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Make: Wearable Electronics: Design, prototype, and wear your own interactive garments
Kate Hartman · Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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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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Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
David J C MacKay · UIT
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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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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The Cannabis Revolution
Dsc Stephen Holt MD · iUniverse
Pages: 620
Format: Paperback
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There is growing public support for the use of cannabis for medical and recreational purposes, but what does science say about the matter? What we know is that cannabis contains more than four hundred potentially bioactive components, and while we're unraveling its secrets, the potential... |
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
David R Montgomery · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared... |
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The New Oxford Companion to Law
Peter Cane · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For any reader needing a concise yet expert explanation of a subject in law, the New Oxford Companion to Law is the ideal reference work. Providing greater depth than can be found in legal dictionaries but always accessible to the non-specialist, entries in the Companion cover all areas... |
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A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind
D J Helfand · Columbia University Press
Pages: 344
Format: Print book
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We live in the Information Age, with billions of bytes of data all just two swipes away. But how much of this is of value? How much is mis-, or even dis-information? Lots. And your search engine cannot tell the difference. As a result, an avalanche of misinformation threatens to overwhelm... |
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Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis
Laurie Winkless · Bloomsbury SIGMA
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Science is secretly at work behind the scenes of major cities of the world and will continue to be so. Technological advances in fields as diverse as quantum mechanics, electronics, and nanotechnology are proving increasingly important to city life, and the urban world will turn to science... |
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Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage
Gordon Corera · Pegasus Books
Pages: 431
Format: Print book
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The previously untold -- and previously highly classified -- story of the conflux of espionage and technology, with a compelling narrative rich with astonishing revelations taking readers from World War II to the internet age. As the digital era become increasingly pervasive, the intertwining... |
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Law and Disorder: Absurdly Funny Moments from the Courts
Charles M. Sevilla · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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More hilarious, unbelievable-but-true stories from our nations courts, from the author of Disorder in the Court and Disorderly Conduct. Charles M. Sevilla finds comic gems in court transcripts and now brings readers a delightful, all-new collection. Starting with a chapter on the defendants... |
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The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World
Steve Levine · Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A Soul of the New Machine for our time, a gripping account of invention, commerce, and duplicity in the age of technology A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car, relieve global warming, and catapult... |
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