Paul Hoffman
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The author provides an insider's account of the fiercely competitive world of professional chess, describing his own experiences as a troubled child prodigy, marked by his parents' divorce, who spent his weekends in the chess epicenter of Greenwich Village.
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened-and still do happen-in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts,...
Publisher
BrightSpirit Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From living in a box under the streets of Chicago for 7 years to attending over 3,000 Chicago Cub baseball games and being featured on ESPN, FOX, Howard Stern and in the pages of Sports Illustrated, NY Times and the Japan Nikkei, Ronnie 'Woo Woo' Wickers has become one of America's greatest baseball fans. WooLife chronicles Ronnie's journey from an abusive childhood on the south side of Chicago to his adopted family in Wrigley Field. A young Ronnie...
16) Viruses
Series
Publisher
Unapix Consumer Products
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Robert C. Gallo's conversation with Paul Hoffman, the editor-in-chief of Discover Magazine. Dr. Earle has spent his life at the National Institutes for Health deciphering the puzzles of human viruses. Gallo's work with viruses fueled his interest in AIDS and led to his co-discovery of the HIV virus in 1984.
17) Astronomy
Publisher
Pangea Digital Pictures
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
We have been beguiled by the heavens above, seeking to divine the meanings in the stars and planets overhead. Where did it all begin? Where will it end? How were the stars formed? Is there anybody else out there, or are we alone? One of the leading astronomers studying those questions is Dr. Sallie Baliunas.
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Some of the pieces included here are important and some are curiosities, but all are absorbing . . . Recommended for casual and serious math enthusiasts." —Library Journal
From the archives of the world's most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. Big and informative, The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 articles written from 1892 to 2010 that cover statistics,...
From the archives of the world's most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. Big and informative, The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 articles written from 1892 to 2010 that cover statistics,...
19) Sputnik mania
Publisher
History
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
On Oct. 4, 1957, the USSR announced to an unsuspecting world that it had launched the first man-made object ever to successfully orbit earth. Americans were stunned and then terrified. Americans asked themselves what had happened to our academic and technological superiority; could the Soviets overtake us; could their satellites be used as weapons of mass destruction? Recalls the impact the satellite had on the American psyche, and how the shock catapulted...