Letters to Uncle Albert

Letters to Uncle Albert
Author: Russell Stannard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 173
Release: 1996
Genre: Children's questions and answers
ISBN: 9780571175086

In this book, Russell Stannard replies to 60 letters from children asking about science and the nature of the universe. Questions include: How many space aliens are there?; Why doesn't God fall out of the sky?; and Do animals go to heaven?

More Letters to Uncle Albert

More Letters to Uncle Albert
Author: Russell Stannard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 165
Release: 1997
Genre: Children's questions and answers
ISBN: 9780571190515

Inspired by the Uncle Albert trilogy, children write to Uncle Albert, Professor Russell Stannard, with mind-boggling questions on everything under the sun. This 2nd collection of letters and answers is by turns thought-provoking, funny and touching.

The Anderson Letters

The Anderson Letters
Author: Wayne Aarestad
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2021-07-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1663221197

Between 1850 and 1900, over one million Swedes left their homeland for America in an epic wave of humanity. One of the emigrants was a young Swedish farm servant no longer content to exist in the harsh realities of his native country. Determined to fulfill his dream for a different life, Franz Albert Anderson left for America in the spring of 1880, and it was not long before other family members followed. In a compilation of letters discovered in a trunk in a North Dakota farmhouse and later translated by a direct descendent of the Anderson family vividly describes the compelling reasons they left Sweden for the unknown frontiers of America without knowing the language, customs, or practices. While following their dream for freedom, they had few illusions about the hardships they would face. This treasure trove of correspondence documents the emigrants resolve to own and work their own land, an impossible prospect in Sweden at that time. As their fascinating story unfolds, the Anderson family reveals how they followed the dream initiated by a young Swede’s vision of a better life to ultimately achieve great success in a new land.

Ask Uncle Albert

Ask Uncle Albert
Author: Russell Stannard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 197
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780571194360

'Where is the centre of the universe?' 'Why is water wet?' 'What are atoms made of?' 'Will the sun ever blow up?' Fresh from Uncle Albert's postbag here are 100 science questions from children on subjects including Black Holes, atoms, clouds, colour and volcanoes.

Www.Here I Am

Www.Here I Am
Author: Russell Stannard
Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1932031014

Sam didn't think much of religion. What with science being able to explain almost everything about us and about the world we live in, there didn't seem much point to believing in God any more. But then came the day Sam was exploring the Internet, and stumbled across God's website! At least, that was what it claimed to be.Sam decides to investigate, and becomes engrossed in conversations with the mysterious person on the other end. Together they explore the great questions arising out of evolution, astronomy, cosmology, the laws of nature, and the possibility of miracles. Not that Sam knew much science. Fortunately the stranger was able to explain the science from scratch in a way that Sam could understand. They also tackled the problems of evil, suffering, and death; that really set Sam thinking.Readers will be challenged to form their own personal responses to the issues raised based on a listing of forty questions at the back of the book. Sample questions include: What do you hope to achieve in your lifetime? Does belief in God play a part in that? Do you believe in evolution—that you came from animals? Do you think there is life on other planets? If so, does that make human beings less important? Do the world religions contradict each other, or are they simply talking about the same God in somewhat different ways? How should belief in an afterlife affect the way you live this life?

Essential Non-fiction

Essential Non-fiction
Author: Peter Ellison
Publisher: Folens Limited
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781843032311

This Student Book contains a varied collection of stimulating, wide-ranging extracts and pieces of non-fiction material to help students produce top quality writing. Each extract is preceded by key features for pupils to look for at word, sentence and whole text level. Each piece is specifically linked to Framework objectives.

Dear Professor Einstein

Dear Professor Einstein
Author: Albert Einstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

We are often amazed by the curiosity of children and the questions they ask. And letters to and from children are always appealing, especially so when they are written to someone famous. In Dear professor Einstein, Alice Calaprice has gathered a delightful and charming collection of more than sixty letters from children to Albert Einstein. Einstein could not respond to every letter written to him, but the responses he did find the time to write reveal the intimate human side of the great public persona, a man who, though he spent his days contemplating mathematics and physics, was very fond of children and enjoyed being in their company. Whether the children wrote to Einstein for class projects, out of curiosity, or because of prodding from a parent, their letters are amusing, touching, and sometimes quite precocious. Enhancing this correspondence are numerous splendid photographs showing Einstein amid children, wearing an Indian headdress, carrying a puppet of himself, and donning fuzzy slippers, among many other wonderful pictures. This book is complete with a foreword by Einstein's granddaughter Evelyn, a biography and chronology of Einstein's life, and an essay by Einstein scholar Robert Schulmann on the great scientist's educational philosophy.

Communicating Science

Communicating Science
Author: Eileen Scanlon
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1999
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780415197526

Communicating Scienceis an ideal introduction for anyone who wants to learn about the relationship between science, the media and the public.

The Beatles from A to Zed

The Beatles from A to Zed
Author: Peter Asher
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1250209587

A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with the band and its members. He had a front-row seat as they elevated pop music into an art form, and he was present at the creation of some of the most iconic music of our times. Asher is also a talented musician in his own right, with a great ear for what was new and fresh. Once, when Paul McCartney wrote a song that John Lennon didn’t think was right for the Beatles, Asher asked if he could record it. “A World Without Love” became a global No. 1 hit for his duo, Peter & Gordon. A few years later Asher was asked by Paul McCartney to help start Apple Records; the first artist Asher discovered and signed up was a young American singer-songwriter named James Taylor. Before long he would be not only managing and producing Taylor but also (having left Apple and moved to Los Angeles) working with Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, Robin Williams, Joni Mitchell, and Cher, among others. The Beatles from A to Zed grows out of his popular radio program “From Me to You” on SiriusXM's The Beatles Channel, where he shares memories and insights about the Fab Four and their music. Here he weaves his reflections into a whimsical alphabetical journey that focuses not only on songs whose titles start with each letter, but also on recurrent themes in the Beatles’ music, the instruments they played, the innovations they pioneered, the artists who influenced them, the key people in their lives, and the cultural events of the time. Few can match Peter Asher for his fresh and personal perspective on the Beatles. And no one is a more congenial and entertaining guide to their music.

May Sarton Selected Letters 1955 To 1995

May Sarton Selected Letters 1955 To 1995
Author: May Sarton
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2002-06-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393051117

All her life, May Sarton carried on a voluminous private correspondence with family, friends, and lovers. Early childhood into middle age covers topics of theater, study, travel, teaching, and the anguish as World War II approaches. Later joys of flowers, affection for animals, and illustrious acquaintances and intimates both here and abroad are shown.