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361) Planet Power
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Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet's natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like "turbine," while extensive endnotes further explain the science behind each power source and the benefits of clean energy.
An environmental geologist, nature lover, educator...
362) Net Neutrality
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The flow of information through our modern digital world has led to many new issues and controversies. Net Neutrality examines the question of whether Internet service providers should be able to charge content providers for faster connections, introducing readers to the history behind the issue and the modern arguments surrounding it. Compelling text, well-chosen photographs, and extensive back matter give readers a clear look at these complex issues....
363) Industrial Robots
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Simple text and close-up photographs present the amazing advancements of today's robots. Readers will learn about the incredible developments of industrial robots who manufacture and build other machines, as well as those who move and deliver finished products. This book contains important details about how these robots are designed to assist, protect, and benefit humans. Includes surprising information about companies and engineers creating today's...
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People and farm animals make a lot of poop every day. Poop is often an untapped source for energy and fuel. Some people hope it will become popular as a sustainable energy source. Turning Poop Into Power looks at how poop becomes energy and the benefits of using it for heating and electricity. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary,...
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Have you ever wished you could use technology to improve people's lives? Ever since he was a teenager, Sebastian Thrun wanted to build machines that helped people. So far, Thrun has developed robots that can be tour guides and nurses and can help save miners trapped underground. In 2004, he won a US Department of Defense contest by building a car that could drive itself. Since then, the self-driving cars he developed have been tested on more than...
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Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong. Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. For years, the engineering genius was relegated to relative obscurity, his contributions to humanity (we are told) obscured by a number of nineteenth-century inventors and industrialists who took credit for his work or stole his patents outright. In recent years, the historical record has been "corrected" and Tesla has...
370) Wind to electricity
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to how wind is turned into electricity. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Explore the exciting history of robotics from automatons, the Three Laws of Robotics, Elektro, the Unimate, and Sophia to AI! Readers will learn about the amazing scientists, inventors, and innovators throughout history whose work shaped the development of robotics.
372) Explorer Robots
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Simple text and close-up photographs present the amazing advancements of today's robots. Readers will learn about the incredible developments of robotic exploration from undersea work to caves and outer space. This book contains important details about how these robots are designed to assist, protect, and benefit humans. Includes surprising information about companies and engineers creating today's most up-to-date robots. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
379) Humanoid Robots
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Simple text and close-up photographs present the amazing advancements of today's robots. Readers will learn about the incredible developments of human-like automatons, some who perform dangerous work and others who execute finely detailed skills. This book contains important details about how these robots are designed to assist, protect, and benefit humans. Includes surprising information about companies and engineers creating today's most up-to-date...
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Energy is a vital part of our lives. It powers our computer, lights our home, and moves our car. It also costs a lot of money and pollutes our environment. In Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power and How We Get It, kids ages 9–12 learn about the history and science of the world's energy sources, from nonrenewable fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas to renewable sources such as solar and wind power. Sidebars and fun trivia break...
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