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Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
Jason Padgett · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects... |
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The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
Elizabeth Tasker · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty years ago, the search for planets--and life--outside the solar system was a job restricted to science fiction writers. It is now one of the most rapidly growing fields in astronomy, with thousands of these "exoplanets" discovered so far. The detection of these worlds... |
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The Handy Chemistry Answer Book
Justin P. Lomont · Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback
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Simplifying the complex chemical reactions that take place in everyday through the well-stated answers for more than 600 common chemistry questions, this reference is the go-to guide for students and professionals alike. The book covers everything from the history, major personalities,... |
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Chemistry II For Dummies
John T. Moore · For Dummies; 1 edition
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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The tools you need to ace your Chemisty II course College success for virtually all science computing engineering and premedical majors depends in part on passing chemistry The skills learned in chemistry courses are applicable to a number of fields and chemistry courses are essential... |
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Rescuing Riley, Saving Myself: A Man and His Dog's Struggle to Find Salvation
Zachary Anderegg · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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While hiking on a solo vacation in a remote, uninhabitable region of Arizona, Zachary Anderegg happened upon Riley, an emaciated puppy clinging to life, at the bottom of a 350-foot canyon. In a daring act of humanity that trumped the deliberate savagery behind Riley’s presence in such... |
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Einstein's Masterwork: 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity
John Gribbin · Pegasus Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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One of the world's most celebrated science writers reveals the origins of Einstein's General Theory -- and provides a greater understanding of who Einstein was at the time of this pivotal achievement.In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences -- a theory... |
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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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Rust: The Longest War
Jonathan Waldman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Rust has been called "the great destroyer," the "pervasive menace," and "the evil." "This look at corrosion - its causes, its consequences, and especially the people devoted to combating it - is wide-ranging and consistently engrossing" (The New York... |
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 468
Format: Print book
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The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows... |
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The Girl With No Name: The Incredible True Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys
Lynne Barrett-Lee · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The poignant story of a girl who overcomes unique hardship and deprivation - growing up with a troop of capuchin monkeys - to find ultimate redemption. In 1954, in a remote mountain village in South America, a little girl was abducted. She was four years old. Marina Chapman was stolen from... |
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The Chicken Keeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained
Chris Graham · Quarry Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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While keeping chickens certainly isn't 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 housing, feeding, breed... |
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