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Author : Mary Gow
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 29,17 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766031203
"A biography of ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes, who used geometry to calculate the circumference of the earth. He is also known as the Father of Geography"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Larrie D. Ferreiro
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0465017231
Describes the early 18th-century expedition of scientists sent by France and Spain to colonial Peru to measure the degree of equatorial latitude, which could resolve the debate between whether the earth was spherical or flattened at the poles.
Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 30,83 MB
Release : 2008-11-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316049271
A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 2010-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309140242
During geologic spans of time, Earth's shifting tectonic plates, atmosphere, freezing water, thawing ice, flowing rivers, and evolving life have shaped Earth's surface features. The resulting hills, mountains, valleys, and plains shelter ecosystems that interact with all life and provide a record of Earth surface processes that extend back through Earth's history. Despite rapidly growing scientific knowledge of Earth surface interactions, and the increasing availability of new monitoring technologies, there is still little understanding of how these processes generate and degrade landscapes. Landscapes on the Edge identifies nine grand challenges in this emerging field of study and proposes four high-priority research initiatives. The book poses questions about how our planet's past can tell us about its future, how landscapes record climate and tectonics, and how Earth surface science can contribute to developing a sustainable living surface for future generations.
Author : Tsering Yangzom Lama
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1635576423
For readers of Homegoing and The Leavers, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile. International Bestseller Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but their parents did not. As Lhamo-haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, a village oracle-tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the ancient statue of the Nameless Saint-a relic known to vanish and reappear in times of need. Decades later, the sisters are separated, and Tenkyi is living with Lhamo's daughter, Dolma, in Toronto. While Tenkyi works as a cleaner and struggles with traumatic memories, Dolma vies for a place as a scholar of Tibetan Studies. But when Dolma comes across the Nameless Saint in a collector's vault, she must decide what she is willing to do for her community, even if it means risking her dreams. Breathtaking in its scope and powerful in its intimacy, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies is a gorgeously written meditation on colonization, displacement, and the lengths we'll go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Told through the lives of four people over fifty years, this novel provides a nuanced, moving portrait of the little-known world of Tibetan exiles.
Author : Robin Heath
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 37,91 MB
Release : 2006-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781931882507
Long trackways, stone rows, circles, standing stones, and huge earthworks may be found all over Britain, monuments dating back well over 4000 years. The authors have made a remarkable breakthrough in understanding the system by which prehistoric monuments were designed and placed.
Author : Stephen Webb
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,59 MB
Release : 1999-03-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781852331061
Recounts the mathematical reasoning which was used to calculate first the size of the earth, then the solar system, and so on up to the universe.
Author : Barbara M. Linde
Publisher : Benchmark Education Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 1450906907
Find out about the ways scientists measure how water, wind, earthquakes, and glaciers change our Earth.
Author : Bob McDonald
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Mathematics
ISBN :
Author : Iain Morley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 12,31 MB
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521119901
Explores the archaeological evidence for the development of measuring activities in numerous ancient societies and the implications of these discoveries.