Added by: inesap | Karma: 453.53 | Non-Fiction, Other | 14 February 2012
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Essentials of Ecology, 5th Ed.
The ideal alternative to ecology texts that tend to be too difficult for non-majors, this succinct 11-chapter, full-color textbook covers scientific principles and concepts, ecosystems, evolution, biodiversity, population ecology, and more.
There are many causes for different kinds of weather, but the biggest factors are heat, water, and wind. For example, the reason why one type of precipitation falls instead of another is usually because of the air temperature. Today, there are many scientific instruments that help predict the weather. These instruments help people prepare for storms before they happen.
Renaissance scientists paved the way for modern-day scientific thinking -- scientists didn’t just read about or discuss theories, they studied and challenged established principles and beliefs and conducted hands-on experiments to better understand how and why things happen. Renaissance Science & Invention explores the people, ideas and inventions behind the major scientific breakthroughs in astronomy, physics, anatomy and mathematics, from the engineering
Scientific Exploration and Expeditions: From the Age of Discovery to the Twenty-first Century
This two-volume set, aimed at middle-school students, provides information on explorers and scientists, as well as their expeditions and investigations, in eighty articles. Beginning with the "Age of Discovery" (that is, approximately 1420, the time of Prince Henry the Navigator), this set summarizes the most important discoveries in fields from polar exploration and paleontology to African explorers, archeology, and anthropology, covering events up to mid-2009.
Hedging is central to academic writing as it expresses possibility rather than certainty and collegiality rather than presumption. It is one means by which writers manage this pragmatic dimension of discourse and this text attempts to shed light on the use of hedging in published scientific papers.
