Ada 99 esei amat pendek dalam buku ini, Jika boleh menirukan karya Roestam Effendi yang terbit di tahun 1925, Pertjikan Permenoengan, ke-99 esei itu adalah semacam percikan. Mereka terkadang bisa dibaca sebagai bagian yang saling mendukung atau saling membantah, terkadang bisa dibaca sebagai tulisan yang berdiri sendiri-sendiri. Semuanya ditulis di masa yang seperti kita alami sekarang, keti…
Buku berisi lebih dari 50 catatan Myra tentang beragam fenomena sosial-budaya yang pernah muncul di sekitar kita. Rekaman yang santai tapi serius tentang aneka perubahan yang terjadi dalam golongan menengah dan atas Ibu Kota dalam dua dekade terakhir abad ke-20 hingga awal abad ke-21.
What he sciencets say : 1. You can make a simple telephone using youghurt and a piece of string. 2. Sound can be sent by light signals in fibre-optic cables. 3. The cone shape of megaphone stops sound waves spreading out too quickly and makes them travel futher. 4. Mobile phones transmit your calls by radio waves.
Do you Know Thomas? A true or fals Quiz : 1. Thomas Jefferson had a sweet tooth for vanilla ice cream. 2. He traveled across the county with Lewis and Clark. 3. Jeffersin liked to play the fiddle. Kenneth C. Davis weaves a smooth, flowing narrative into the trademark question and answers format of this outstanding biography with informational sidebars and compelling quotes. He makes peopl…
In did it take creativity to find relativity, Albert Einstein? you will find answers to twenty questions about Albert Einstein. Facts you'll discover include : 1. How long did it take young Einstein to speak? 2. Why didn't Einstein get straight A's at school? 3. What idea made EInstein world famous? 4. How did Einsten help end World War II? You'll also learn about relativity-the amazing …
InDid you invent the phone alone, Alexander Graham Bell? you will find answers to twenty questions about bell. Some of the facts you'll discover include : 1. How did young alexander make his dog "talk"? 2. What inspired Bell to work with deaf children? 3. What accident led Bell to invent the telephone? 4. What other important devices did Bell invent? You'll also learn sound from how it's c…
In what makes the light bright, Thomas Edison? you will find answers to twenty questions about Thomas Alva Edison. Fatcs you'll discover include : 1. How did he get interested in electricity? 2. Was he really deaf? 3. How manya things did he invent? 4. Why was he called a wizard? You'll also learn about Edison's other inventions-from an improved telephone to the phonograph to a film proj…
Siapa Isaac Newton? Siapa penemu teropong bintang? Siapa Alexander Graham Bell? dan siapa penemu biola lampu? Apa Voltaire yakin Isaac Newton adalah manusia yang paling pintar di dunia, atau sekedar mencoba, menampilkan permasalahan filosofi karena dengan pertunjukan itu akan memancing pertanyaan-pertanyaan susulan: dari sekian milyar manusia yang pernah lahir di dunia, siapa diantara mereka ya…