scientists use to test ideas and gather useful results. As part of the scientific method, scientists gather data, form a hypothesis, and test their hypothesis by performing experiments. Not all hypotheses will be right-but that's part of science! In this book, readers will learn the parts of the scientific method, best practices for running experiments, and how to interpret the results of their experiment. Diagrams...
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Doyle and Fossey science detectives volume 5
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Sterling
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c2010
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English
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Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve cases involving a crooked carnival barker, a mysterious ghost, an alien plant species invading wildlife habitats, and a wobbly bridge.
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Data can be an important tool for backing up arguments. In this book, students will learn how the collection and use of data plays an important role in projects of all kinds. Fun, engaging text introduces readers to new ideas and builds on concepts they may already know. Additional tools, including a glossary and an index, help students learn new vocabulary and locate information.
13) Collecting data
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"With fun and engaging activities, Collecting Data outlines the steps to properly gathering and organizing data, which include observation, assessing the reliability of sources, and critically assessing data in order to draw reliable conclusions. Readers begin their journey toward data literacy by developing their sense of curiosity, and then conducting investigations, just like solving a mystery."--
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A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority.
When does a scientific discovery become accepted fact? Why have scientific facts become easy to deny? And what can we do about it? In The Workshop and the World, philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease answers these questions by describing the origins of our scientific infrastructure—the
...16) Winter science
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Acadia files volume 3
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Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Offering a fun introduction to the wonders of science and using real-world scenarios to make scientific inquiry relatable and understandable, this new series presents five summer stories, each one followed by Acadia Greene's science notebook pages with her simple explanations and lively, whimsical drawings of natural phenomena. Full color.
17) Spring science
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Acadia files volume 4
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Tilbury House Publishers
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[2020]
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English
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Acadia Greene, who always has questions ready for anything, uses the scientific method to investigate meteors, identify signs of the changing seasons, and examine mass extinctions.
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Ada Lace adventure volume 1
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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2017.
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English
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"Eight-year-old Ada, who has a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries, teams up with her best friend, Nina, to find a missing dog."--
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Olga (Elise Gravel) volume 1
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Discovering a smelly creature in her garbage can that she names after herself, Olga befriends and studies the eccentric Olgamus using the scientific method, the practices of Jane Goodall, and other scientific concepts.
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