Rebel Mechanics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rebel Mechanics write by Shanna Swendson. This book was released on 2015-07-14. Rebel Mechanics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1888 New York City, sixteen-year-old governess Verity Newton agrees to become a spy, whatever the risk, after learning that the man for whom she has feelings sympathizes with rebels developing non-magical sources of power, via steam engines, in hopes of gaining freedom from British rule.
Rebel Mechanics
Rebel Mechanics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rebel Mechanics write by Shanna Swendson. This book was released on 2015-07-14. Rebel Mechanics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It's 1888, and seventeen-year-old Verity Newton lands a job in New York as a governess to a wealthy leading family—but she quickly learns that the family has big secrets. Magisters have always ruled the colonies, but now an underground society of mechanics and engineers are developing non-magical sources of power via steam engines that they hope will help them gain freedom from British rule. The family Verity works for is magister—but it seems like the children's young guardian uncle is sympathetic to the rebel cause. As Verity falls for a charming rebel inventor and agrees to become a spy, she also becomes more and more enmeshed in the magister family's life. She soon realizes she's uniquely positioned to advance the cause—but to do so, she'll have to reveal her own dangerous secret.
The Scientist as Rebel
The Scientist as Rebel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Scientist as Rebel write by Freeman Dyson. This book was released on 2014-08-26. The Scientist as Rebel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 33 essays on the fads and fantasies of science and scientists—including climate prediction, genetic engineering, space colonization, and paranormal phenomena—by “the iconoclastic physicist who has become one of science’s most eloquent interpreters” (New York Times) “Provocative, touching, and always surprising.” —Wired Magazine From Galileo to today’s amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who resist the restrictions their cultures impose on them. In their pursuit of nature’s truths, they are guided as much by imagination as by reason, and their greatest theories have the uniqueness and beauty of great works of art. Dyson argues that the best way to understand science is by understanding those who practice it. He tells stories of scientists at work, ranging from Isaac Newton’s absorption in physics, alchemy, theology, and politics, to Ernest Rutherford’s discovery of the structure of the atom, to Albert Einstein’s stubborn hostility to the idea of black holes. His descriptions of brilliant physicists like Edward Teller and Richard Feynman are enlivened by his own reminiscences of them. He looks with a skeptical eye at fashionable scientific fads and fantasies, and speculates on the future of climate prediction, genetic engineering, the colonization of space, and the possibility that paranormal phenomena may exist yet not be scientifically verifiable. Dyson also looks beyond particular scientific questions to reflect on broader philosophical issues, such as the limits of reductionism, the morality of strategic bombing and nuclear weapons, the preservation of the environment, and the relationship between science and religion. These essays, by a distinguished physicist who is also a prolific writer, offer informed insights into the history of science and fresh perspectives on contentious current debates about science, ethics, and faith.
Rebel Magisters
Rebel Magisters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rebel Magisters write by Shanna Swendson. This book was released on 2018-03-29. Rebel Magisters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tea, Love ... and Revolution! The Rebel Mechanics aren't the only group plotting revolution against the magical British Empire. There are rebel magisters, as well, and Verity Newton and her magister employer, Lord Henry, know that the only way for the revolution to succeed is if both groups work together. A diplomatic mission seems like the perfect opportunity for them to meet with rebels in other colonies and gather support - right under the governor's nose. From drawing rooms, ballrooms, and the harbor in Boston to the streets of Charleston, Verity and Henry find themselves up against stubborn factions of both magisters and Mechanics and increasingly aware that they can only really count on each other as their relationship deepens. It may take a real crisis to unite the rebel movements and rally them to the cause - but could such a crisis also tear them apart?
"My Brave Mechanics"
"My Brave Mechanics" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "My Brave Mechanics" write by Mark Hoffman. This book was released on 2007. "My Brave Mechanics" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An important and little-known chapter of Michigan's Civil War history, drawn from the letters, diaries, and regimental records of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment.
