Sensational Scientists

Sensational Scientists

Author: Barry Shell

Publisher: Raincoast Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781551927275

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What drives scientists to pursue the challenging career paths they have chosen? Is it fame? Fortune? Prestige? No. It's curiosity and the love of discovery. Meet the 24 fascinating researchers profiled in Sensational Scientists, understand how they achieved their career success, and discover how each is inspired by the most simple question: Why? The scientists featured here, including a number of Nobel prize winners, work in a wide range of areas from chemistry, biophysics and genetics to meteorology, anthropology and psychology. Rich with photographs, diagrams, educational experiments kids age 12 and up can do themselves and inspiring discussions on how to embark on a career in science, Sensational Scientists is perfect for young scientists who are thrilled to discover something new, and for everyone who has ever wondered how? and why?A revised version of Great Canadian Scientists, this book includes five new profiles, while the rest have been thoroughly updated and expanded. Of the 24 scientists included, 22 are Canadian or work in Canada.Ages 12 and up


Sensation

Sensation

Author: Thalma Lobel

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-04-29

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1451699204

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Like the revolutionary bestsellers Predictably Irrational and Emotional Intelligence, Sensation is an exciting, completely new view of human behavior—a new psychology of physical intelligence (or embodied cognition)—that explains how the body unconsciously affects our everyday decisions and choices, written by one of the world’s leading psychologists. From colors and temperatures to heavy objects and tall people, a whole symphony of external stimuli exerts a constant influence on the way your mind works. Yet these effects have been hidden from you—until now. Drawing on her own work as well as from research across the globe, Dr. Thalma Lobel reveals how shockingly susceptible we are to sensory input from the world around us. An aggressive negotiator can be completely disarmed by holding a warm cup of tea or sitting in a soft chair. Clean smells promote moral behavior, but people are more likely to cheat on a test right after having taken a shower. Red-colored type causes us to fail exams, but red dresses make women sexier and teams wearing red jerseys win more games. We take questionnaires attached to heavy clipboards more seriously and believe people who like sweets to be nicer. Ultimately, the book’s message is startling: Though we claim ownership of our decisions, judgments, and values, they derive as much from our outside environment as from inside our minds. Now, Sensation empowers you to evaluate those outside forces in order to make better decisions in every facet of your personal and professional lives.


Sensational Science

Sensational Science

Author: Stephanie Clarkson

Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing

Published: 2018-10

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781438012513

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"Your adventures begin as you connect the stars to reveal constellations, spot the differences in two space station images, follow bees through a maze to pollinate flowers, unscramble the letters to find renewable energy sources, and more incredible science adventures."--


World Famous Scientists

World Famous Scientists

Author: RAJEEV GARG

Publisher: V&S Publishers

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 9350573237

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Written in simple and lucid language, these biographical sketches of great scientists have been put together for ready reference. History of the world is replete with such instances of such men and women who went against all the odds and achieved great heights and changed the shape of the world. In fact, reading about the life-sketch of a scientist and his achievements, has certainly great infotainment value. Besides, the lives of great men and women provide us inspiration to do things differently, and more confidently. For some people these inspirations have more importance than any other motivational factors. When we learn that Edison was a poor boy without any formal schooling or Faraday was an apprentice at a stationery shop we feel greatly motivated and think, 'if they could do it we can do it too!'. We find a new confidence in ourselves. In this respect the importance of these books, specially for children, can hardly be underestimated. Rather they could even be a part of the curriculum-- as at times they can prove so inspiring and motivate a person in such a way, that they could change the entire course of the life of a person. The main aim of this series is to expand the mental horizons of our readers and motivate them to achieve great heights in life. It is certainly a very valuable addition to the literature of popular science. The book can also prove to be an ideal companion during leisure time. #v&spublishers


World Famous Scientists

World Famous Scientists

Author: Renu Saran

Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9350837889

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The world has witnessed a number of scientists who created sensation in the world through their miraculous inventions. The book incorporates the comprehensive biographies and achievements of famous scientists. Scientists include theoreticians who mainly develop new models to explain existing data and predict new results. The uniqueness of The book lies in the fact that apart from great scientists and their innovations even the slightest contribution of the scientist has also been discussed in detail. Matter is crisp, to the point and up-to-the liking of students as well as common readers. Even the great philosopher Alex Smith said that "A scientist is more than a brain, but a man with passion".


Satisfaction

Satisfaction

Author: Gregory Berns

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-08-08

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0805081313

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Draws on such fields as neuoscience, economics, and evolutionary psychology to address the question of how to find a more satisfying way to live, arguing that the key to satisfaction lies in the complexity and challenge in one's life.


A Universe from Nothing

A Universe from Nothing

Author: Lawrence Maxwell Krauss

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 145162445X

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This is a provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical question: Where did the universe come from and how will it end?


Science, Sexuality and Sensation Novels

Science, Sexuality and Sensation Novels

Author: L. Garrison

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-11-30

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0230297587

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This fascinating new book offers a detailed account of the prolific debate about the sensation novel and considers the genre's dialogues with a number of sciences. Well-known and obscure sensation novels are read against this context in order to recover the forgotten history of sensual reading the genre inspired.


Wonder and Science

Wonder and Science

Author: Mary Baine Campbell

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2004-12-10

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1501705059

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During the early modern period, western Europe was transformed by the proliferation of new worlds—geographic worlds found in the voyages of discovery and conceptual and celestial worlds opened by natural philosophy, or science. The response to incredible overseas encounters and to the profound technological, religious, economic, and intellectual changes occurring in Europe was one of nearly overwhelming wonder, expressed in a rich variety of texts. In the need to manage this wonder, to harness this imaginative overabundance, Mary Baine Campbell finds both the sensational beauty of early scientific works and the beginnings of the divergence of the sciences—particularly geography, astronomy, and anthropology—from the writing of fiction. Campbell's learned and brilliantly perceptive new book analyzes a cross section of texts in which worlds were made and unmade; these texts include cosmographies, colonial reports, works of natural philosophy and natural history, fantastic voyages, exotic fictions, and confessions. Among the authors she discusses are André Thevet, Thomas Hariot, Francis Bacon, Galileo, Margaret Cavendish, and Aphra Behn. Campbell's emphasis is on developments in England and France, but she considers works in languages other than English or French which were well known in the polyglot book culture of the time. With over thirty well-chosen illustrations, Wonder and Science enhances our understanding of the culture of early modern Europe, the history of science, and the development of literary forms, including the novel and ethnography.


Pre-Astronautics versus Science

Pre-Astronautics versus Science

Author: Ryan Elbwood

Publisher: Elbwood Verlag

Published: 2024-10-10

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 3981172426

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"Pre-Astronautics versus Science" allows a daring look through a state-of-the-art lens at archaeological finds and modern theories. This book is an invitation to think beyond the textbook and explore the hidden chapters of our history. It is for the curious, the skeptics, and the visionaries – for all who are ready to delve into the mysteries of our existence. Step into another world where the inexplicable meets the quest for truth, and the paths of facts and speculation cross. As Horst Kaltenhauser said: "Speculation is the spark that ignites the fire of research." Join us on an exciting journey and discover a world full of fascinating possibilities.