Metamorphosis

Science & Math

SUZUKI, David

Biological Sciences

Unwin Hyman

GENETHICS: THE ETHICS OF ENGINEERING LIFE

In this account of the development of human genetics written for non-scientists, the authors describe the story behind the scientific breakthrough and introduce the reader to the scientists who pioneered the work, examining its potential applications. They describe a world teeming with its own complexities, mysteries and surprises, and provide the reader with a clearer understanding of a controversial area of scientific research which has been greeted as heralding a promise of a better world, or vilified for leading to a nightmare age of genetic manipulation.

Genethics: The Ethics of Engineering Life

KNUDTSON, Peter

Allen & Unwin Australia Pty. Ltd.

Using an exciting synthesis of text and pictures, photographer Hans Blohm and scientist Stafford Beers present a graphic exploration of the connections between prehistoric and antique technologies and those of our modern world. In this inventive book, a Byzantine sun-dial and a modern satellite signal receiver are among the many images that have been chosen to show the 'thread' connecting our efforts down the ages to use and record information. The story of computation emerges as the central theme. By tracing its development from the earliest use of pebbles through the abacus, the slide rule and finally to the most sophisticated modern circuits, the authors present a convincing argument that 'high tech' does indeed go back to the dawn of time. Blohm and Beers have travelled from Stonehenge to the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico, marvelled over Leonardo's inventions in Milan and examined Leibniz's calculator in Hanover in their search for evidence of the patterns of human invention. They isolate some critical issues in the development of technology, such as the reproduction of written language, and cover many of the outstanding names: Archimedes, Caxton, Pascal, Babbage and Turing among others. With an introduction by renowned zoologist David Suzuki, Pebbles to Computers is a remarkable testament to the depth and richness of humanity's technological achievements.

Pebbles to Computers: The Thread

Beer, Stafford

Blohm, Hans

Mathematics

Oxford University Press

Save the Earth

PRINCE, Charles

Porritt,Jonathon

McClelland and Stewart

An illustrated field trip through the mysteries of the insect world presents a range of facts, projects, and easy-to-do experiments that illuminate the vast variety of insects, their characteristics, and their role in nature

Looking at Insects

Hehner, Barbara

Children's Books

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

Examines the characteristics, growth, and care of plants and provides experiments in working with them.

Looking at Plants

Looking at Weather Do you know… 
<ul>
<li>what makes the Northern lights light up?</li> <li>what makes the wind blow?</li> <li>why the earth keeps using the same rain-water—over and over again?</li> <li>what it’s like inside a cloud?</li> </ul> These are just a few of the many amazing facts you’ll find and exciting discoveries you’ll make when you read Looking at Weather. With David Suzuki as your guide, you’ll find out what makes weather, where clouds, rain, snow, and lightning come from, and how weather affects our everyday lives. Wouldn’t you like to… <ul>
<li>make a cloud in your kitchen?</li> <li>forecast the weather by making your own barometer?</li> <li>do some amazing air tricks?</li> <li>track down microclimates in your own house?</li> </ul> Filled with exciting projects and activities and extremely well illustrated, Looking at Weather is a great way for kids and their parents to participate in the science adventure.

Looking at Weather (David Suzuki's Looking at Series)

Literature & Fiction

wiley

Looking at Senses Do you know… 
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<li>you have about 100 "receptors" on the tip of each finger?</li> <li>the world’s best sense of smell belongs to an insect?</li> <li>food tastes different in space, and no one knows why?</li> <li>every person has a "blind spot" at the back of each eye?</li> </ul> These are only a few of the amazing facts with which Looking at Senses introduces you to the fascinating and mysterious world of the senses. With David Suzuki as your guide, you will discover how your senses work, and how animal and insect senses compare to your own. And have you ever thought about machines that can "see" and "hear"? Well you’ll read all about that new technology and more in Looking at Senses. Wouldn’t you like to… <ul>
<li>find out where the most sensitive places on your skin are?</li> <li>see sound waves your voice makes?</li> <li>play "eye-spy" with your own periscope?</li> <li>see if you can send thought messages to a friend?</li> </ul> Filled with exciting projects and activities and extremely well illustrated, Looking at Senses is a great way for kids and their parents to participate in the science adventure.

Looking at Senses (David Suzuki's Looking at Series)

Looking at Plants Do you know… 
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<li>some flowers can weigh up to thirty pounds?</li> <li>that the oldest living tree is 4600 years old?</li> <li>some vines will climb 200 feet and are so strong they can hold up grown trees that have died?</li> <li>one plant has exploding fruit that can shoot its seeds as fast as 60mph?</li> </ul> These are just a few of the amazing facts that introduce you to the fascinating world of plants. With David Suzuki as your guide, you’ll travel, petal-by-petal, twig-by-twig, and leaf-by-leaf, the fascinating world of green and growing things. Wouldn’t you like to… <ul>
<li>make your own ink out of berries?</li> <li>make a garden that grows in a bottle?</li> <li>make your own paper?</li> <li>build a plant obstacle course?</li> </ul> Filled with exciting projects and activities and extremely well illustrated, Looking at Plants is a great way for kids and their parents to participate in the science adventure.

Looking at Plants (David Suzuki's Looking at Series)

Looking at the Environment

Looking at the Environment Do you know… 
<ul>
<li>the earth uses the same water over and over again?</li> <li>a quarter of all medicines come from the tropical rain forests?</li> <li>more than 90% of the world’s animals are insects?</li> <li>the earth is almost 1° hotter than it was 200 years ago?</li> </ul> These are just a few of the amazing facts that introduce you to the environments we live in. With David Suzuki as your guide, you’ll learn about earth, sea, and air, how they work and how they all interconnect to create what we call the environment. Wouldn’t you like to… <ul>
<li>see plants breathe?</li> <li>test your air for air pollution?</li> <li>make your own solar panel?</li> <li>make your own worm farm in a jar?</li> </ul> Filled with exciting projects and activities and extremely well illustrated, Looking at the Environment is a great way for kids and their parents to participate in the science adventure.

Science, Nature & How It Works

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