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Although Tony Dungy was passed over in the 1977 NFL draft, Coach Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers recognized his athleticism and understanding of the game and signed him as a free agent. Later, at the age of 25, Dungy began his NFL coaching career with the Steelers. He went on to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and then considered retiring from football. Instead, he accepted a coaching job with the Indianapolis Colts and in 2007 became the...

Genetic Engineering, a remarkable new technology, is giving scientists the ability to manipulate genes, the basic units of heredity. By changing genes, scientists can change the characteristics of an organism. Opponents argue that the dangers of this new technology outweigh the agricultural and medical benefits. This title helps readers explore both sides of this complex issue.

This book debates arguments for and against capital punishment. It looks at key questions, such as whether the death penalty is applied unfairly to minorities and the poor, whether the death penalty deters crime, and whether innocent people have ever been wrongly executed. It also discusses key Supreme Court cases, life on death row, execution methods, the use of DNA testing in death penalty cases, ethical and religious arguments for and again...

More and more, scientists are viewing our home planet as a complex organism, whose delicate balances must be preserved if mankind is to surive. Now TIME presents an unrivaled portrait of Planet Earth -- it's violent history, its stunning geography and terrains, its vast oceans, its constantly changing geology, its life-sheltering atmosphere, its fragile and currently imperiled climate. This beautifully illustrated volume presents a portrait of...

Predators beware! Skunks, such as the striped skunks living in the North American forests, come equipped with a foul-smelling liquid that can be sprayed up to ten feet away. Skunks forage at night in the forest looking for fruit, seeds, frogs, and mice to eat. They will run and hide from danger when they can. When a predator comes close a skunk will stomp its feet and lift its tail, preparing to defend itself. If the predator doesn't heed the ...

Octopuses are predators. They use their eight arms to catch crabs and all kinds of shellfish to eat. But octopuses are prey too. To defend themselves, they distract enemies by squirting ink into the water, then quickly make their escape. They can change color and shape to blend into their background or resemble another less-tasty animal. Some octopuses are poisonous and warn would-be predators by sporting bright colors. These special abilities...

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Women in twenty-first century Iran can vote, run for public office, drive cars, own and sell property, earn college degrees, and have a career just as they could in secular Iran before the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Yet since the revolution, Iranian women have found their freedoms eroding under the Islamic religious laws of sharia. They are not free to dress as they might please, ride in the front of buses, or get passports to leave the count...

As space exploration advances, scientists develop technologies to observe, record, and use information gained in those explorations. This book looks at seven modern space technology wonders--the Great Observatories (orbiting telescopes such as Chandra X-Ray Observatory), the International Space Station, Earth-observing satellites used in GPS tracking, weather tracking, communications, and other applications, technology used in the search for l...

Seven Wonders of the Mysteries of Space includes the topics of Black Holes (massive gravity holes from which not even light can escape), Age of the Universe (12 to 15 billion years old?), Time Travel/Wormholes (entering the non-accelerated end of the transversable wormhole, one would emerge from the accelerated end into the future), Dark Energy (while gravity works to hold things together, dark energy works to pull the universe apart), Life on...

This title includes these seven wonders: solar flare (large explosion in the sun's atmosphere), a total solar eclipse (when the sun is totally obscured by the moon), a neutron star (star composed of neutrons that has collapsed under its own gravity), a supergiant star (among the most massive stars), a supernova (stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova - a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades aw...

A look at the life of Sacagawea, the young Shoshone woman who helped guide Lewis and Clark in their expedition west in 1804 - 1806. Extensive back matter including timeline and further reading and websites list, help the reader learn more about Sacagawea.

A description of the planet Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter. The text discusses Saturns distinguishing characteristics, its position in the solar system, its composition and atmospheric conditions, its moons and rings, and how scientists have learned about Saturn over time. Color photos and diagrams enhance understanding of the text.