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The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Dan Barber · Penguin Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Engaging, funny and delicious... I would call this The Omnivores Dilemma 2.0. --Chicago TribuneAt the heart of todays optimistic farm-to-table food culture is a dark secret the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food.... |
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The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory
Susan Wise Bauer · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought.In the tradition of her perennial bestseller The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer delivers an accessible, entertaining, and illuminating springboard into the scientific education you never had. Far too often, public... |
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And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air
Bill Streever · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of Cold.Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind--the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them--by traveling right through it. Narrating from... |
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The Unknown Universe A New Exploration of Time, Space, and Modern Cosmology.
Clark Stuart.
Format: Print book : English
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A groundbreaking guide to the universe and how our latest deep-space discoveries are forcing us to revisit what we know -- and what we don't. On March 21, 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8... |
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Deep Space: Beyond the Solar System to the End of the Universe and the Beginning of Time
Govert Schilling · Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Govert Schilling explores the mysteries of space that lie beyond our solar system on this mind-bending trip to nebulae, galaxies, black holes, and the edge of the observable universe.Join Govert Schilling on a journey across the universe that will ignite the imagination. The trip begins... |
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Dreams of Earth and Sky
Freeman Dyson · New York Review Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this sequel to The Scientist as Rebel (2006), Freeman Dyson - whom The Times of London calls "one of the world's most original minds" - celebrates openness to unconventional ideas and "the spirit of joyful dreaming" in which he believes that science should be pursued.... |
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The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters
Robert Muir-Wood · Basic Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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Year after year, floods wreck people's homes and livelihoods, earthquakes tear communities apart, and tornadoes uproot whole towns. Natural disasters cause destruction and despair. But does it have to be this way?In The Cure for Catastrophe, global risk expert Robert Muir-Wood argues that... |
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Idiot's Guides: Algebra I
Carolyn Wheater · Alpha
Format: Print book
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Starting with the very basics and reinforcing concepts with practice and tips along the way, Idiot's Guides: Algebra I makes a complex subject easier to grasp and helps students and adult learners clear the hurdle that can stand between them and their academic goals. Special sidebars... |
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Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Brian Clegg · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own,... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Holly Bailey · Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013." --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat An acclaimed reporter returns to her hometown after the worst twister on record and emerges... |
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The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night's Rest Is Vital to a Better, Healthier Life
MEIR KRYGER · YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 344
Format: Print book
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An authoritative and accessible guide to what happens when we shut our eyes at night We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about how sleep affects us? In the past forty years, scientists have discovered that our sleep (or lack of it) can affect... |
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