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Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All Around Us
Oscar E Fernandez · Princeton University Press
Pages: 150
Format: Hardcover
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Uses everyday experiences to reveal the hidden calculus behind a typical day's events, showing how math naturally emerges from simple observations such as how hot coffee cools down, and demonstrating that calculus can be both useful and fascinating. |
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How Science Works
JUDITH HANN · Reader's Digest; 8th edition
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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How Science Works |
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The Hunt: The Outcome Is Never Certain
Alastair Fothergill · Yale University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Nothing in nature is more dramatic than the exertion of a hunter in pursuit and the maneuvers of its intended prey. This breathtaking volume, spectacularly illustrated with over 250 of the most gripping and colorful nature images ever taken, reveals the dynamic relationship between predator... |
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Dire Predictions, Second Edition: Understanding Climate Change
Michael E. Mann · DK
Format: Print book
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Explore global warming with graphics, illustrations, and charts that separate climate change fact from fiction, presenting the truth about global warming in a way that's both accurate and easy to understand. Respected climate scientists Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump address important... |
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The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves
Eric R Kandel · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Nobel Prize recipient Eric R. Kandel investigates The Disordered Mind to uncover what brain disorders reveal about human nature. This challenging study will not only help transform medical care but also encourage a new humanism based in part on the biological confirmation of individuality.Eric... |
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Women of Invention: Life-Changing Ideas by Remarkable Women
CHARLOTTE MONTAGUE · Chartwell Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Hypatia was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who invented the hydrometer in about 400 AD. Described as a charismatic teacher, she was seen as an evil symbol of the pagan science of learning and she was eventually murdered by Christian zealots. For many women in years gone... |
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The Chicken Encyclopedia: An Illustrated Reference
Gail Damerow · Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback
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"From addled to wind egg, crossed beak to zygote, if it concerns chickens, it's covered in this comprehensive encyclopedia. Now you can find the answers to all your chicken questions quickly, easily--and accompanied by illustrations. |
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How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets
Paul Abel · Pegasus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh and essential guide to understanding and interpreting the wonders of our solar system, from two intrepid young astronomers who are the hosts of the popular BBC television series, "The Sky at Night."What exactly is the solar system? We've all learned the basics at school... |
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The Practical Astronomer, 2nd Edition: Explore the Wonders of the Night Sky
Anton Vamplew · DK
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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A complete introduction to observing and understanding the night sky, explaining and demystifying stargazing to recognize objects and explain how they move through the sky over the night and the year.Explore the wonders of the night sky in The Practical Astronomer. Informative and easy-to-use... |
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How to Live in Space: Everything You Need to Know for the Not-So-Distant Future
Colin Stuart · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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An amusing and informative illustrated guide to life beyond our own planet that covers everything from training for and living in space to the future of space travel and tourismNow that suborbital space tourism is predicted to become a billion-dollar industry in the next ten years and NASA... |
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A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park
Edward O Wilson · Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pages: 149
Format: Hardcover
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A Window on Eternity is a stunning book of splendid prose and gorgeous photography about one of the biologically richest places in Africa and perhaps in the world. Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique was nearly destroyed in a brutal civil war, then was reborn and is now evolv-ing back... |
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