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Language
English
Description
Traces the course of human history from prehistoric times to the present day, analyzing the common themes, threads, forces, and factors that have shaped human life--including climate, ecology, disease, and geology--and examining human accomplishments, from the technological innovations that changed the world to key cultural, social, artistic, and intellectual achievements. --Publisher's description.
6) Feeling sad
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes you just need to cry! Feeling sad is a normal part of life, and acknowledging your feelings is important. Find out what it means to feel sad and how to acknowledge your feelings."--
7) Calves
Author
Series
Publisher
Tadpole Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Calves introduces emergent readers to the world of a newborn calf.
Author
Series
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
The story of early medicine is one of magic and sorcery, religion and prayers, shamans and surgeons, and ingenuity and experimentation. All manner of successes and failures also dot the backdrop of early medicine. The health challenges of the time were many, ranging from near-fatal accidents to a wide variety of mysterious illnesses. Despite very little understanding of how the body worked or why people became sick, primitive people still devised...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The amazing complexity of human anatomy and physiology is dependent upon its single most basic unit: the cell. Humans can attribute their overall health to homeostasis, the balance of activity within properly functioning cells. Additionally, cells are affected by the food we eat, as well as the microscopic entities that make us ill. 'Cells and Human Health' covers how cells work to maintain human health and immunity, in addition to the history of...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
This book includes instructions for constructing musical instruments with simple tools. It is arranged to follow the popular division of instruments into percussion, string, and wind sections, but many of the instruments have been singled out for special ethnic groups. Two additional sections include suggestions for teachers and recreation directors and methods for construction and working with different materials.
15) Gravity
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Language
English
Description
Learn what gravity is as well as how two of the greatest scientific minds in history--Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein--finally unraveled most of the mystery surrounding this peculiar force, and how scientists today are continuing to search for answers to the remaining questions.
16) Cell theory
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Language
English
Description
Introduces cell theory, tracing its development from the discovery of the first cell.
17) Plant cells
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Language
English
Description
Examines how the compenents of a plant cell work together to perform complex processes such as photosynthesis and reproduction, and explores how biotechnologists can use plants in researching solutions to major global issues.
18) Viruses
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Language
English
Description
Details the life cycles of different viruses, how parasites affect their hosts, and challenges they present to the modern medical community.
Author
Series
California natural history guides volume 14
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
1966
Language
English
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