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Storm Kings: The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
Lee Sandlin · Pantheon; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrationsFrom the acclaimed author of Wicked River comes Storm Kings, a riveting tale of supercell tornadoes and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists whose discoveries created the science of modern meteorology. While tornadoes have occasionally... |
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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
Trevor J Cox · W. W. Norton & Company, 2014. Pages: 331 Format: Print book
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"A lucid and passionate case for a more mindful way of listening. . . . Anyone who has ever clapped, hollered or yodeled at an echo will delight in [Cox's] zestful curiosity." -- New York Times Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Holly Bailey · Viking Format: Hardcover
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"A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013." --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat An acclaimed reporter returns to her hometown after the worst twister on record and emerges... |
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Final Frontier: The Pioneering Science and Technology of Exploring the Universe
Brian Clegg · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Star Trek was right — there is only one final frontier, and that is space...Human beings are natural explorers, and nowhere is this frontier spirit stronger than in the United States of America. It almost defines the character of the US. But the Earth is running out of frontiers fast.In... |
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Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe
Louisa Preston · Bloomsbury Sigma Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Astrobiology is the study of life in the universe from its origins to its evolution into intelligent sentient beings. All life as we know it is carbon-based, reliant on sources of liquid water and energy for its survival, and as far as we are aware, exists only on Earth. Our planet occupies... |
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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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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 Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
Stephen Buchmann · Scribner Pages: 342 Format: Print book
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Cultural history at its best - the engaging, lively, and definitive story of the beauty, sexuality, ecology, myths, lore, and economics of the world's flowers, written by a passionately devoted author and scientist, and illustrated with his stunning photographs.Flowers, and the fruits that... |
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Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea
Katherine Harmon Courage · Current Hardcover Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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No one understands the octopus. With eight arms, three hearts, camouflaging skin, and a disarmingly sentient look behind its highly evolved eyes, how could it appear anything but utterly alien? Octopuses have been captivating humans for as long as we have been catching them.... |
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The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World
Zachary Karabell · Simon & Schuster Pages: 287 Format: Paperback
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The Leading Indicators was widely and well received as a much needed corrective to the outdated, outmoded economic figures we are accustomed. Every day, we are bombarded with numbers that tell us how we are doing, whether the economy is growing or shrinking, whether the future looks bright... |
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Pre-Calculus For Dummies
Yang Kuang PhD · For Dummies; 2 edition Format: Paperback
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The fun and easy way to learn pre-calculusGetting ready for calculus but still feel a bit confused? Have no fear. Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an un-intimidating, hands-on guide that walks you through all the essential topics, from absolute value and quadratic equations to logarithms and exponential... |
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