The Mobile Continent

People in Africa use their phones for all kinds of things. Find out how phones are helping the Mobile Continent

Clever Computers

Computers are used in every part of life. This book provides some facts about computers and how they developed to the machines of today

ICT framework solutions : years 7

The Students' Books are in full-colour and designed for ease of use whilst working at a PC. It include find-it-out sections to encourage students to investigate and consider things from different angles. The text also have explanations of key words. There are full of step-by-step activities designed specifically for children of this age to help them put theory into practice.

Voice from Chernobyl : the oral history of nuclear disaster

This book present personal accounts of the Chernoby tragedy 1986

Technology

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0751361445

Collation

64 p. : coll. ill. ; 28 cm.

Series Title

Eyewitness guides

Call Number

600 BRI t

The Digital Revolution

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0751337110

Collation

-

Series Title

DK Essential Science

Call Number

600 CHA d

Masters of the word: How media shaped history from the Alphabet to the Internet

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781782390039

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

302.2309 BER m

The First World War in 100 objects: The story of the great war told through t…

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780233004693

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

940.3 SHE f

How we got to now: Six innovations that made the modern world

Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes-from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life. In his trademark style, Johnson ex…

Hit refresh: The quest to rediscover Microsoft's soul and imagine a better fu…

Microsoft's CEO tells the inside story of the company's continuing transformation and offers his vision for the coming wave of intelligent technologies. He examines how people, organizations, and societies can and must transform, how they must 'hit refresh' in their persistent quest for new energy, new ideas, and continued relevance and renewal. Yet he feels strongly that one of our essential q…

Eureka: How invention happens

While the discoveries of scientists have provided vital knowledge which has made innovation possible, it is more often than not the amateur who enjoys the "eureka moment" when an invention works for the first time. Weightman tells fascinating stories of struggle, rivalry, and the ingenuity of both famous inventors and hundreds of forgotten people, and offers a fresh take on the making of our mo…

Over complicated: Technology at the limits of comprehension

You don't understand the software running your car or your iPhone. But here's a secret: neither do the geniuses at Apple or the Ph. D.'s at Toyota--not perfectly, anyway. No one, not lawyers, doctors, accountants, or policy makers, fully grasps the rules governing your tax return, your retirement account, or your hospital's medical machinery. The same technological advances that have simplified…

How it Works Gadgets

This series explores the world of machines and takes a detailed look at how they operate. Highly technical and realistic artwork is presented with cutaways and exploded views to help children understand how various components work.

Science Made Simple Inventions: 1,000 years of bright ideas and the science b…

Let Sparky show you the way in this definitive guide to the 50 most important inventions of the last 1,000 years, from eyeglasses to the ever-present internet itself. The little lightning-bolt character talks children through the text, providing quips and comments on the science, context and historical development of technology (fancy getting burnt at the stake for heresy?) and the spreads are …

Don't even think about it!

The year is Fifteen Billion and Seventy-three, and Theodore Pine Four – teenager, TimeJumper, legend – is the biggest celebrity on the Two Planets. Theo knows there's only one Rule when you TimeJump: Don't Touch Anything. That Rule applies whether you're Jumping to the Big Bang or to the day pizza was invented. But Theo's been spending a lot of time with Quincy Carter One, the Cheeo o…

The glitch in sleep

When twelve-year-old Becker Drane is recruited by The Seems, a parallel universe that runs everything in The World, he must fix a disastrous glitch in the Department of Sleep that threatens everyone's ability to ever fall asleep again.

'A' level ICT

This text is designed to cover the AQA A-Level Information and Communication Technology syllabus. It is divided into five sections, each covering the material for one of the four Theory modules, with an extra section giving advice on project work.

1-to-1 learning: Laptop programs that work

Edition

2nd ed.

ISBN/ISSN

9781564842541

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

371.33 LIV o

Cambridge IGCSE ICT: Coursebook

Edition

2nd ed.

ISBN/ISSN

9781316500743

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

TR 004 WRI c

Click start 7: Student book

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781107691377

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

TR 004 VIR c

Click start 8: Student's book

Edition

2nd ed.

ISBN/ISSN

9781107662919

Collation

194 p. ; 1 CD

Series Title

-

Call Number

TR 004 VIR c

Cambridge IGCSE ICT: Coursebook

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780521179119

Collation

178 p.

Series Title

-

Call Number

TR 004 LEA c

Milestones of medicine

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

027642378x

Collation

160 p. ; photos

Series Title

The 20th Eventful Century

Call Number

610.904 BUR m

The network always wins: How to influence customers, stay relevant, and trans…

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780071848718

Collation

201 p.

Series Title

-

Call Number

658.4 HIN n

Be my enemy

14-year-old science whiz Everett Singh continues to outthink his enemies while navigating the multiverse searching for his dad, lost in a parallel universe.

A slice of Pi: All the maths you forgot to remember from school

This lesson uses WebImage, a Web-based customized version of ImageJ, to investigate the relationship between the circumference and diameter of a circle. Images of circular objects are provided, and, by measuring diameter and circumference, students are able to obtain an approximate value of Pi. They also explore the history behind Pi and how to find its value.

Scott foresman : Science (students book for Grade 5)

Edition

The Diamond Edition

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-328-28961-5

Collation

500p;ill.

Series Title

Scott Foresman

Call Number

TR 500 Coo s

Habitats (Ways into Science)

An extensive update to a successful and very popular series, rewritten to work for the new science curriculum.rnrnA first science series that introduces young readers to basic science principles in a friendly and accessible way. Early scientific skills are taught through a combination of experiments, activities and key questions, designed to get young scientists thinking! Habitats explores the …

ICT framework solutions : years 8

The Students' Books are in full-colour and designed for ease of use whilst working at a PC. It include find-it-out sections to encourage students to investigate and consider things from different angles. The text also have explanations of key words. There are full of step-by-step activities designed specifically for children of this age to help them put theory into practice.

Applied ICT : AS level for AQA. GCE AS level (double award)

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780435449940

Collation

176 p. : ill. ; 26,5 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

TR 004.07 JAR a