Author: Paul MasonPublisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410924940
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines the world's fastest machines, from airplanes to elevators.
The World's Fastest Machines
Author: Paul MasonPublisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410924940
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines the world's fastest machines, from airplanes to elevators.
The World's Fastest Machines
Author: n/aPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1625210965
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Describes some of the fastest vehicles in the world, including their top speeds, their design, and how they were built to reach top speeds.
The World's Fastest Machines
Author: Marcie AboffPublisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410938514
Category : Motor vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
From race cars to military aircraft, this book gives facts and figures on the fastest vehicles in the world, and shows how these extreme machines help us do jobs that ordinary slower and less powerful vehicles can't do.
Forces and Motion Inquiry Card--The World's Fastest Machines
Author: Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425882498
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Elaborate on the concept of forces and motion using this science inquiry card and lesson. Using vibrant, engaging images for science exploration allows all students to make connections and relate science concepts to new situations.
The World's Fastest Machines
Author: Marcie AboffPublisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1410938859
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Presents facts and figures on the speediest machines in the world from automobiles, to trains, to boats.
The World's Biggest Machines
Author: Marcie AboffPublisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410938751
Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This book provides brief sketches of some of the largest machines on the planet.
Worlds Fastest Machines
Author: Fastest Machines
Author: University PressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
University Press returns with another short and captivating book - a brief glimpse of the World's top ten fastest machines. Since the early days of the Industrial Revolution, humans have designed and built increasingly speedy machines. A 19th century rail passenger could not have imagined that humans would soon conquer the air, break the sound barrier, and travel through space at ten times the speed of a bullet. From the Bugatti Chiron, to the SR-71 Blackbird, to the Apollo 10 command module, to the L0 Series Maglev, these sophisticated machines - designed and built by some of the world's brightest minds - produce jaw-dropping speeds and inspire a sense of thrill and wonder. This short book provides a fascinating peek into the inner workings of ten of the World's fastest machines - a glimpse that you can read in about an hour.
The World's Toughest Machines
Author: Judy Kentor SchmaussPublisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410938786
Category : Earthmoving machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Using simple text and pictures, this book describes machines that are built to handle very tough jobs.
A.I. and Genius Machines
Author: Scientific American EditorsPublisher: Scientific American
ISBN: 1466833815
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A.I. and Genius Machines by the editors of Scientific American In science fiction, artificial intelligence takes the shape of computers that can speak like people, think for themselves, and sometimes act against us. Sometimes the machines seem to know everything, and symbolize implacable and unknowable power, as in The Matrix. Such machines can also embody the limits of logic, and by extension our own powers of reason. In Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL was a computer of vast capability driven insane by the demands of his programming – to honestly and completely report information – when those instructions conflicted with orders to keep state secrets. Star Trek has given us the android, Lieutenant Commander Data, who strives to be more human. None of these visions came true in quite the way science fiction writers imagined, even though in many ways computers surpass their fictional counterparts. This eBook reviews work in the field and covers topics from chess-playing to quantum computing. The writers tackle how to make computers more powerful, how we define consciousness, what the hard problems are and even how computers might be built once the limits of silicon chips have been reached. Artificial intelligence also raises some thorny ethical questions, such as whether morality can be programmed. These are kinds of issues that make artificial intelligence and computing fascinating. Building an intelligent machine brings together the human desire to create and the question of what makes us what we are. If anyone ever builds a true thinking machine, that last question becomes much more complicated, not less. Data and HAL would probably agree.