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Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom

Carin Bondar Ph. D. · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small, based on the author's popular webseries "Wild Sex," which has received over 14 million views Birds do it, bees do it -- every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue...
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Trigonometry For Dummies

Mary Jane Sterling · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

A plain-English guide to the basics of trig Trigonometry deals with the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles...mostly right triangles. In practical use, trigonometry is a friend to astronomers who use triangulation to measure the distance between stars. Trig also has applications...
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Our Sun: Biography of a Star

Christopher Cooper · Race Point Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Our sun is one star among 50 billion in the galaxy. Our galaxy is only one among 50 billion in the universe. With a vastness this incomprehensible, it is easy to feel like we are mere specks of sand on an endless shore. But our sun is special. Though roughly 150 million kilometers separate...
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The Solar System

Rosalind Mist · QEB Publishing
Format: Book

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The Burning Answer: The Solar Revolution: A Quest for Sustainable Power

Keith Barnham · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Using the little-known equation E=hf as the foundation for a compelling new vision, The Burning Answer reveals the importance of embracing solar energy as the only solution to the global energy crisis. Our society faces a choice. We could be enjoying a sustainable lifestyle but we have...
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National Geographic Mind: A Scientific Guide to Who You Are, How You Got That Way, and How to Make the Most of It

Patricia Daniels · National Geographic Society
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Combining leading theories of psychology and behavior with case studies, personality quizzes, and practical advice, National Geographic Mind explores the question we all enjoy asking: Who am I? A companion to National Geographic's Body and Brain, this whimsically illustrated reference explores...
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Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers

Amir D. Aczel · Palgrave Macmillan Trade; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery....
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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

Geoffrey Parker · Yale University Press; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Book

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonisingly widespread.  A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America,...
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Giraffe Reflections

Dale Peterson · University of California Press
Format: Hardcover

The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness may not entirely survive this centuryDale Petersons text provides a natural and cultural...
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Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom

Leila Schneps · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Even the simplest numbers can become powerful forces when manipulated by politicians or the media, but in the case of the law, your liberty—and your life—can depend on the right calculation.In Math on Trial, mathematicians Leila Schneps...
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Idiot's Guides: Geometry

Sonal Bhatt · ALPHA
Format: Book

Covering everything a student would encounter in a high school or college course, Idiots Guides Geometry explains concepts in the easiest possible manner. Content includes everything from the basics of geometry reasoning and proof triangles quadrilaterals area and volume similarity, perpendicular...
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

Sean M Carroll · Dutton est. 1852
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

"Language philosophy, quantum mechanics, general relativity - they're all in The Big Picture. Sean Carroll is a fantastically erudite and entertaining writer." - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Pulitzer Prize winner The Sixth Extinction*Publishers Weekly #1 Most Anticipated Science...
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Mary Roach · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 348
Format: Print book

The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic...
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U Can: Algebra I For Dummies

Mary Jane Sterling · For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Conquer Algebra I with these key lessons, practice problems, and easy-to-follow examples. Algebra can be challenging. But you no longer need to be vexed by variables. With U Can, studying the key concepts from your class just got easier than ever before. Simply open this book to find help...
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