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[2017]
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English
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For thousands of years, the planets and stars have fascinated people on Earth. Prehistoric people scanned the heavens and tried to make sense of what they saw. They believed that the movement of the stars and planets could foretell future events. Their studies would lead to the discipline of astronomy, in which scientists work to increase our understanding of space. In recent years, complex probes and sophisticated telescopes have revealed a great...
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The final decade of the fifteenth century was a turning point in world history. The Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus sailed westward on the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, famously determined to discover for Spain a shorter and more direct route to the riches of the Indies. Meanwhile, a fellow Italian explorer for hire, John Cabot, set off on his own journey, under England's flag. Here, Douglas Hunter tells the fascinating tale of how, during this expedition,...
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2011.
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English
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Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous,...
87) Life in space
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English
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What is daily life like in space? How do astronauts cook, sleep, and go to the bathroom? Readers will learn all about the interesting daily life of an astronaut. Low-leveled, chunked text alongside stunning photographs will engage the youngest space enthusiasts.
88) Columbus
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[2012]
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English
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"Born in 1451 in the seafaring nation of Genoa in northern Italy, Christopher Columbus grew up watching ships sail into the harbor loaded with riches from Egypt, Spain, England, and Belgium. Columbus was convinced that he could gain gold, silk, ivory, and much personal wealth for himself if he were to sail west from Europe to the East and trade with China and India. When Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon finally provided him with...
90) Space travel
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2003.
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English
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Examines the history of people's interest in space travel, the development of efforts to leave Earth, and possibilities for colonization and exploration of outer space.
95) Headlong flight
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2017.
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English
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While exploring the dangerous, uncharted Odyssean Pass, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the starship Enterprise land on a rogue planet that traps them in an endless succession of random jumps between dimensions.
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[2019]
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English
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"A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until...
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Grasp essential steps in order to generate meaningful results quickly with JMP. JMP Essentials: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for New Users, Second Edition is designed for the new or occasional JMP user who needs to generate meaningful graphs or results quickly. Drawing on their own experience working with these customers, the authors provide essential steps for what new users typically need to carry out with JMP. This newest edition has all new...
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2018.
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English
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"Out There is arranged in a simple question-and-answer format. The answers are delivered in Dr. Wall's informal but informative style, which mixes in a healthy dose of humor and pop culture to make big ideas easier to swallow. Dr. Wall covers questions far beyond alien life, venturing into astronomy, physics, and the practical realities of what long-term life might be like for we mere humans in outer space, such as the idea of lunar colonies, and...
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