Robert Harris
Author
Publisher
Robert Harris
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
With this origami folding book, learn how to create original animals, birds, follower ... that are as beautiful as the treasures they hold! Step-by-step diagrams, instructions, and photographs of the finished projects will show you how to make origami that are both decorative and interactive. The benefit of Origami is being proven especially in the area of math, science, art, creativity and logic thinking. In addition, this can be a mindfulness therapy...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local paper--a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland's most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the otherworldly island, a place that is teeming with natural life,...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"In their previous book, Competing on Analytics, Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris showed how pioneering firms were building their entire strategies around their analytical capabilities. Rather than "going with their gut" when pricing products, maintaining inventory, or hiring talent, managers in these firms use data, analysis, and systematic reasoning to make decisions that improve efficiency, risk management, and profits." "Now, in Analytics...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture, and time, putting the past into urgent conversation with the present. In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician, a writer of almanacs, and one of the greatest astronomers of his generation. Banneker then wrote what would become a...
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Arranged in chronological order, this . . . guide to more than seventy-five of the most historic moments in the science of chemistry, from the birth of atomic theory to the development of liquid crystal display screens, introduces the work of the scientists who have shaped the subject"--
Written in plain English, The Chemistry Book is packed with short, pithy explanations of more than 95 key ideas. Step-by-step flowcharts unpick complex theories,...