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Applied Minds: How Engineers Think
Guruprasad Madhavan · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A journey inside the minds that build our world.Dubai's Burj Khalifa -- the world's tallest building -- looks nothing like Microsoft's Office Suite, and digital surround sound doesn't work like a citywide telecommunication grid. Yet these engineering feats have much in common.Applied... |
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How Things Work
Chartwell Books · Chartwell Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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This book shows through illustrated spreads and other graphic material, the function of machines, devices and technological systems such as i.e. the computer, the telephone, hybrid carsâ?¿among many others.How Things Work analyzes equipment of our days, but it also presents all the great... |
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Fight Your Ticket & Win in California
David W. Brown Attorney · NOLO; Sixteenth edition
Format: Print book
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This best-selling, plain English guide will help you avoid costly ticket fines and increases in insurance rates. Fight Your Ticket & Win in California covers every violation, including speeding violations, driving under the influence, and even parking violations. The book will help... |
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Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
Govert Schilling · Belknap Press
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
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It has already been called the scientific breakthrough of the century: the detection of gravitational waves. Einstein predicted these tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime nearly a hundred years ago, but they were never perceived directly until now. Decades in the making, this momentous... |
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
Michael Leinbach · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation's eyes on February 1, 2003. And it would be Mike Leinbach who would be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service,... |
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Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before nasa
Amy Shira Teitel · Bloomsbury Sigma
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NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969, but its prehistory is an important and rarely told tale. America's space agency drew together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. At the end of World War II, Wernher... |
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Neighbor Law: Fences, Trees, Boundaries & Noise
Emily Doskow · NOLO; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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An easy-to-read guide on laws concerning common neighbor disputes Is the noise from next door keeping you up at night? Is the view from your backyard being obstructed? Is a neighboring business driving you crazy? Your home is important to you and your neighbors aren't going anywhere... |
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Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard
Paul Collins · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America's most celebrated university.On November 23rd of 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city's richest men simply vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston's West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting... |
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Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference
Richard Stim · NOLO; Thirteenth Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Whether you're an inventor, designer, writer or programmer, you need to understand the language of intellectual property law. Otherwise, you can't intelligently deal with intellectual property issues such as: . who owns creative works or valuable information . how owners can protect... |
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Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law
Stephen Elias · NOLO; Seventeenth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Legal Research: Take the law into your own hands Do you have legal questions at home, at work, or as part of law-related course work? Legal Research provides everything you need, laying out easy-to-follow research methods that will help you find the right answers. Find out how to: locate... |
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Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination, The
Deborah C. England Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
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Over 93,000 discrimination and harassment claims were filed with the EEOC in 2013, with several thousands of similar claims filed with state agencies. In these tough economic times, it's evident that more employees are considering taking their grievances to court. The Essential Guide... |
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College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education
Ryan Craig · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For nearly two decades, pundits have been predicting the demise of higher education in the United States. Our colleges and universities will soon find themselves competing for students with universities from around the world. With the advent of massive open online courses ("MOOCS")... |
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