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Thinking In Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
Daniel Tammet · Little, Brown and Company; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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The irresistibly engaging book that enlarges ones wonder at Tammets mind and his all-embracing vision of the world as grounded in numbers. --Oliver Sacks, MD THINKING IN NUMBERS is the book that Daniel Tammet, mathematical savant and bestselling author, was born to write. In Tammets world,... |
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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
David J. Hand · Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover
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In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions,... |
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The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl
Martin Windrow · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The story of an odd couple-a British military historian and the Tawny Owl with whom he lived for fifteen yearsMartin Windrow was a war historian with little experience with pets when he adopted an owl the size of a corncob. Adorable but with knife-sharp talons, Mumble became Windrow's... |
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Fire and Ice: Soot, Solidarity, and Survival on the Roof of the World
Jonathan Mingle · St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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High in the Himalayan valley of Zanskar in northwest India sits a village as isolated as the legendary Shangri-La. Long fed by runoff from glaciers and lofty snowfields, Kumik-a settlement of thirty nine mud brick homes-has survived and thrived in one of the worlds most challenging settings... |
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Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World
Alexandra Witze · Pegasus Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Can a single explosion change the course of history? An eruption at the end of the 18th century led to years of climate change while igniting famine, disease, even perhaps revolution. Laki is one of Iceland's most fearsome volcanoes.Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783... |
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Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming
Joshua P. Howe · University of Washington Press
Format: Hardcover
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In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Despite more than fifty years of research,... |
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Idiot's Guides: Basic Math and Pre-Algebra
Carolyn Wheater · Alpha
Format: Book
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Idiots Guides Basic Math and Pre-Algebra helps readers get up to speed and relearn the primary concepts of mathematics, geometry, and pre-algebra. Content includes basic math operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division word problems factors and multiples fractions, decimals,... |
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American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood
Paul Greenberg · Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS Book Award, Finalist 2014"A fascinating discussion of a multifaceted issue and a passionate call to action" --Kirkus In American Catch, award-winning author Paul Greenberg takes the same skills that won him acclaim in Four Fish to uncover... |
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The Beekeeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained
James E. Tew · Quarry Books
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While keeping bees certainly isnt rocket science, doing it properly does involve decent levels of understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Getting the basics right is essential, and this demands a solid appreciation of important areas such as hives management, breed choice, and health... |
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We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
Jorge Cham · Riverhead Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange, mostly mysterious universe. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to spelunk through the enormous gaps in our cosmological knowledge, armed with their popular infographics, cartoons,... |
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Pre-Algebra DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition
Allan Bluman · McGraw-Hill Professional; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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Preempt your anxiety about PRE-ALGEBRA! Ready to learn math fundamentals but cant seem to get your brain to function? No problem! Add Pre-Algebra Demystified, Second Edition, to the equation and youll solve your dilemma in no time. Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide... |
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