history

Examines the origins of the Internet discussing how a small group of computer whizzes had the foresight to see computers as a communications tool and through persistence, luck, and some accidents created the Internet.

Chronicles the history of counting and calculating from the time of cave dwellers to the late twentieth century, examining how different cultures used numbers to solve basic problems related to their everyday needs.

Presents profiles of six individuals whose work shaped the field of forensic science, including Alphonse Betrillon, Edward Henry, Karl Landsteiner, Edmond Locard, Clyde Snow, and Alec Jeffreys.

Presents a chronological analysis of the career of Viennese psychologist Sigmund Freud, showing how the doctor's ideas developed over time.

Traces the history of African-Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre in 1770 in which Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave, became the first casualty of the American Revolution, through the Gulf War.

Defines world poverty and recounts efforts to end it.

An analytical survey of board games throughout history, focusing on the mechanisms and concepts of play; grouped in the categories of race games, space games, chase games, displace games, and today's games.

Explains the rules of hockey and discusses where the game and rules first originated.

A collection of thirteen narratives that profile the top female athletes in different sports, including Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Billie Jean King, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Sheryl Swoopes.

Discusses how slavery evolved and developed in America from the early seventeenth century through the eignteenth century.