Titres dans Science et technologie

How do I make it big on social media? What is my story - and who is my audience? What content should I post to achieve #success? How do I go viral...or how long will it take me to get noticed? Selfie Made is a one-of-a-kind guide to creating a digital identity, finding an audience, and building a powerful brand - your own! - on the Internet.

For fans of sea battles, adventures, and war stories like Unbroken, this is the incredible true story of a boy who helps to bring closure to the survivors of the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and helps exonerate the ship's captain 50 years later. Hunter Scott first learned about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis by watching the movie Jaws when he was just 11 years old. This was 50 years after the ship had sunk, throwing more than 1,000 men into shark-infested waters - a long 50 years in which justice still had not been served.

Jean-Edgar Van de Burne (né le 5 septembre 1940 à Dunkerque, France) est un scientifique qui s'illustra successivement dans les domaines de la phycologie, de la biochimie appliquée, de l'ingénierie et des statistiques transverses bio-politiques. Tout en ne laissant jamais de côté sa grande passion pour les tournois de bridge, il contribue alors largement au développement des plaques de cuisson thermonucléaire pour lesquelles il reçoit le Prix Nobel de la Paix en 1985.

In Beastly Brains, Nancy Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today's science is revolutionizing old theories and uncovering surprising similarities to our own minds. Humans are not alone in our ability to think.

Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of 10 well-known catastrophes such as the great Chicago fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and hurricane Katrina, Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events.

In this dynamic account, award-winning author Paul Fleischman arms teens with the basic tools to uncover vested interests and falsehoods by vetting sources, following the money, and checking references so that they can make informed decisions about what actions to take in the worldwide battle against climate change, overconsumption, and dwindling resources.

Audiokurs pomozhet uchashhimsja v osvoenii neobhodimogo materiala po kursu fiziki v 10 klasse obshheobrazovatel'noj shkoly. Vazhnoj temoj audiokursa javljaetsja razdel «Mehanika», vkljuchajushhaja dinamiku vrashhenija tverdogo tela, osnovy molekuljarno-kineticheskoj teorii i termodinamiki, elektrodinamiki i elektronnoj teorii.

In May 1869, the U.S. railroad network unified when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads came together in Promontory, Utah. The Transcontinental Railroad: The Gateway to the West discusses this important milestone in the expansion of the United States and its impact on the nation, both positive and negative. This book tells how the east-west railroad played an integral role in opening western markets to the residents of the eastern United States, but it also examines how the railroad led to the demise of many American Indian groups in the West.

This series aims to lift the veil off of these developments and shed light on how each could affect society in the years ahead. This audiobook - the first in the series - begins the tour with a look at many areas of the entertainment industry, including television, movies, music, printed media, and video games.

Am 12. April 1912 lief die R.M.S. Titanic mit 2.200 Passagieren an Bord zu ihrer Jungfernfahrt Richtung New York aus.

Japan. March 11, 2011. 2:46 P.M. The biggest earthquake in Japan's history - and one of the world's five most powerful since 1900 - devastated the Tohoku region, 320 kilometers (200 miles) northeast of Tokyo. It triggered a huge tsunami that left crippling damage in its wake. More than 13,000 people drowned, and thousands of buildings and homes were reduced to rubble.

You've probably heard the story of the garden of Eden - the paradise that God created for humans to live in. There was plenty of room for everyone, there were trees and flowers and plenty of food. When you look out your window today you don't see the paradise God intended for us. This world is crowded, polluted, and headed for trouble.But it's not hopeless.

An informative introduction to Darwin's discovery. In his groundbreaking book Natural Selection, Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings.

Climate is an informative introduction to the subject of climate change. Written in a clear, accessible manner, this book addresses how people must use energy more efficiently, develop alternative energy sources, and lower emissions technologies.

En sept chapitres : - Le panorama actuel - Les grands changements au XXe siècle - Progrès techniques et environnement - L’eau et l’agriculture - L'eau des villes - Les enjeux géopolitiques - Les perspectives.

Less than a hundred years ago, science seriously debated whether a cosmic array of stars and galaxies extended beyond the Milky Way. Discoveries and theories have revealed a universe of increasing enormity, complexity, and mystery. The Big Bang follows the pioneering observations of Edwin Hubble and the early insights in cosmological theory by Alexander Friedmann and Father Georges Lemaitre.

Warum sind wir Menschen so verschieden? Sind wir nicht merkwürdig, wir Menschen, mit verschiedenartigem Aussehen, anderen Sprachen und unterschiedlichen Religionen? Der Evolutionsbiologe Josef H. Reichholf greift das Thema Evolution anhand der alltäglichen Erfahrungen auf, die junge Menschen z.B. bei ihren Mitschülern machen: Jeder Einzelne ist anders, dazu kommt die äußerliche Verschiedenheit durch Kinder asiatischer oder schwarzafrikanischer Herkunft.

Jack wouldn't give up. After a dear family friend died of pancreatic cancer, Jack Andraka decided to create a better method of early detection. It took 200 letters before Jack found lab space to pursue his idea and months of work to make it a reality, but in the end he did it. Jack's early-detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers has the potential to be more than 400 times more effective than the medical standard and costs only three cents. Jack was 15 at the time.

Wurmlöcher, Zeitreisen und das Rätsel vom Urknall – mit Stephen Hawking den Geheimnissen des Universums auf der Spur. George und seine Freunde sitzen in der Klemme: Eric hat mithilfe von Supercomputer Cosmos nicht nur ein Portal für Schwein Freddy geschaffen – er hat George obendrein auf einen Ausflug zum Mond mitgenommen! Zur Strafe droht die Wissenschaftliche Organisation, Cosmos zu beschlagnahmen. Damit ist nicht nur Erics geniales Urknall-Experiment in Gefahr – zu allem Übel wird er auch noch von Professor Zuzubin bedroht!

Mannheim, 1893. Der Ingenieur Carl Benz tüftelt am ersten Automobil der Welt. Doch seine Zeitgenossen lachen über den Pionier. Keiner glaubt an seinen Traum vom Wagen, der ganz ohne Pferde fahren kann...