Buzzing with Questions
Buzzing with Questions

Author: Janice N. Harrington

Publisher: Thinkingdom

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1635923603

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The story of Charles Henry Turner, the first Black entomologist — a scientist who studies bugs — is told in this fascinating book for young readers. Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color? All of these questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner’s mind. He was fascinated by plants and animals and bugs. And even when he faced racial prejudice, Turner did not stop wondering. He constantly read, researched, and experimented. Author Janice Harrington and artist Theodore Taylor III capture the life of this inspiring scientist and educator in this nonfiction picture book, highlighting Turner's unstoppable quest for knowledge and his passion for science. The extensive back matter includes an author's note, time line, bibliography, source notes, and archival images.

Life Cycle of a Bee, The
Life Cycle of a Bee, The

Author: Colleen Sexton

Publisher: Bellwether Media

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1612112145

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Bees begin their life cycle as eggs in honeycomb cells. Every day, a queen bee can lay as many as 2,000 eggs. Young readers will study a bee¿s growth from egg to grub to pupa to adult

The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect

Author: Edward D. Melillo

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1524733229

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A fascinating, entertaining dive into the long-standing relationship between humans and insects, revealing the surprising ways we depend on these tiny, six-legged creatures. Insects might make us shudder in disgust, but they are also responsible for many of the things we take for granted in our daily lives. When we bite into a shiny apple, listen to the resonant notes of a violin, get dressed, receive a dental implant, or get a manicure, we are the beneficiaries of a vast army of insects. Try as we might to replicate their raw material (silk, shellac, and cochineal, for instance), our artificial substitutes have proven subpar at best, and at worst toxic, ensuring our interdependence with the insect world for the foreseeable future. Drawing on research in laboratory science, agriculture, fashion, and international cuisine, Edward D. Melillo weaves a vibrant world history that illustrates the inextricable and fascinating bonds between humans and insects. Across time, we have not only coexisted with these creatures but have relied on them for, among other things, the key discoveries of modern medical science and the future of the world's food supply. Without insects, entire sectors of global industry would grind to a halt and essential features of modern life would disappear. Here is a beguiling appreciation of the ways in which these creatures have altered--and continue to shape--the very framework of our existence.

Science And The Question Of Human Equality
Science And The Question Of Human Equality

Author: Margaret S Collins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-21

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1000238954

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This book provides an interdisciplinary look at racism and science, investigating the biological and social realities of individual and group differences. The contributors examine race and racial distinctions, environmental versus genetic contributions to IQ and to cognitive skill level, the impact of biocultural interactions on behavior, and the problems of achieving an objective appraisal of inter- and intragroup differences in humans. They also consider a possible model for cultural and biological evolution, recommending a careful selection of models and methods of approach for sciences concerned with the study of man. The book includes recent findings in the area of race and IQ, documents instances of racism and classism, and analyzes factors underlying these phenomena.

Big Trouble
Big Trouble

Author: J. Anthony Lukas

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-07-17

Total Pages: 884

ISBN-13: 1439128103

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Hailed as "toweringly important" (Baltimore Sun), "a work of scrupulous and significant reportage" (E. L. Doctorow), and "an unforgettable historical drama" (Chicago Sun-Times), Big Trouble brings to life the astonishing case that ultimately engaged President Theodore Roosevelt, Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the politics and passions of an entire nation at century's turn. After Idaho's former governor is blown up by a bomb at his garden gate at Christmastime 1905, America's most celebrated detective, Pinkerton James McParland, takes over the investigation. His daringly executed plan to kidnap the radical union leader "Big Bill" Haywood from Colorado to stand trial in Idaho sets the stage for a memorable courtroom confrontation between the flamboyant prosecutor, progressive senator William Borah, and the young defender of the dispossessed, Clarence Darrow. Big Trouble captures the tumultuous first decade of the twentieth century, when capital and labor, particularly in the raw, acquisitive West, were pitted against each other in something close to class war. Lukas paints a vivid portrait of a time and place in which actress Ethel Barrymore, baseball phenom Walter Johnson, and editor William Allen White jostled with railroad magnate E. H. Harriman, socialist Eugene V. Debs, gunslinger Charlie Siringo, and Operative 21, the intrepid Pinkerton agent who infiltrated Darrow's defense team. This is a grand narrative of the United States as it charged, full of hope and trepidation, into the twentieth century.

What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room?
What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room?

Author: Michael Elsohn Ross

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2007-08-28

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780763635664

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Features Mr. Whiskers and his class performing seven activities which involve playing with and learning about matter in its liquid, solid, and gaseous forms, and includes a list of materials so readers can duplicate their experiments.

Selected Papers and Biography of Charles Henry Turner, 1867-1923
Selected Papers and Biography of Charles Henry Turner, 1867-1923

Author: Charles Henry Turner

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13:

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Turner discovered new species; contributed several of the early anatomical studies of crayfish and bird brains; developed new methodologies, several of which are still used; clarified several behavioral and methodological issues in tropisms, memory, and behavioral ecology; and was the first to provide experimental evidence that certain insects can hear airborne sounds. He accomplished much of his scientific work when he was a high school biology teacher, and several of the 27 papers assembled here focus on his devotion to civil rights and conviction that education was the key to equality. The biographical section includes obituaries and remembrances by family and colleagues. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).