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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's an unforgettable sight: innovation expert Maureen Clemmons can lift and fly massive objects, including five-ton stones, with little more than a steady wind and a good kite.But did the ancient Egyptians do the same thing when hoisting immense obelisks and pyramid stones? Egyptologists say no. Clemmons, backed by a decade of field tests and a Caltech aeronautics team, isn't so certain--especially when she learns the Egyptologists will not consider evidence from anyone outside their insular field. Buoyed by grassroots support and determined to show her children that science is for everyone, she launches into a series of stunning, block-heaving experiments that draw national news coverage. and open up a dangerous opportunity to try lifting a sixteen-ton, twenty-five-foot-tall megalith as the History Channel's documentary cameras roll.Can a backyard scientist lift such a massive stone using wind? Clemmons' unrelenting efforts not only advance a simple Eureka moment to the halls of academia but prove an important point: you don't need a degree, just an inspired idea and some passion, to be a good scientist.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's an unforgettable sight: innovation expert Maureen Clemmons can lift and fly massive objects, including five-ton stones, with little more than a steady wind and a good kite.But did the ancient Egyptians do the same thing when hoisting immense obelisks and pyramid stones? Egyptologists say no. Clemmons, backed by a decade of field tests and a Caltech aeronautics team, isn't so certain--especially when she learns the Egyptologists will not consider evidence from anyone outside their insular field. Buoyed by grassroots support and determined to show her children that science is for everyone, she launches into a series of stunning, block-heaving experiments that draw national news coverage. and open up a dangerous opportunity to try lifting a sixteen-ton, twenty-five-foot-tall megalith as the History Channel's documentary cameras roll.Can a backyard scientist lift such a massive stone using wind? Clemmons' unrelenting efforts not only advance a simple Eureka moment to the halls of academia but prove an important point: you don't need a degree, just an inspired idea and some passion, to be a good scientist.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - It's an unforgettable sight: innovation expert Maureen Clemmons can lift and 'fly' massive objects, including five-ton stones, with little more than a steady wind and a good kite.But did the ancient Egyptians do the same thing when hoisting immense obelisks and pyramid stones Egyptologists say no. Clemmons, backed by a decade of field tests and a Caltech aeronautics team, isn't so certain--especially when she learns the Egyptologists will not consider evidence from anyone outside their insular field. Buoyed by grassroots support and determined to show her children that science is for everyone, she launches into a series of stunning, block-heaving experiments that draw national news coverage. and open up a dangerous opportunity to try lifting a sixteen-ton, twenty-five-foot-tall megalith as the History Channel's documentary cameras roll.Can a backyard scientist lift such a massive stone using wind Clemmons' unrelenting efforts not only advance a simple 'Eureka!' moment to the halls of academia but prove an important point: you don't need a degree, just an inspired idea and some passion, to be a good scientist.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - NAMED TO KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF 2018 You've never seen a true human being.No one has, because for several millennia a hidden society has conducted a clandestine effort to 'diminish' the entire population, biochemically changing humans into lesser beings while they're still in the womb.But now the Diminishing Act is up for renewal and Andra Barger, a last-minute addition to the voting council, has an opportunity to overturn the law. It seems like an easy call. until she learns her cancer-stricken brother, the fate of an elusive culture, and possibly her own life depend on the council's good graces. Meanwhile her conscience--and Andra's only chance of having an unaltered child--demands an opposition vote.Will she vote for. or against. the horrific Act.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - NAMED TO KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF 2018 You've never seen a true human being.No one has, because for several millennia a hidden society has conducted a clandestine effort to 'diminish' the entire population, biochemically changing humans into lesser beings while they're still in the womb.But now the Diminishing Act is up for renewal and Andra Barger, a last-minute addition to the voting council, has an opportunity to overturn the law. It's an easy call. or would be, if not for the fact her cancer-stricken brother's life, and possibly her own, depends on the secretive council's good graces--and diminishing, council leaders insist, must be ratified.That leaves Andra with two loathsome choices: maintain the status quo at the expense of the human race, or sacrifice herself and her family with an opposition vote.Will she vote for. or against. the horrific Act.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'STICKS AND STONES' HAD IT WRONG.Words can hurt you, as elementary school teacher Jon Wanamaker learns while working to preserve a dying language. Already mired in the aftermath of a failed marriage, Jon is suddenly tormented by ghostly, ribbon-like sentences that stream across his vision, wrenching him in and out of consciousness.But are they hallucinations, or something more Minutes after the ribbons appear, a deranged sniper is hot on Jon's trail; a pro baseball pitcher sees exactly what Jon is seeing, from three thousand miles away; and a neurophysicist is leaving cryptic warnings while rushing to Jon's rural mountain community. Meanwhile Jon's ex-wife, an ailing journalist searching for one final story, is about to expose a deadly, ribbon-related episode from Jon's hidden past a revelation that could endanger the entire region.Then there are the whispers, about ties between the mysterious sentences and a wondrous 'mother language' unspoken for four thousand years. As Jon's swirling sentences mushroom, so does an unprecedented opportunity to safeguard his town while reviving hundreds of languages on the brink of extinction.Are Jon's ribbons something miraculous, as his growing convictions insist Or are they dangerous, as the people hunting for himand the woman he still lovessuspect The startling answers promise to unlock new frontiers if Jon can avoid falling prey to the Mother Tongue.…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnDan Cray sold his first story at age sixteen and won Time magazine s national essay contest two years later. His fiction includes two award-winning short stories and the paranormal thrillers Piercing Maybe and Mother Tongu.

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