John Ross
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Language
English
Description
At the turn of the 20th century the invention of the car and the airplane took our imaginations by storm and produced new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace. No one did more in these roles than Eddie Rickenbacker, who defied death with such courage and pluck that a generation knew his face better than the president's. This is the unforgettable story of a man who pushed the limits of speed, endurance and courage and emerged as...
8) Determination of complex reaction mechanisms: analysis of chemical, biological, and genetic networks
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When John Wesley Powell became the first person to navigate the entire Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, he completed what Lewis and Clark had begun nearly 70 years earlier--the final exploration of continental America. The son of an abolitionist preacher, a Civil War hero (who lost an arm at Shiloh), and a passionate naturalist and geologist, in 1869 Powell tackled the vast and dangerous gorge carved by the Colorado River and known today...
Author
Publisher
T.Y. Crowell
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
Included are poems that range from memorable newspaper verse to pieces by Pindar, Virgil, Wordsworth, and Yeats; they vary in form from intricate modern verse to simple quatrains; no attempt has been made to include every sport though many are represented.