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Discover a range of science books, including fiction novels about science, intriguing science facts, and essential physics books. Explore the best sci-fi books and top-selling science titles
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American Samoa and the Swains Island Expeditions: A Tale of Ancient Culture, Modern Science, and a Marine Sanctuary in the PacificStorms at sea, dangerous dive operations, and the science and mysteries of archeology drive this intriguing, true story set in the far Pacific. The narrative follows the adventures of two expeditions to a remote, unique, and uninhabited speck of land in the South Pacific...
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Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social FeasibilityThe renewable and alternative energy markets and energy policy have evolved rapidly in recent years. This fully revised and expanded third edition continues to emphasize the political, economic and social feasibility of alternative energies and adds chapters on energy storage, reforming the power grid,...
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Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--And Formed a Deep Bond in the ProcessAlex & Me is the remarkable true story of an extraordinary relationship between psychologist Irene M. Pepperberg and Alex, an African Grey parrot who proved scientists and accepted wisdom wrong by demonstrating an astonishing ability to communicate and understand complex ideas. A New York...
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Advances in Heat Transfer: Volume 58Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 58 presents the latest in a serial that highlights new advances in the field, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Sample chapters in this new release include Nanoscale Thin Film Evaporation...
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A Cabinet Full of Medicinal Plants: A Practical Card DeckA practical card deck packed with traditional and modern discoveries to help you explore life-enhancing medicinal plants Organised by common health complaints: From arnica for aching muscles to sage for the mind and memory, many common garden plants have provided relief in traditional medicine,...
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A Book of Noises: Notes on the AuraculousA wide-ranging exploration of the sounds that shape our world in invisible yet significant ways. The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just...
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A Bestiary of the Anthropocene: Hybrid Plants, Animals, Minerals, Fungi, and Other SpecimensBack in a new compact edition, this field guide to our new world of hybrid specimens--gorgeously printed in silver ink on black paper--catalogs the conflation of the technosphere and the biospherePlastiglomerates, surveillance robot dogs, fordite, artificial grass, antenna trees, Covid, decapitated mountains, drone-fighting eagles,...
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Volcán Chaitén: Silicic Volcanism in the Southern Patagonian AndesWritten by leading experts on silicic volcanoes; can be fully referenced in peer-reviewed literatureIncludes detailed descriptions of the geochemical and petrological processes that govern volcanic eruption phenomena, offering a valuable educational resource, especially for advanced degree studentsPresents exhaustive geochemical, mineralogical, and eruption chronology data,...
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Visualizing Earth ScienceAuthor: Zeeya Merali, Brian J. SkinnerPublisher: WileyPublished: 12/01/2008Pages: 608Binding Type: Loose LeafWeight: 2.95lbsSize: 10.63h x 9.06w x 0.79dISBN: 9780470418475About the AuthorDr. Brian J. Skinner is a Eugene Higgins Prof Geology at Yale University. His research intrests include the origin and distribution of mineral deposits.
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The State of Conservation: Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920In the twentieth century, natural resource conservation emerged as a vital force in US politics, laying the groundwork for present-day sustainability. Merging environmental, agricultural, and political history, Joshua Nygren examines the political economy and ecology of agricultural conservation through the lens of the "conservation-industrial...
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The Shape of Things Unseen: A New Science of Imagination'Fascinating, absorbing and educative' A. C. Grayling'Highly original and beautifully written' Dominic LawsonA compelling insight into how our imagination works, based on the latest scientific research People often think of imagination as something used only in creative endeavours. In fact, we use imagination constantly...
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The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly ScienceA brilliant new voice in science writing--"witty, whip-smart, truly one of our best" (Mary Roach)--shows why playfulness and curiosity are the key to science Why would anyone research how elephants pee? Or study worms who tie themselves into a communal knot? Or quantify the...
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The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos*An NPR Science Friday Book Club Pick**A "Next Big Idea Book Club" Must Read**An Esquire Best Book of 2023**A Gizmodo New Release Pick for April**A BookRiot Science Book to Add to Your TBR**A Wired Book to Read for Spring**A TODAY Show Summer Book**A Washington...
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The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook: Second EditionThe Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook is an authoritative guide to the commonly encountered and ecologically important plants of the tropics. Written by experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this handbook is based on Kew's popular Tropical Plant Identification course, which uses...
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The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and InheritanceNo one in this century can speak with greater authority on the progress of ideas in biology than Ernst Mayr. And no book has ever established the life sciences so firmly in the mainstream of Western intellectual history as The Growth of Biological Thought....
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The Energy of Physics, Part I: Classical Mechanics and ThermodynamicsThe Energy of Physics, Part I: Classical Mechanics and Thermodynamics provides students the opportunity to learn physics the way in which physicists understand the discipline. In contrast to standard textbooks, which introduce forces first, this text begins with classical mechanics using the concept of...
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The Conservator's Cookbook: Solution Preparation for the Heritage ProfessionalThe Conservator's Cookbook is a collection of practical, step-by-step guides outlining how to prepare various solutions, adhesives, gels, and other mixtures used in heritage conservation.While most conservators learn the chemical rationale of solution-making during their training, the actual process of preparing these compounds can...
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The Basics of Edible Insect Rearing: Handbook for the Production ChainAlso available as E-book see basics-edible-insect-rearing For more information about the e-book, please contact Sales. Looking for a handbook on how to design and upscale edible insect rearing? This easy to read handbook describes the basic knowledge and a detailed step-by-step plan for rearing...
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The Arabic Writing Tradition, an Historical Survey, Volume 8: Lexicography Until C. 430 AhFor over sixty years, Professor Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the literary and scientific writings and achievements of Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in...
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Technological Animation in Classical AntiquityThe persistent desire to animate inanimate objects has been a recurring theme in European culture dating back to ancient Greek and Roman times. Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity aims to establish, for the first time, the significance of this aspiration and its practical realization...
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