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2022
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Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of democracy in the United States in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series
The Greek word democracy comes from demos (people) and kratos (rule)âmeaning âthe people hold power.â In this timely graphic novel, acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of democracyâfrom civilizationâs beginnings as...
The Greek word democracy comes from demos (people) and kratos (rule)âmeaning âthe people hold power.â In this timely graphic novel, acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of democracyâfrom civilizationâs beginnings as...
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BIG IDEAS That Changed the World volume 4
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English
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Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of democracy in the United States in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series
The Greek word democracy comes from demos (people) and kratos (rule)-meaning "the people hold power." In this timely graphic novel, acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of democracy-from civilization's beginnings as hunter-gatherers to the birth of monarchies and vast empires,...
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BIG IDEAS That Changed the World volume 5
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English
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Big Ideas That Changed the World series.
In 600 BCE, the Greek mathematician Thales observed a seemingly strange phenomenon: amber, when rubbed with a cloth, had the ability to attract lightweight objects like feathers, straw, and leaves. He had unknowingly discovered an electric charge. His experiments wouldn't be picked back up until about 2,000 years later, when another curious mind, inspired by the Greek word for amber (elektron), declared...
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Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"Beginning with smallpox--perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date--and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza."--publisher.
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