While Nick Gardner's family is falling apart, his best friend, Scooter, is dying from a freak disease. The Scoot's final wish is that Nick and their quirky classmate, Jaycee Amato, deliver a prized first-edition copy of Of Mice and Men to the Scoot's father. There's just one problem: the Scoot's father walked out years ago and hasn't been heard from since. So, guided by Steinbeck's life lessons, and with only the vaguest of plans, Nick and Jaycee set off to find him. Characters you'll want to become friends with and a narrative voice that sparkles with wit make this a truly original coming-of-age story.

Claudia Jones has returned to Blithedale High School, but rumors about her possible alien abduction persist as everyone begins to feel the strange effects of her presence.

The bicycle is a common, yet unique mechanical contraption in our world. In spite of this, the bike's physical and mechanical principles are understood by a select few. You do not have to be a genius to join this small group of people who understand the physics of cycling. This is your guide to fundamental principles (such as Newton's laws) and the book provides intuitive, basic explanations for the bicycle's behaviour. Each concept is introduced and illustrated with simple, everyday examples. Although cycling is viewed by most as a fun activity, and almost everyone acquires the basic skills at a young age, few understand the laws of nature that give magic to the ride. This is a closer look at some of these fun, exhilarating, and magical aspects of cycling. In the reading, you will also understand other physical principles such as motion, force, energy, power, heat, and temperature.

The correct interpretation of Kepler's third law is Gravitational force is equal to acceleration times the area: F = a .A. It is shown that the sequential mean distances of the planets from the center of the sun follow an exponential law, concluding that gravitation is quantized. New explanation and equation for eccentricity are presented. English translation of Foucault's papers on the pendulum and on the gyroscope

How can something that grounds us and keeps us here on this earth be so invisible and mysterious? We’re not talking about anything abstract and undetectable. We’re talking about GRAVITY! Gravity is a force that affects everyone and everything. Gravity is something we can easily understand, even kids, especially if they have the right tools to teach them. Explore Gravity! With 25 Great Projects will introduce kids ages 6-9 to the basics of gravity, including concepts of matter, attraction, and gravitational pull. Projects include creating a working model of a scale to learn what “weight” really means and how it’s affected by gravity. By playing with various weights to make a marvelous mobile, readers learn about the center of balance and how martial artists use this knowledge to throw their weight around. All the projects in this book are easy to follow, require little adult supervision, and use commonly found household products, many from the recycling box! The fun facts, trivia, jokes, comics, and hands-on activities will help kids discover the captivating science of gravity. Furthermore, the informational text and hands-on activities will excite kids about STEM, the interrelated fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.

THE STORY: Wounded in the war in Iraq, a farmer's boy turned soldier returns home with injuries that have extraordinary consequences for his fiancée and his family.

This book seeks to understand what bring to pass the birth of modern physics by focusing upon the formation of the concept of force. This would be the first book to note the important role magnetism has played in this process. Indeed, the force between celestial bodies, before the introduction of the Isaac Newtonian gravitational force, is first introduced by Johannes Kepler by analogy with the magnetic force. Moreover, this book, by concentrating our attention on the magnetism, fully describes the developments and the recognition of the force concept during the Middle Ages. The detailed description of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is a strong point of this book. By discussing and emphasizing on the role accomplished by the magnetic force, this book makes clear the connection between the natural magic and the modern experimental physics. This book will open up a new aspect of the birth of modern physics. Contents: PrefaceIntroductionAntiquity and the Middle Ages: Ancient Greece: The Science of Magnetism is BornThe Hellenistic AgeThe Days of the Roman EmpireChristianity in the Middle AgesThe Discovery of Magnetic DirectionalityThomas Aquinas and His Understanding of MagnetismRoger Bacon and the Propagation of Magnetic ForcePetrus Peregrinus and His Letter Concerning the MagnetRenaissance: Nicolaus Cusanus and the Quantification of Magnetic ForceThe Rediscovery of Things Ancient: Magic in the Early Renaissance PeriodThe Age of Exploration and the Discovery of Magnetic DeclinationRobert Norman and The Newe AttractiveMining and the Continued Peculiarity of MagnetismParacelsus and Magnet TherapyChanges in Magical Thought during the Late RenaissanceDella Porta's Investigations into MagnetismThe Dawn of the Modern Age: William Gilbert's On the MagnetJohannes Kepler and the Magnetical PhilosophySeventeenth-century Mechanism and Notions of ForceRobert Boyle and the Transformation of Mechanism in BritainMagnetism and Gravity: Hooke and NewtonEpilogue: Ascertaining the Laws of Magnetic ForceNotesBibliography Readership: History students, philosophy students, general public. Keywords: History;Magnetism;Philosophy;Greek;Modern PhysicsReview:0