Illus. in full color. "Milton understands what kids like about whales, and packs a considerable amount of information into the book. This easy-reader leaps with appeal."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.
Classical Electrodynamics captures Schwinger’s inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. Novel elements of the approach include the immediate inference of Maxwell’s equations from Coulomb’s law and (Galilean) relativity, the use of action and stationary principles, the central role of Green’...more
When President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to find an overland route to the Pacific Ocean, it was Sacajawea, with a baby on her back, who taught them how to survive in the wilderness.
Illus. in full color. A fascinating introduction to the world of wolves, oneof nature's most enduring and misunderstood creatures. Wolf-pack behavior, bodylanguage, and the meaning of howls are all demystified in this natural history."Nonfiction at the beginning-to-read level is rare and welcome, particularlywhen it blends appeal and information as...more