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Globes: 400 Years of Exploration, Navigation, and Power
Sylvia Sumira · The University of Chicago Press,
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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The concept of the earth as a sphere has been around for centuries, emerging around the time of Pythagoras in the sixth century BC, and eventually becoming dominant as other thinkers of the ancient world, including Plato and Aristotle, accepted the idea. The first record of an actual globe... |
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Is This America?: Katrina as Cultural Trauma
Ron Eyerman · University of Texas Press
Format: Print book
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From police on the street, to the mayor of New Orleans and FEMA administrators, government officials monumentally failed to protect the most vulnerable residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast during the Katrina disaster. This violation of the social contract undermined the foundational... |
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Give Space My Love: An Intellectual Odyssey with Dr. Stephen Hawking
Terry Bristol · Institute for Science
Pages: 520
Format: Print book
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Who is the real Dr. Stephen Hawking? Is he a detached Spectator seeking a mathematical description of a deterministic, objective reality out there ? Or is he an embodied Participant in the universe seeking to bring about a more desirable future? The timeline of the book is a four-city lecture... |
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Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology
Frederick Rowe Davis · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Rachel Carson’s eloquent book Silent Spring stands as one of the most important books of the twentieth century and inspired important and long-lasting changes in environmental science and government policy. Frederick Rowe Davis thoughtfully sets Carson’s study in the context... |
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Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos
Brian Cox · Da Capo
Pages: 320
Format: Book
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In Universal, bestselling physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (Why Does E=mc2?) take us on an inspirational journey of scientific exploration. They show that, by asking questions about the world around us, anyone can think like a physicist and grasp the breath-taking grandeur of the cosmos.Universal... |
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Total-Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis and Related Methods
Reinhold Klockenkämper · Wiley; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Explores the uses of TXRF in micro- and trace analysis, and in surface- and near-surface-layer analysis Pinpoints new applications of TRXF in different fields of biology, biomonitoring, material and life sciences, medicine, toxicology, forensics, art history, and archaeometry Updated and detailed... |
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Nature Inc.: Environmental Conservation in the Neoliberal Age
Bram BuÃŒ?scher · University of Arizona Press,
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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Can "market forces" solve the world's environmental problems? The stakes are undeniably high. With wildlife populations and biodiversity riches threatened across the globe, it is obvious that new and innovative methods of addressing the crisis are vital to the future of the planet.... |
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The Big Book of Maker Skills
Chris Hackett · Weldon Owen
Format: Print book
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Makers, get ready. This is your ultimate, must-have, tip-packed guide for taking your DIY projects to the next level—from basic wood- and metalworking skills to plugged-in fun with power tools, from cutting-edge electronics play to 3-D printing wizardry. Join Chris Hackett, Popular Science... |
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We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer's
D. F. Swaab · Random House Inc
Pages: 417
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid account of what makes us human. Based groundbreaking new research, We Are Our Brains is a sweeping biography of the human brain, from infancy to adulthood to old age. Renowned neuroscientist D. F. Swaab takes us on a guided tour of the intricate inner workings that determine our potential,... |
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Researching in a Digital World: How do I teach my students to conduct quality online research?
Erik Palmer · Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Format: Paperback
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As digital natives, our students are certainly at home online, but how much do they know about using the Internet as a research tool? Do they know how to ask the right questions, find the best and most credible resources, evaluate the facts they come across, and avoid plagiarism and copyright... |
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Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To
Dean Burnett · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett.The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it's also messy, fallible, and disorganized. For example, did you know... |
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The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That's Smarter, Faster, Shorter
Christopher Shulgan · Avery Pub Group
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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Finally, the solution to the #1 reason we don't exercise: time. Everyone has one minute. A decade ago, Martin Gibala was a young researcher in the field of exercise physiology - with little time to exercise. That critical point in his career launched a passion for high-intensity interval... |
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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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