Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates.
What are human languages, such that they can be acquired and used as they are? This text surveys some of the most important and recent approaches to this question, breaking the problem up along traditional lines. The emphasis is on methods.
An illustrated magazine for those who study and teach English published in Russia.. On its pages you find information about English-speaking countries, news, music life, short stories, scripts for plays in school theater productions, poetry contests, the texts of popular songs, crosswords and chaynvordy, psychological tests, logic problem, as well as such serious things as samples of job offered admission to entrance examinations.
Active Maths - Problem Solving Maths for 10 -12 Year Olds
Applied mathematics activities which are thematically grouped and are structured to present an increasing level of difficulty with each successive sheet on the theme
An illustrated magazine for those who study and teach English published in Russia.. On its pages you find information about English-speaking countries, news, music life, short stories, scripts for plays in school theater productions, poetry contests, the texts of popular songs, crosswords and chaynvordy, psychological tests, logic problem, as well as such serious things as samples of job offered admission to entrance examinations. Main topic of this volume : John Lennon, The Guinness Book of World Records
