Condition
ACCEPTABLE: Overall, the book's condition is excellent, but a taped slash on the back of the dust jacket, apparently done by the bookseller when opening the carton, brings down its condition rating. Also, there is a remainder mark (see photo).
The Educator's Guide is in paperback form and is in
VERY GOOD condition.
Product Details
This set includes a companion book, 33"x42" poster, and an educator's guide for a PBS series that explores the many innovations and scientific discoveries that took place during the 20th Century.
From the dust jacket: "The most sweeping and startling scientific changes in human history have occurred during the past one hundred years. From the first Wright
Flyer to Mars landings, from penicillin to organ transplants, from the telegraph to the vast realm of cyberspace,
A Science Odyssey is just that: a voyage of discovery that reveals mysteries of outer space and the natural world, as well as human inventions and ideas scarcely imaginable to our grandparents.
A Science Odyssey helps us understand and appreciate the accelerating impact of scientific knowledge today and into the next century.
"This book is an adjunct of the acclaimed PBS series, hosted by Charles Osgood and produced by the distinguished science unit of WGBH Boston. But it is also an exciting introduction to science and the history of ideas in its own right, colorfully and accessibly exploring the wonders of technology, astronomy, the earth sciences, physics, biochemistry, medicine, human behavior, and paleoanthropology."
Contents:
- Forward by Charles Osgood
- Introduction by Charles Kuralt
- Chapter One: Physics and Astronomy: Mysteries of the Universe
- Chapter Two: Technology: Bigger, Better, Faster
- Chapter Three: Origins: More Ancient, Less Stable
- Chapter Four: Medicine: Matters of Life and Death
- Chapter Five: Human Behavior: In Search of Ourselves
- Illustration Credits
- Index
The Educator's Guide is "a social studies and science resource for middle- and high-school educators."
For each two-hour episode of the five-episode series, there are several pages of activities, some of which include worksheets. A companion website is still active as of this writing.
NOTE: The PBS series is available in both VHS and DVD formats.
