Superlative - 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 Superlative write by MATTHEW D. LAPLANTE. This book was released on 2019-04-30. Superlative available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 2019 Foreword Indie Silver Award Winner for Science Welcome to the biggest, fastest, deadliest science book you'll ever read. The world's largest land mammal could help us end cancer. The fastest bird is showing us how to solve a century-old engineering mystery. The oldest tree is giving us insights into climate change. The loudest whale is offering clues about the impact of solar storms. For a long time, scientists ignored superlative life forms as outliers. Increasingly, though, researchers are coming to see great value in studying plants and animals that exist on the outermost edges of the bell curve. As it turns out, there's a lot of value in paying close attention to the "oddballs" nature has to offer. Go for a swim with a ghost shark, the slowest-evolving creature known to humankind, which is teaching us new ways to think about immunity. Get to know the axolotl, which has the longest-known genome and may hold the secret to cellular regeneration. Learn about Monorhaphis chuni, the oldest discovered animal, which is providing insights into the connection between our terrestrial and aquatic worlds. Superlative is the story of extreme evolution, and what we can learn from it about ourselves, our planet, and the cosmos. It's a tale of crazy-fast cheetahs and super-strong beetles, of microbacteria and enormous plants, of whip-smart dolphins and killer snakes. This book will inspire you to change the way you think about the world and your relationship to everything in it.
Captain Superlative
Captain Superlative - 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 Captain Superlative write by J. S. Puller. This book was released on 2018-05-04. Captain Superlative available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Debut author J.S. Puller delivers an inspirational story full of heart, humor, and breathtaking revelations. "Have no fear, citizens! Captain Superlative is here to make all troubles disappear!" Red mask, blue wig, silver swimsuit, rubber gloves, torn tights, high top sneakers and . . . a cape? Who would run through the halls of Deerwood Park Middle School dressed like this? And why? Janey-quick to stay in the shadows-can't resist the urge to uncover the truth behind the mask. The answer pulls invisible Janey into the spotlight and leads her to an unexpected friendship with a superhero like no other. Fearless even in the face of school bully extraordinaire, Dagmar Hagen, no good deed is too small for the incomparable Captain Superlative and her new sidekick, Janey. But superheroes hold secrets and Captain Superlative is no exception. When Janey unearths what's truly at stake, she's forced to face her own dark secrets and discover what it truly means to be a hero . . . and a friend.
The Superlative Light
The Superlative Light - 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 Superlative Light write by . This book was released on 2014. The Superlative Light available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Superlative Light presents a layperson's awestruck experience of the Texas Petawatt Laser, a facility housing the most powerful laser.
Superlative Birds
Superlative Birds - 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 Superlative Birds write by Leslie Bulion. This book was released on 2020-04-21. Superlative Birds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Get to know all about the best and brightest—and smelliest!—birds in Leslie Bulion's award-winning collection of avian science poetry. You won't even need binoculars! Ever wonder which bird has the loudest voice? Which one builds the biggest nest or has the most feathers? Get to know all about the best and brightest―and smelliest!―denizens of the bird world with this collection of nonfiction science verses. Award-winning science poetry author Leslie Bulion dedicates a variety of verse to these impressive birds and includes a science glossary, notes on poetic forms, and resources for more information in the back of the book. Witty drawings by Robert Meganck add another layer of fun to this humorous and informative gallery of the world's most accomplished birds. Ideal for cross-curricular learning, including units on animals, birds, nature, and poetry.
Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives
Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives - 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 Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives write by Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin. This book was released on 2021-03-31. Majority Quantification and Quantity Superlatives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the syntax and semantics of proportional most and other majority quantifiers across languages. Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin and Ion Giurgea draw on data from around 40 languages to demonstrate the existence of two distinct semantic types of most: a distributive type, which compares cardinalities of sets of atoms, and a cumulative type, which involves measuring plural and mass entities with respect to a whole. On the syntactic side, the most significant difference is between partitive and non-partitive configurations: certain majority quantifiers are specific to partitive constructions, while others are also allowed in non-partitives. The volume also explores complex expressions of the type the largest part and nominal quantifiers of the type the majority. The authors argue in favour of a quantificational analysis of most, in contrast to many recent studies, but adopt a bipartition-cum-superlative analysis for the largest part. The volume is a large-scale crosslinguistic investigation, offering typological insights as well as case studies from a range of languages, including German, Romanian, Hungarian, Hindi, and Syrian Arabic. The findings have implications for the study of number marking, partitivity, kind reference, (in)definiteness marking, and other crucial issues in linguistic theory.
