How Big Is Big? How Far Is Far?
Title | How Big Is Big? How Far Is Far? PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Little Gestalten |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Longevity |
ISBN | 9783899557329 |
Explains units of measurement, including speed, distance, length, volume, and time.
How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall Is 1000?
Title | How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall Is 1000? PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Nolan |
Publisher | Kids Can Press Ltd |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2001-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781550748161 |
In a book that encourages mathematical knowledge, kids can imagine how long it would take to count to 1000, one by one.
How Big is Big and How Small is Small
Title | How Big is Big and How Small is Small PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Paul Smith |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2013-10-24 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0191503193 |
This book is about how big is the universe and how small are quarks, and what are the sizes of dozens of things between these two extremes. It describes the sizes of atoms and planets, quarks and galaxies, cells and sequoias. It is a romp through forty-five orders of magnitude from the smallest sub-nuclear particles we have measured, to the edge of the observed universe. It also looks at time, from the epic age of the cosmos to the fleeting lifetimes of ethereal particles. It is a narrative that trips its way from stellar magnitudes to the clocks on GPS satellites, from the nearly logarithmic scales of a piano keyboard through a system of numbers invented by Archimedes and on to the measurement of the size of an atom. Why do some things happen at certain scales? Why are cells a hundred thousandths of a meter across? Why are stars never smaller than about 100 million meters in diameter? Why are trees limited to about 120 meters in height? Why are planets spherical, but asteroids not? Often the size of an object is determined by something simple but quite unexpected. The size of a cell and a star depend in part on the ratio of surface area to volume. The divide between the size of a spherical planet and an irregular asteroid is the balance point between the gravitational forces and the chemical forces in nature. Most importantly, with a very few basic principles, it all makes sense. The world really is a most reasonable place.
How You Feel
Title | How You Feel PDF eBook |
Author | James Tresilian |
Publisher | Robinson |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2020-11-05 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1472143159 |
Close your eyes and ask yourself, 'what do I feel?' You might feel thirsty or tired. You might feel healthy and well or perhaps a little under the weather. Maybe you can feel that you are standing or that you are leaning over. You may also feel the world around you - the shape and texture of an apple in your hand, the feel of a chair you're sitting on. All these feelings have something in common, say psychologists and neuroscientists. They are all mental events, things that happen in the mind. But what if this is all wrong? What if it's not just the mind, but also the body itself that feels? And not merely physical sensations, but other feelings that seem to have nothing to do with bodies. Things like 'emotions' and 'intuitions' - joy or rage, anxiety or optimism, or the feeling of being hard done by or misunderstood? Drawing on the latest research and a range of classic and contemporary thought, How You Feel shows you that your brain and your body are two parts of a single system that creates your mind and mental life. You will discover that you don't have feelings, thoughts and emotions inside your body, you have them with your body. There can be no mind without the body. Psychology is no longer about the brain, or about 'mind and body', it is about the whole that is you.
How Big is Big?
Title | How Big is Big? PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Parker |
Publisher | Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2010-09 |
Genre | Plant size |
ISBN | 1432939599 |
This book uses plants to take readers on a fascinating journey of size comparison, using familiar plants as units of measurement for comparison.
How Tall, How Short, How Faraway?
Title | How Tall, How Short, How Faraway? PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Adler |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0823416321 |
If you think a yard is a place to play ball, feet are only good for wearing shoes, and a palm is just a tree that grows in Miami, think again! They are all actually units of measure--different ways of measuring how tall, how short and how faraway things are. In this simple, hands-on math concept book, you'll learn how the ancient Egyptians and Romans used their fingers, hands, arms, and legs as measuring tools. But don't worry if it's all Greek to you. With David A. Adler's playful, informative text and Nancy Tobin's colorful illustrations explaining the difference between customary and metric systems, you'll really measure up!
How Full is Full?
Title | How Full is Full? PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Parker |
Publisher | Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Volume (Cubic content) |
ISBN | 1432939572 |
Applies the math functions of measuring and comparing to bodies of water, and includes an activity and fullness quiz.