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Idiot's Guides: Algebra II
Carolyn Wheater · Alpha Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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Perhaps no subject strikes so much fear in the hearts of high school and college students as Algebra I, except of course its older, meaner sibling, Algebra II! Starting with reinforcing concepts from Algebra I and with lots of practice and tips along the way, Idiot's Guides: Algebra... |
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Between Hope and Fear: A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity
MICHAEL KINCH · Pegasus Books
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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A smart and compelling examination of the science of immunity, the public policy implications of vaccine denial, and the real-world outcomes of failing to vaccinate. If you have a child in school, you may have heard stories of long-dormant diseases suddenly reappearing -- cases of measles,... |
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Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Rose George · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough scienceBlood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit... |
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Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos
Priyamvada Natarajan · Yale Univ Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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This book provides a tour of the "greatest hits" of cosmological discoveries - the ideas that reshaped our universe over the past century. The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place, filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled... |
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
Lindsey Fitzharris · Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers WeeklyThe gripping story of how Joseph Lister's antiseptic method changed medicine foreverIn The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances... |
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How the Body Works
Dorling Kindersley Inc. · DK
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover
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A bold, accessible, illustrated guide that delivers real scientific information on how the body works with a healthy side of fun facts and trivia.If you've ever searched the Internet for information on that odd rash on your arm, advice to help you get the best night's sleep, or tips for staying... |
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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
Svante PaÌ?aÌ?bo · Basic Books
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover
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What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives?Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ultimately successful efforts to genetically define what makes us different from our Neanderthal... |
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Curvology: The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape
David Bainbridge · Overlook
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Anatomy professor David Bainbridge applies the science of evolutionary biology and psychology to look at women's bodies in our ancestral past, our self-image-obsessed present, and our surgically enhanced future.Few things are as tantalizing as a woman's curves ... and yet, humans... |
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Human Medical Experimentation: From Smallpox Vaccines to Secret Government Programs
Frances R. Frankenburg MD · Greenwood
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover
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Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present.* Offers readers a broad understanding of human experimentation* Reviews experimentation from the point... |
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Pre-Calculus: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies
Mary Jane Sterling · For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Prepare for calculus the smart way, with customizable pre-calculus practice 1,001 Pre-Calculus Practice Problems For Dummies offers 1,001 opportunities to gain confidence in your math skills. Much more than a workbook, this study aid provides pre-calculus problems ranked from easy to advanced,... |
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The Cosmic Tourist: The 100 Most Awe-Inspiring Places in the Universe
Brian May · Carlton Books Ltd
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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Take your seats for an out-of-this-word tour through the Cosmos! Brian May, Patrick Moore, and Chris Lintott - authors of Bang! - fly us from Earth to the farthest-out galaxies. Along the way, we stop and gaze at 100 amazing sights, from asteroids to zodiacal dust. And each of our three... |
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Beyond Test Scores: A Better Way to Measure School Quality
Jack Schneider · Harvard University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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When it comes to sizing up America's public schools, test scores are the go-to metric of state policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the "best" schools. Yet ample research indicates that standardized tests are a poor way to measure a school's... |
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