Product Description: Though he had less than three years in office, John F. Kennedy made a lasting and profound mark as U.S. president. Deftly handling the Cuban Missile Crisis and supporting civil rights laws and the space race, Kennedy represented the promise for a better future...read more

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Product Description: Sweeping into the office of U.S. president with his mesmerizing oratory of hope and change, Barack Obama forever transformed American politics. As the first African American to hold the title, his election represented a historic milestone, both socially and politically...read more

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Product Description: Human experiences with the physical world are governed by a variety of natural laws that form the basis of the field of physics. These detailed volumes explore the fundamental concepts behind light, heat, sound, and matter, including the historical development of each subfield...read more

Product Description: Even more than necessity, invention requires the tireless dedication of individuals seeking to improve their lives and that of those around them. Discovery and innovationthe reimagining of existing tools and devices in medicine, technology, space exploration, the environment, and climatologyhave been taken to previously unimagined heights thanks to people as brilliant and diverse as Hippocrates and Bill Gates...read more

Product Description: In the wake of the American Revolution, the United States of America was faced with the task of evolving into an independent republic This move was facilitated by a number of visionaries who rose to the challenge of crafting what would become Americas national ethos...read more

Product Description: Nowhere can intricacies of the ideological, regional, and economic tensions that erupted into the American Civil War be better seen than in the individual actors who fought both on and off the battlefields and on either side for what they believed...read more

Product Description: Sound has the power to soothe, excite, warn, protect, and inform. Indeed, the transmission and reception of audio signals pervade our daily lives. Readers will examine the mechanics and properties of sound and provides an overview of the interdisciplinary science called acoustics...read more

Product Description: Religious freedom, economic security, and the allure of a second chance drew thousands of settlers away from their European homeland to the shores of what would one day become the United States. Under their tireless watch, new colonies were established, new traditions, customs, and practices cultivated...read more

Product Description: Rapidly developing technological innovation and mass production have become such hallmarks of our industrialized world that we may fail to consider the events and individuals that laid the groundwork for our many conveniences today...read more

Product Description: Library Bound BookISBN: 9781615306695© Year 2013Reading Level: Grade 8Interest Level: Grades 7 - 12GRL: ZPages: 160 pp.Size: 6 1/2" x 9 1/8"Binding: LibraryLanguage: EnglishFeatures: Full-color Photographs, Illustrations, Glossary, Index, For Further Information Section, Further Readin...read more

Product Description: Just about any object or natural phenomenon reveals the significance of physics in our everyday lives. Physics is the driving force behind both the most minute occurrences and those that govern the perceptible world. From the causes of lightning to the difference between kinetic and potential energy, this series introduces readers to the various fields of physics and explores in greater depth the science behind some of the most fundamental forces in our liveselectronics, electricity, and energy...read more

Product Description: Although most people would scarcely be able to make it through the day without using some type of electronic devicecomputers, televisions, and MP3 players, to name a fewthe inner workings of such devices remain a mystery to many. This insightful volume examines various components, such as electron tubes and semiconductors, that have been essential to electronics over the years, as well as the history of the field in general and its applications in everyday life...read more

Product Description: Although industrialization and modernization have dramatically improved the quality of our lives, they have also largely contributed to the destruction of our natural resources by engendering waste and creating depletion through overuse...read more

Product Description: Perhaps the most prominent elements in the patchwork pattern formed by Earths regions and ecosystems are its deserts, grasslands, and rainforests. Though vastly different from one another and often separated by thousands of miles, these biomes are all life-sustaining components of a larger environmental network...read more

Product Description: The sub-zero temperatures and glacial conditions to which the polar regions of the Earth are often subject would make it difficult for many of us to survive there for long periods of time. Yet life is present in both the Arctic and Antarctic, and the lure of discovering new territories and resources has attracted both researchers and explorers to these icy expanses...read more

Product Description: Introduces the microorganisms; discusses the physical characteristics, life cycle, and uses for bacteria; and describes the different types of algae.