Showing posts with label non fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label non fiction. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Physics for Future Presidents by Richard Muller

It's a great book that tells you all the physics you need to know to be president (although I don't plan on becoming president). The 1st chapter is on terrorism. It explains the physics of past and possible future terrorist attacks, such as how the Twin Towers collapsed and the probability of terrorists engaging in nuclear warfare. The 2nd chapter is on energy. It explains different ways of getting electricity and gasoline. The 3rd chapter is on nuclear weapons and nuclear power. It explains how to calculate the expected excess deaths from a nuclear bomb or nuclear waste spill and different versions of nuclear reactors. The 4th chapter is on space. It explains the practicality of sending humans to space and what speed a rocket needs to reach to orbit Earth. The 5th and last chapter is on global warming. It explains the solutions and nonsolutions for this dangerous problem.
-Ezra

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Book of Lists by James Buckley Jr and Robert Stremme

Did you know that that a long time ago in Nashville, Tennessee, you had to be at least 18 years old to play pinball? Did you know that Titanic from 1997 was once the biggest movie? This book is full of weird and really cool things like how every superhero got their powers,lots of tongue twisters and lots of other facts.

-Anusha

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Friday, July 19, 2013

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

Personally, I think the Diary of Anne Frank is a great book. The Diary of Anne Frank was written from 1942-1945 in Amsterdam, Holland. It is non fiction and is written by a real girl during World War 2.

It's a sad story, but its a great book.

--Zoe

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Close up Magic By: Nicholas Einhorn

This book tells you how to do simple magic tricks that you see magicians perform. It has easy directions for you to follow. Some are easy to do with everyday things and others require to make your own props. My favorite tricks are the mind reading ones. I think you will enjoy this book.

--Yuen

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Math Tricks, Puzzles, and Games by Raymond Blum

This is an awesome book!!!
It has some wonderful math magic tricks you could do, math riddles and jokes, and directions to some fun math games (and secrets to how you can win them every time)!

-Yuen Ting

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