A naturalist's guide to the birds of China: Southeast China, including Shanghai

Liu Yang,Yong Ding Li,Yu Yat-tung著

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Flying across border and going for trips seem far from many of us in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By looking up the sky to imagine being a bird, we can fly anywhere without a passport! This naturalist’s guide introduces 280 representative...

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The periodic table: a visual guide to the elements

Tom Jackson著

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Still remember your first time to come in contact with Chemistry? In my memory, it started with the image of an atom, H2O – the chemical formula of water and the most remarkable – the Periodic Table. How amazing and puzzling to find that all the blocks...

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Rock spotter

Dan Green著

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Under your feet, where you are standing on, beneath the cement layer and pipelines that are made by man, our earth is made up of layers of rocks. Learn how to identify rocks! Underneath our feet, the earth’s crust is made up of different kinds of rocks...

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The times machine: learn multiplication and division... like, yesterday

Danica McKellar著;Josée Masse圖

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Multiplication and division are essential learning requirements for understanding basic arithmetic operations in Math at early childhood education.  Young children are always frustrated with arithmetic because they do not really get what is...

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The weekend effect: the life-changing benefits of taking two days off

Katrina Onstad著

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Work-life balance is important in our hectic life.  In the light of society’s increasing attention on work-life balance, more employers have adopted a five-day work week to allow employees to enjoy two days off per week. However, not so many people...

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一本正經學歷史成語

馬仔圖 ;蒲葦文

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考考你,雪中送炭的同義詞和反義詞是什麼?答案在《一本正經學歷史成語》的114頁。上世紀,有熊貓博士在電視框框用動畫為我們解説成語。數十載後,漫畫家馬仔與作者蒲葦以生動的筆觸與活潑的插畫,為我們寫成《一本正經學歷史成語》......

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一小時看懂人工智能

涂子沛著

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「人工智能」(AI) 會為我們帶來什麼?自從閱讀過《1小時看懂人工智能》此書後,腦海中便立即浮現了此書第一章的標題 ──「令人興奮又恐懼的未來」。書中勾劃的那個「2040年的某一個普通的早晨」實在太生動具體了,「智能睡眠監測儀」......

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一小時看懂大數據

涂子沛著

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大數據這個名詞大家近年應該聽得多,但你又可曾想像到,曾有小數據的時代,被科學家應用了數百年的時間?在從前沒有快速電腦計算的年代,科學家只能用推測,加上使用人手計算的數學方法去分析各種數據,來研究人文和自然科學。例如......

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小學生必學的記敍文寫作

周蜜蜜著

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記敍文是什麼?怎樣才能夠寫出一篇好的記敍文?對很多小學生來說,寫作實在是一件艱辛的任務,往往不知從哪裡入手。他們時常為了完成寫作這份功課而絞盡腦汁。究竟怎樣可以將寫作由苦差變成樂趣呢?著名作家周蜜蜜女士透過這本書言簡意賅地......

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不需要電腦的程式設計課 How to think like a coder without even trying

吉姆・克利斯欽(Jim Christian)著;魏嘉儀譯

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猶記得筆者在十多年前於大學上編寫電腦程式(編程)入門課時教授說的一句說話 ──「一般人看到的是現今的電腦愈來愈厲害,能在更短的時間內為人類解決更多的問題,但事實上,電腦並不是想像中那麼聰明,真正聰明的是那些看不見的電腦程式設計員……

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