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Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

David J C MacKay · UIT
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Addressing the sustainable energy crisis in an objective manner, this enlightening book analyzes the relevant numbers and organizes a plan for change on both a personal level and an international scale - for Europe, the United States, and the world. In case study format, this informative...
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YOU Can Teach Someone to Read, 2nd Edition: A How-to Book for Friends, Parents, and Teachers: Step-by-Step Detailed Directions to Provide Any Reader the Necessary Tools to Easily Teach Someone to Read

Lorraine Peoples · GloBooks
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback

This book makes teaching reading easy, fun and satisfying for learner and teacher. This user-friendly book with step-by-step directions gives any reader the tools to teach someone else to read. With easy to follow lesson plans, built in evaluation, and tips on how to reach students in the way they...
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Make: Getting Started with the Photon: Making Things with the Affordable, Compact, Hackable WiFi Module

Simon Monk · Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition

The Photon is an open source, inexpensive, programmable, WiFi-enabled module for building connected projects and prototypes. Powered by an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller and a Broadcom WiFi chip, the Photon is just as happy plugged into a hobbyist's breadboard as it is into a product...
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The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter

Greg Toppo · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

What if schools, from the wealthiest suburban nursery school to the grittiest urban high school, thrummed with the sounds of deep immersion? More and more people believe that can happen - with the aid of video games. Greg Toppo's The Game Believes in You presents the story of a small...
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DEWALT HVAC Code Reference: Based on the International Mechanical Code

American Contractor's Exam Services · DEWALT; 1 edition
Pages: 84
Format: Spiral-bound

Get your next HVAC job done right - the first time - with this new reference guide from an industry leader in contractor education. The DEWALT HVAC Code Reference uses the International Mechanical Code as the foundation for providing readers with the knowledge and skills needed to install...
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Make: Wearable Electronics: Design, prototype, and wear your own interactive garments

Kate Hartman · Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition

What if your clothing could change color to complement your skin tone, respond to your racing heartbeat, or connect you with a loved one from afar? Welcome to the world of shoes that can dynamically shift your height, jackets that display when the next bus is coming, and neckties that can nudge...
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21st Century Robot: The Dr. Simon Egerton Stories

Brian David Johnson · Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition

When companies develop a new technology, do they ask how it might affect the people who will actually use it? That, more or less, sums up Brian David Johnsons duties as Intels futurist-in-residence. In this fascinating book, Johnson provides a collection of science fiction prototyping stories...
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Green Is Good: Save Money, Make Money, And Help Your Community Profit From Clean Energy

Brian F Keane · Lyons Press
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback

Here is a no-nonsense guide to how you, the average American, can easily make clean energy and energy efficiency part of your daily life, saving money, making money, and weaning your community off fossil fuels in the process. Energy guru Brian F. Keane walks you through the cost-benefit...
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