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Author : Pete Freas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975384725
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Skipping Stones 2006 written by Pete Freas and published by . This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ralph D. Lorenz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387472894
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Spinning Flight written by Ralph D. Lorenz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-02-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More frisbees are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs and footballs combined. Yet these familiar flying objects have subtle and clever aerodynamic and gyrodynamic properties which are only recently being documented by wind tunnel and other studies. In common with other rotating bodies discussed in this readily accessible book, they are typically not treated in textbooks of aeronautics and the literature is scattered in a variety of places. This book develops the theme of disc-wings and spinning aerospace vehicles in parallel. Since many of the examples are recreational, anyone who enjoys these activities will likely find it profitable and enjoyable. In addition to spinning objects of various shapes, several exotic manned aircraft with disc planforms have been proposed and a prototypes built – these include a Nazi ‘secret weapon’ and the De Havilland Avrocar, also discussed in the book. Boomerangs represent another category of spinning aerodynamic body whose behavior can only be understood by coupling aerodynamics with gyrodynamics. The narrative, supported by equations and graphs, explains how the shape and throw of a boomerang relates to its trajectory. The natural world presents still other examples, namely the samaras or ‘seed-wings’ of many tree species, which autorotate during their descent, like a helicopter whose engine has failed. The flight performance of these spinning wings directly affects the dispersal and thus the evolutionary competitiveness of the trees concerned. Samara-type configurations are also considered for instrumentation and other payload dispersal applications. In short, the book discusses a range of familiar, connected, but largely undeveloped, topics in an accessible, but complete, manner. From the reviews of the first edition: "In his fascinating book Spinning Flight, Ralph Lorenz provides a rich feast of ... examples of spinning bodies ... . The book is well organized ... . The discussion in the book ... should be accessible to readers with some elementary understanding of aerodynamic principles. For the expert, the book is full of open problems ... . Its scope is extensive ... . In this respect, there may be something for everyone within its attractively designed cover ... ." (H. K. Moffatt, Nature, Vol. 444, December, 2006) "If you liked physics at school, then this book is for you. It concerns itself with flying objects that spin through the air, and even tells you how to impress your friends with the biomechanics of Frisbees. ... there is plenty of information at all levels, and the book has a wealth of detail that only an aerospace engineer like Lorenz could have come up with." (Len Fisher, BBC Focus, February, 2007)
Author : Mary Ann Reilly
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607524597
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Deepening Literacy Learning written by Mary Ann Reilly and published by IAP. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donna L. Gilton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538138417
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Multicultural and Ethnic Children’s Literature in the United States written by Donna L. Gilton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Multicultural and Ethnic Children’s Literature in the United States addresses both quantitative and more qualitative changes in this field over the last decade. Quantitative changes include more authors, books, and publishers; book review sources, booklists, and awards; organizations, institutions, and websites; and criticism and other scholarship. Qualitative changes include: More support for new and emerging writers and illustrators; Promotion of multicultural literature both in the U.S. and around the world, as well as developments in global literature; Developments in the literatures described throughout this book, as well as in research supporting this literature; The impact of technology; Characteristics and activities of four adult audiences that use and promote multicultural children’s literature, and Changes in leaders and their organizations. This is still a single reference source for busy and involved librarians, teachers, parents, scholars, publishers, distributors, and community leaders. Most books on multicultural children’s literature are written especially for teachers, librarians, and scholars. They may be introductions to the literature, selection tools, teaching guides, or very theoretical books on choosing, evaluating, and using these materials. Multicultural and Ethnic Children’s Literature in the United States focuses much more on the history of the development of this literature, from the nineteenth century to the present day. This book provides much more of a cultural and political context for the early development of this literature. It emphasizes the “self-determining” viewpoints and activities of diverse people as they produce materials for the young. Multicultural and Ethnic Children’s Literature… describes organizations, events, activities, and other contributions of diverse writers, illustrators, publishers, researchers, scholars, librarians, educators, and parents. It also describes trends in the research on the literature. It elaborates more on ways in which diversity is still an issue in publishing companies and an extended list of related industries. It describes related literature from outside of the U.S. and makes connections to traditional global literature. Last, Multicultural and Ethnic Children’s Literature, shows the impact of multiculturalism on education, libraries, and the mainstream culture, in general. While the other books on multiculturalism focus on how to find, evaluate, and use multicultural materials, especially in schools and libraries, this book is concerned over whether and how books are produced in the first place and how this material impact the broader society. In many ways, it supplements other books on multicultural children’s literature.
Author : J. B. Mcgee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781492743712
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Skipping Stones written by J. B. Mcgee and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.Not everyone will grieve in this order, nor will everyone go through every stage. It's during the stage of denial when Alex Hart meets Andrew Foster. He takes her one-step closer to acceptance: the stage when new, meaningful relationships are formed. The stage when the realization occurs that this is now the new state of normal.Just when Alex thinks she is on her way to healing, she enters the bargaining phase. That's the phase where you wonder what you could have done differently. You wonder “what if?” Specifically, what if the ones you loved hadn't left you?Leaving…this is what makes heading off to war so difficult and frightening for Alex. She knows all too well what it's like to be the one on the losing end of life, which is why she's made it her personal mission in life to save as many lives as possible. The extreme high she gets from treating trauma victims turns into Alex's own form of therapy, or so she thinks.When faced with her world being turned upside down, Alex may just find that her true therapy is in the one who has always saved her.Skipping Stones is a stand alone novel.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781889715360
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Book Markets for Children's Writers, 2006 written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Feature articles on markets for humor, middle-grade biographies, YA novels, activity books, PreK nonfiction"--Cover.
Author : Keith Richards
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316128562
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Life written by Keith Richards and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life. Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero. Creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women." His relationship with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the U.S., isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Marriage, family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and the road that goes on forever. With his trademark disarming honesty, Keith Richard brings us the story of a life we have all longed to know more of, unfettered, fearless, and true.
Author : Marc Shell
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823256855
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)
Download or read book Talking the Walk & Walking the Talk written by Marc Shell and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that we should regard walking and talking in a single rhythmic vision. In doing so, it contributes to the theory of prosody, our understanding of respiration and looking, and, in sum, to the particular links, across the board, between the human characteristics of bipedal walking and meaningful talk. The author first introduces the philosophical, neurological, anthropological, and aesthetic aspects of the subject in historical perspective, then focuses on rhetoric and introduces a tension between the small and large issues of rhythm. He thereupon turns his attention to the roles of breathing in poetry—as a life-and-death matter, with attention to beats and walking poems. This opens onto technical concepts from the classical traditions of rhetoric and philology. Turning to the relationship between prosody and motion, he considers both animals and human beings as both ostensibly able-bodied creatures and presumptively disabled ones. Finally, he looks at dancing and writing as aspects of walking and talking, with special attention to motion in Arabic and Chinese calligraphy. The final chapters of the book provide a series of interrelated representative case studies.
Author : Porter W Johnson
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9813107863
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Classical Mechanics With Applications written by Porter W Johnson and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-01-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook — appropriate for a one-semester course in classical mechanics at the late undergraduate or early graduate level — presents a fresh, modern approach to mechanics. About 150 exercises, covering a wide variety of topics and applications, have solutions roughly outlined for enhanced understanding. Unique to this text is the versatile application of programming language Mathematica™ throughout to analyze systems and generate results. Coverage is also devoted to the topic on one dimensional continuum systems. The extensive discussions on inverse problems of mechanical systems and the detailed analysis of stability of classical systems certainly make this an outstanding textbook.
Author : Jennifer Swanson
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0762473010
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book The Secret Science of Sports written by Jennifer Swanson and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does a football spiral? How do some athletes jump so high? The answer is science! The Secret Science of Sports helps kids better understand concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math through the sports they love to play and watch. Every sport -- from baseball to basketball, to football and soccer, to wrestling, tennis, and lacrosse -- involves a bit of science, technology, engineering, and math. You can't throw a ball without Newton's Law of Motion, and you can't calculate a player's stats without math. And every type of sports equipment -- a helmet, cleats, shoulder or knee pads -- were designed with the latest engineering and technology. The Secret Science of Sports breaks down normally difficult STEM concepts like forces of motion, gravity, algebra, and even neuroscience, in a language kids can -- and will want to -- understand. Divided into sections like chemistry, biology, physics, technology, and more, this handy guide uses examples from sports like soccer, baseball, softball, football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, and others to explain important STEM concepts for kids ages 8 to 12. They'll learn how to use math to calculate a batter's average, why a tennis racket is shaped the way it is, how biology affects athletic performance, the aerodynamics behind competitive swimsuits, and much more. With dozens of original, captivating illustrations to engage young readers, kids will have fun while learning about key STEM ideas that will prepare them for years of schooling to come.
Author : Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313094659
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Nonfiction Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers written by Anthony D. Fredericks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers and librarians are continually looking for an interesting, fun way to input content knowledge to build that background information which will help push up student expository reading scores. Nonfiction readers theatre is one way to accomplish this. Professor Fredericks offers 30 short nonfiction readers theatre plays for the young reader (grades 1-3) on topics ranging from earth and natural science to community helpers, holidays, and government. Test scores across the country show American students are far more able to read narrative than nonfiction text. Some research speculates this is due to a great lack in the background knowledge of many children. Librarians are beginning to realize that a unique fit for the school librarian is as a provider of background knowledge materials for teachers to use.
Author : Marni McNiff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781889715292
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Magazine Markets for Children's Writers 2006 written by Marni McNiff and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feature articles on markets for readaloud stories for younger children, adventure stories, history articles, and parenting articles.
Author : Dan Green
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0753471647
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Basher Basics: Space Exploration written by Dan Green and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses cartoon-style characters to introduce readers to topics related to space exploration and the spacecraft that have been used for it.
Author : Susan M. Tierney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781889715384
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Children's Writer Guide to 2006 written by Susan M. Tierney and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13th annual edition of Guide brings together the wisdom and perspectives of 250 editors, publishers, agents, and writers covering the full range of children's markets and writing techniques.
Author : Doris Seale
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759107793
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)
Download or read book A Broken Flute written by Doris Seale and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winona dilemma / Lois Beardslee -- No word for goodbye / Mary TallMountain -- About the contributors.
Author : Sara Gilbert
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 0756538556
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Write Your Own Article written by Sara Gilbert and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you learn how to find ideas and then find supporting evidence to write clearly about those ideas. It contains brainstorming and training activities to sharpen your writing skills. Tips and advice from news writers and examples from their own work will also help you.
Author : Melvyn Kay
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498761984
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Practical Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering written by Melvyn Kay and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is now at the centre of world attention as never before and more professionals from all walks of life are engaging in careers linked to water – in public water supply and waste treatment, agriculture, irrigation, energy, environment, amenity management, and sustainable development. This book offers an appropriate depth of understanding of basic hydraulics and water resources engineering for those who work with civil engineers and others in the complex world of water resources development, management, and water security. It is simple, practical, and avoids (most of) the maths in traditional textbooks. Lots of excellent ‘stories’ help readers to quickly grasp important water principles and practices. This third edition is broader in scope and includes new chapters on water resources engineering and water security. Civil engineers may also find it a useful introduction to complement the more rigorous hydraulics textbooks.
