Look around you. Great masterpieces of engineering are everywhere. As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, you are putting centuries of scientific and mechanical ingenuity to use. So familiar are these structures, inventions, and services that they are all but invisible. Yet they are just as remarkable as great works such as the Parthenon, the Eiffel Tower, and the Panama Canal. Everyday Engineering: Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life...

Chronicles the 350 year saga of immigrants who gradually wove themselves into the fabric of American life without abandoning their traditions.

When Europeans arrived in North America, they encountered the Native people. Contrary to stereotype, American Indians were not simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land. They were, like all people, an amalgam: charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction...

Interprets the causative factors of metaphormism and the kinds of rocks produced.

Presents the properties of glaciers and assesses their importance in sculpting the Earth's surfaces.

Examines the causes, types and effects of mass wasting.

Illustrates the importance of sedimentary rocks in understanding Earth's surface.

Examines major sea-floor features: the oceanic ridge, oceanic trenches, and fracture zones, evidence of the mobile crust of the earth.