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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever
Bill Gifford · Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old?SPRING CHICKEN:Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)SPRING CHICKEN is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through... |
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Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing
James Owen Weatherall · Yale University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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The rising star author of The Physics of Wall Street explores why "nothing" may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physics James Owen Weatherall's previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today's five... |
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Earth
Robert Dinwiddie · DK ADULT; 1st edition
Pages: 520
Format: Hardcover
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In the best-selling tradition of Smithsonian Animal, this extraordinary survey of our planet provides unrivaled insight into the forces and processes that formed our environment and which continue to influence its evolution. With thousands of breathtaking photographs and unique visual catalogues... |
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Sheri Fink · Crown; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the New York Times's Best Ten Books of the YearWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWinner of the 2014 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Ridenhour Book Prize, the 2014 American Medical... |
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The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind
Seth S. Horowitz · Bloomsbury USA; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising truth about how the things our ears hear affect what's between them. Every day, we are surrounded by millions of sounds - ambient ones like the rumble of the train and the hum of air conditioner, as well as more attention-grabbing sounds, such as human speech,... |
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5 Steps to a 5 AP Statistics 2017
Duane C Hinders · McGraw-Hill Education ;
Pages: 361
Format: Print book
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Get ready for your AP Statistics exam with this straightforward, easy-to-follow study guideThe wildly popular test prep guide -- updated and enhanced for smartphone users -- 5 Steps to a 5: AP Statistics 2017 provides a proven strategy to achieving high scores on this demanding Advanced... |
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Russell Gold · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started... |
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Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World
Gillen D'Arcy Wood · Princeton University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more... |
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Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond
James Trefil · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Filled with lavish illustrations, this book is a grand tour of the universe. Three ever widening domains are presented--the planets, the stars, and the large scale universe itself--each including the ones before it and extending outward.The tour starts close to home within the first domain,... |
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Bob Miller's Geometry for the Clueless, 2nd edition
Bob Miller · McGraw-Hill Education; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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An easy-to-use guide that takes the fear out of geometry Bob Millers Geometry for the Clueless tackles a subject more than three million students face every year. Miller acts as a private tutor, painstakingly covering the high school curriculum as well as post secondary courses in geometry., |
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The Book of Universes: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos
John D. Barrow · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An unforgettable tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might-just might-be out there. Einstein's theory of general relativity opens the door to other universes, and weird universes at that: universes that allow time travel, universes where you can see the back... |
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