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My first look at sizes / by Yorke, Jane.(CARDINAL)420919;
Photographs explore the concept of size, including big and little, big, bigger, biggest, and same size.
Subjects: Size perception.; Size.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 6
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Book of sizes / by Smalley, Guy,illustrator.(CARDINAL)360743; Smalley, Guy.(CARDINAL)360743;
Subjects: Controlled vocabularies.; Size perception.; Size and shape.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Size : how it explains the world / by Smil, Vaclav,author.(CARDINAL)323599;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-271) and index.What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight?To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewards: the rise of the West, for example, was a direct result of ever more accurate and standardized measurements. Using the interdisciplinary approach that has won him a wide readership, Smil draws upon history, earth science, psychology, art, and more to offer fresh insight into some of our biggest challenges, including income inequality, the spread of infectious disease, and the uneven impacts of climate change. Size explains the regularities--and peculiarities--of the key processes shaping life (from microbes to whales), the Earth (from asteroids to volcanic eruptions), technical advances (from architecture to transportation), and societies and economies (from cities to wages). We also learn the rules governing beauty, why a biosphere needs diversity, why bigger animals need proportionately less food, and why people in hotter climates have longer legs.
Subjects: Measurement.; Size perception.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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El tamaño de las cosas : una explicatión del mundo / by Smil, Vaclav,author.(CARDINAL)323599; Pedrosa, Francesc,translator.; Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial,publisher.(CARDINAL)613933;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-[332]) and index."¿Pueden las medidas explicar el mundo? Para responder a esa colosal pregunta ha dedicado Vaclav Smil las más de trescientas páginas de El tamaño de las cosas. El científico canadiense despliega un ambicioso análisis del principio rector más fundamental de nuestro planeta: el tamaño, cuyas leyes, límites y peculiaridades son clave para entender la salud, la riqueza e incluso la felicidad. Medir la escala, las proporciones y las simetrías es todo un reto, en especial cuando se trata de sistemas tan complejos como las economías, pero comprenderlas ofrece ricas recompensas. Con el enfoque interdisciplinar que caracteriza su prolífica obra divulgativa, Smil recurre a la historia, las ciencias de la Tierra, la psicología y el arte, entre otras áreas, para ofrecer una nueva visión de nuestros mayores retos, como la desigualdad, la propagación de enfermedades infecciosas y los estragos del cambio climático. Este libro sobre lo grande, lo pequeño y la relación entre ambos nos entrega una innovadora respuesta a las grandes preguntas sobre la existencia humana. El tamaño no es solo una propiedad más de lo que nos rodea, sino que puede cambiar nuestra forma de verlo absolutamente todo."--"What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight?"--
Subjects: Spanish language materials.; Informational works.; Measurement.; Size perception.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fun with sizes and shapes / by Buddle, Jacqueline.; Davis, Annelies,illustrator.;
Subjects: Form perception.; Shapes.; Size perception.; Size.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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My first look at sizes. by Random House (Firm)(CARDINAL)152590;
"A Dorling Kindersley book." SizesPhotographs explore the concept of size, including big and little, big, bigger, biggest, and same size.
Subjects: Size perception.; Size perception; Size;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Is it larger? Is it smaller? / by Hoban, Tana.(CARDINAL)318719;
Wilson's Children, October 2010Photographs of animals and objects in larger and smaller sizes suggest comparisons between the two.K-3
Subjects: Perception.; Size perception; Size.; Size;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 21
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Elmo and friends : tales of adventure [videorecording] / by Children's Television Workshop.(CARDINAL)139285; Genius Entertainment.(CARDINAL)551817; Sesame Workshop.(CARDINAL)346879;
Executive producers, Carol-Lynn Parente, Dr. Lewis Bernstein ; producers, Tim Carter, Benjamin Lehmann, Ronda ; directors, Victor Di Napoli, Joey Mazzarino, Emily Squires.Voices: Kevin Clash, Bill Irwin, Carroll Spinney, Fran Brill.Join Telly as he searches for the Golden Triangle of Destiny! Cheer on Elmo as he races against the clock in Elmo's amazing Alphabet Race. Help an ant-sized Big Bird alert his friends to his dilemma in the Adventures of Little Big Bird.Not rated.
Subjects: Children's films.; Short films.; Alphabet.; Shapes.; Size perception.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Close, closer, closest / by Rotner, Shelley.(CARDINAL)349133; Olivo, Richard F.;
Introduces perspective and scale through pictures of objects taken from three different distances.410L
Subjects: Size perception;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 14
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What is biggest? : a book about sizes / by Rebman, Nick,author.(CARDINAL)627824;
Includes bibliographical references (page 16) and index."Look at pictures to figure out which object is the largest."--Publisher's website.300LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Size perception;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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