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ACT Math & Science Prep: Includes 500 Practice Questions
Kaplan. - Kaplan Pub
Format: Print book
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The complete ACT test prep tool that contains comprehensive practice and tips for students who want to sharpen their Math and Science skills and score higher on test day - guaranteed. In 2015, approximately 1.9 million high school students took the ACT. Despite the popularity of the ACT,... |
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The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Dan Barber - Penguin Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Engaging, funny and delicious... I would call this The Omnivores Dilemma 2.0. --Chicago TribuneAt the heart of todays optimistic farm-to-table food culture is a dark secret the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food.... |
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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story
John Bloom - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Print book
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In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American technology company developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Light years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan's... |
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GED Mathematical Reasoning Test For Dummies
Murray Shukyn - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Gear up to crush the GED Mathematical Test Does the thought of taking the GED Mathematical Reasoning Test make you weak? Fear not! With the help of GED Mathematical Reasoning Test For Dummies, you'll get up to speed on the new structure and computer-based format of the GED and gain... |
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The Secret Life of Clams: The Mysteries and Magic of Our Favorite Shellfish
Anthony D. Fredericks - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Get up close and personal with an amazing creature that has invaded our lexicon as well as our restaurants.It breathes with tubes, it has no head or brain, it feeds through a filter, and it is the source of dozens of familiar proverbs (“happy as a clam!”). Clams, it turns out,... |
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The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger
Elizabeth H Blackburn - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling book coauthored by the Nobel Prize winner who discovered telomerase and telomeres' role in the aging process and the health psychologist who has done original research into how specific lifestyle and psychological habits can protect telomeres, slowing disease... |
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Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
Ian Stewart - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from the solar system to the Galaxy and the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began,... |
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Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece
Colin Pask - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg has written that "all that has happened since 1687 is a gloss on the Principia." Now you too can appreciate the significance of this stellar work, regarded by many as the greatest scientific contribution of all time. Despite its dazzling reputation,... |
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The Galpagos: A Natural History
Henry Nicholls - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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Charles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas" - the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator off the west coast of South America, the Galpagos is the most pristine archipelago... |
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College Placement Math Success in 20 Minutes a Day (Skill Builders)
LLC LearningExpress - Learningexpress, Llc
Format: Paperback
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This new addition to the bestselling 20 Minutes a Day series helps students master the math essentials found on all levels of the COMPASS, ASSET, and ACCUPLACER exams. These exams, given by colleges country-wide, are taken by students to place them into the appropriate courses. Placing... |
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5 Steps to a 5 AP Statistics 2017
Duane C Hinders - McGraw-Hill Education ;
Format: Print book
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Get ready for your AP Statistics exam with this straightforward, easy-to-follow study guideThe wildly popular test prep guide -- updated and enhanced for smartphone users -- 5 Steps to a 5: AP Statistics 2017 provides a proven strategy to achieving high scores on this demanding Advanced... |
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Geometry For Dummies
Mark Ryan - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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Hit the geometry wall? Get up and running with this no-nonsense guide! Does the thought of geometry make you jittery? You're not alone. Fortunately, this down-to-earth guide helps you approach it from a new angle, making it easier than ever to conquer your fears and score your highest... |
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Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science
Richard Dawkins - Ecco Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely... |
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Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth
Judith D. Schwartz - Chelsea Green Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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From the Publisher"Judith Schwartz reminds us that sustainable range management is as much about the microbes in the soil and their feedback loops with cattle as it is about the cattle themselves. When I finally go home on the range to be composted, I want to be part of the miraculous... |
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GED Test Mathematical Reasoning Review
Learning Express. - Learning Express
Format: Print book
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This comprehensive guide offers complete preparation to pass the GED Mathematical Reasoning Test. Inside is an in-depth review of every math concept tested on the exam, along with test-like practice questions and complete answer explanations. Inside, test-takers will find a diagnostic math... |
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501 algebra questions
Mark A McKibben - LearningExpress
Format: Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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Using a self-paced, multiple-choice approach that moves from basic questions to more difficult ones, this guide of practice questions teaches students to successfully prepare for all the different types of algebra questions on standardized tests. The book covers the full range of math concepts... |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far: Why Are We Here?
Lawrence M Krauss - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing, and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world of reality - a grand poetic vision... |
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The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
Jim Bell - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission - told by a scientist who was there from the beginning.The Voyager spacecraft are our farthest-flung emissaries - 11.3 billion miles away from the crew who built and still operate them, decades since their launch.Voyager... |
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The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future
Peter Moore - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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In 1865 Admiral Robert FitzRoy locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, FitzRoy's storm warning system and "forecasts" would return, the model for what we use today.In an age when a storm... |
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Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
Jason Padgett - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of an ordinary man who was transformed when a traumatic injury left him with an extraordinary giftNo 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... |
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The Inheritance: A Family on the Front Lines of the Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease
Niki Kapsambelis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring race against time: The courageous, hopeful story of the one family who may hold the key to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.Every sixty-nine seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Of the top ten killers, it is the only disease for which there is no cure... |
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Welcome to the universe : an astrophysical tour
Neil deGrasse Tyson - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught... |
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Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved
Darren Naish - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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Dinosaurs are one of the most spectacular groups of animals that have ever existed. Many were fantastic, bizarre creatures that still capture our imagination: the super-predator Tyrannosaurus, the plate-backed Stegosaurus, and the long-necked, long-tailed Diplodocus. Dinosaurs: The Ultimate... |
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Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature
Nick Davies - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Print book
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The familiar call of the common cuckoo, "cuck-oo," has been a harbinger of spring ever since our ancestors walked out of Africa many thousands of years ago. However, for naturalist and scientist Nick Davies, the call is an invitation to solve an enduring puzzle: how does the cuckoo... |
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Basic Math and Pre-Algebra For Dummies
Mark Zegarelli - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293637) was previously published as Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118791981) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should... |
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Physics I Workbook For Dummies
Steven Holzner - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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Unleash your inner Einstein and score higher in physics Do you have a handle on basic physics terms and concepts, but your problem-solving skills could use some static friction? Physics I Workbook For Dummies helps you build upon what you already know to learn how to solve the most common... |
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On the Move: A Life
Oliver Sacks - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move... |
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Mindware : tools for smart thinking
Richard E Nisbett - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. 2015
Format: Print book
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A psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics, including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, and causation and correlation. |
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Light: The Visible Spectrum and Beyond
Kimberly K Arcand - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A visual exploration of the power and behavior of light, across the electromagnetic spectrum, and how it affects life on earth and everything in the Universe. |
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Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World
Kathleen M. Eisenhardt - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: eBook
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HOW SIMPLICITY TRUMPS COMPLEXITY IN NATURE, BUSINESS, AND LIFE Complexity surrounds us. We have too much email, juggle multiple remotes, and hack through thickets of regulations from phone contracts to health plans. But complexity isn’t destiny. Sull and Eisenhardt argue there’s... |
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started... |
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Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects
Scott Richard Shaw - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth - and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw - millions and millions of insect species. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches of outer... |
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CVs, Resumes, and LinkedIn: A Guide to Professional English
Adrian Wallwork - Springer; 2014 edition
Format: Book
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Are you a graduate, postgraduate or PhD student? Are you simply looking for a new job in the private or public sector, in research or industry? If your aim is to produce a professional CV or resume, then this book is for you. Based on interviews with recruiters and HR managers, and an analysis... |
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How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets
Paul Abel - Pegasus Books
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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Now: The Physics of Time
R Muller - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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"Now" is a simple yet elusive concept.You are reading the word "now" right now. But what does that mean? What makes the ephemeral moment "now" so special? Its enigmatic character has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine... |
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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
Trevor Cox - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
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... |
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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
Lewis Dartnell - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch?If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, perhaps from a viral pandemic or catastrophic asteroid impact, what would be the one book you would want to press into the hands of the postapocalyptic survivors? What... |
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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
Jeffrey Bennett - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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It is common knowledge that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion Yet as bestselling author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out black holes dont suck With that simple idea in hand Bennett begins an entertaining... |
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The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Interpreted Through Modern Science
Steve Jones - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed geneticist Steve Jones, the story of the Bible as told through the lens of modern science. In The Serpent's Promise, Steve Jones retells many of the Biblical tales in the light of modern science. Are we all descended from a real-life Adam and Eve? Are some—or all—of... |
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Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission
Marc Kaufman - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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With images never published before, many with surprising colors and landscapes that make you want to spend your next vacation on Mars, this is the one and only book written in consultation with NASA scientists that explains everything, detail by detail and moment by moment, about the most... |
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Is That a Fact?: Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life
Joe Schwarcz - ECW Press
Format: Paperback
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Eat this and live to 100. Dont, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and whats best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz carefully... |
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Body by Darwin: How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine
Jeremy Taylor - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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We think of medical science and doctors as focused on treating conditions - whether it's a cough or an aching back. But the sicknesses and complaints that cause us to seek medical attention actually have deeper origins than the superficial germs and behaviors we regularly fault. In fact,... |
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Cracking the AP Calculus AB Exam, 2015 Edition
Princeton Review - Princeton Review; 1 edition
Format: Book
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SCORE A PERFECT 5. Equip yourself to ace the AP Calculus AB Exam with The Princeton Reviews comprehensive study guideincluding thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, and 3 full-length practice tests with complete answer explanations.... |
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The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora
Michael Largo - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Book
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David Attenborough meets Lemony Snicket in The Big Bad Book of Botany Michael Largos entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the worlds most amazing and bizarre plants their history and their loreThe Big Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild wonderful and weird... |
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Animal Stories: Encounters with Alaska's Wildlife
Bill Sherwonit - Alaska Northwest Books; New edition
Format: Print book
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These timeless, beautifully written essays share encounters and observations on a variety of Alaskan wildlife and include natural history information. They have a wide reach, in a number of ways. Besides essays about Alaska’s best-known and most charismatic animals—for instance... |
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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
Jeffrey Bennett - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining... |
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The Cellulite Myth: Its Not Fat, Its Fascia
Ashley Black - Post Hill Press
Format: Paperback
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As Seen on the Today Show! The USA Today Bestseller! The last book youll ever need about cellulite, and the first book you need to take control and change your health forever! . Forget everything youve ever been told about cellulite - its a myth! Ashley Black, fascia pioneer, and body... |
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Idiot's Guides: Algebra I
Carolyn Wheater - Alpha
Format: Print book
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Starting with the very basics and reinforcing concepts with practice and tips along the way, Idiot's Guides: Algebra I makes a complex subject easier to grasp and helps students and adult learners clear the hurdle that can stand between them and their academic goals. Special sidebars... |
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Planet Heart: How an Unhealthy Environment Leads to Heart Disease
François Reeves - Greystone Books
Format: Book
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We've all heard the risk factors for cardiovascular disease: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, stress, and a sedentary lifestyle. But what about our environment Despite almost 500 recent studies that show the links between air and water quality, biodiversity,... |
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Chemistry Review in 20 Minutes a Day
LearningExpress - LearningExpress
Format: Paperback
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Completely rewritten and updated to reflect current curriculums, this book will give you all the tools you need to master essential chemistry skills in no time at all. Whether you're preparing for an exam, tackling challenging homework problems for class, or just trying to refresh your... |
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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
Edward O. Wilson - Liveright Publishing Corp, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature.In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most... |
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Beyond the God Particle
Leon M. Lederman - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled.On July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson--aka the God Particle--was discovered at the worlds largest particle accelerator, the LHC,... |
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Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees
Bob Berman - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover
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From the speed of light to moving mountains--and everything in between--ZOOM explores how the universe and its objects move.If you sit as still as you can in a quiet room, you might be able to convince yourself that nothing is moving. But air currents are still wafting around you. Blood... |
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Cracking the AP Statistics Exam, 2017 Edition
Princeton Review. - Princeton Review
Format: Print book
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5. Equip yourself to ace the AP Statistics Exam with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide - including thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, access to our AP Connect portal online, and 2 full-length... |
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Algebra Success in 20 Minutes a Day
LearningExpress - LearningExpress
Format: Book : English : Fifth editionView all editions and formats
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Whether youre new to algebra or just looking for a refresher, Algebra Success in 20 Minutes a Day offers a 20-step lesson plan that provides quick and thorough instruction in practical, critical skills. Stripped of unnecessary math jargon but bursting with algebra essentials, this handy... |
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Pyrite: A Natural History of Fool's Gold
David Rickard - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Most people have heard of pyrite, the brassy yellow mineral sometimes known as fool's gold. Pyrite behaves like stone and shines like metal, and its dual nature makes it a source of both metals and sulfur. Despite being the most common sulfide mineral on the earth's surface, pyrite's... |
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Calculus Success in 20 Minutes a Day
Editors of LearningExpress LLC - Learningexpress, Llc; 2nd Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Calculus Success in 20 Minutes a Day gives students tools to master essential skills in short, easy-to-manage lessons. Whether you're preparing for exams, tackling homework problems, or trying to refresh skills, this book is your key to success. This comprehensive guide includes: A pretest,... |
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Count Like an Egyptian: A Hands-on Introduction to Ancient Mathematics
David Reimer - Princeton University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasnt a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. In fact, it cant be understood using our current computational methods. Count Like an Egyptian provides a fun, hands-on... |
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The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution
Henry Gee - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet, the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary imagination, and new fossil discoveries... |
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Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG - St. Martin's Press
Format: Book
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From Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate change are concrete, immediate, and immense. They explore climate change solutions that will make the world... |
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Cracking the AP Statistics Exam, 2016 Edition
Princeton Review - Princeton Review
Format: Print book
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5. Equip yourself to ace the AP Statistics Exam with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide - including thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, access to our AP Connect portal online, and 2 full-length... |
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg - Penguin Group USA
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 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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Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe
Lee Smolin - Mariner Books; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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"If you are looking for a bracing alternative vision of physics built from the ground up, Smolin's Time Reborn will take you to the mountaintop." — NPR What is time? It’s the sort of question we rarely ask because it seems so obvious. And yet, to a physicist,... |
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101 Objects to See in the Night Sky
Robin Scagell - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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The perfect starter astronomy guide to night viewing. 101 Objects to See in the Night Sky is a fun and practical guide to identifying and observing 101 of the most fascinating and exciting sights in the northern night sky. Designed for newcomers to astronomy, the book explains what... |
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The Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Helen Scales - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Print book
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Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet. But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close. That hasn't stopped people... |
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501 math word problems
Mark A McKibben; LearningExpress - Learning Express
Format: Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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Offers targeted practice on solving word problems. Questions are divided into six chapters to focus on algebra, geometry, fractions, percents, decimals, and miscellaneous math that range from easy to advanced problem solving. |
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Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
Rachel Swaby - Broadway Books
Format: Print book
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Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history's brightest female scientists. In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: "She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise... |
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Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
Helen Czerski - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial.Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos... |
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Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Carlo Rovelli - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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"The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they're calling the next Stephen Hawking." - The Times MagazineFrom the New York Times-bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.What... |
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Time Travel
James Gleick - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book
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From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. The story begins at the turn of the previous century,... |
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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention
Matt Richtel - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technologys vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic texting-while-driving car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006.In... |
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Coral Reefs: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Sheppard - Oxford University Press
Format: Book
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Coral reefs have been long regarded with awe by the millions of people who have encountered them over the centuries. Early seafarers were wary of them, naturalists were confused by them, yet many coastal people benefited greatly from these mysterious rocky structures that grew up to the surface... |
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The Secret Life of the Periodic Table: Unlocking the Mysteries of All 118 Elements
Ben Still Dr - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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The Secret Life of the Periodic Table uncovers the fascinating stories behind the formulation of the table. It describes how and who discovered the 118 elements, and the competition and cooperation behind scientific advances. The character of the elements is brought to life in a bright... |
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Tracks and shadows : field biology as art
Harry W Greene - University of California Press
Format: Book : Biography : State or province government publication : English
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Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature,... |
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Math Workout for the GED Test
Princeton Review. - Random House, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Get the extra practice you need for the excellent GED Mathematical Reasoning section score you want!The Math portion of the GED test is often considered the hardest part of the whole exam - and with the lowest average student scores and pass rates, doing well on this section can be tough!... |
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Cracking the AP Calculus AB Exam, 2017 Edition
David S Kahn - Penguin Random House
Format: Print book
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SCORE A PERFECT 5 ON THE NEW 2017 EXAM!Equip yourself to ace the NEW AP Calculus AB Exam with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide - including thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, access to our AP Connect portal online,... |
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The Stars: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Cosmos
Dk. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book
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The definitive visual guide to exploring all the marvels of the stars, the Milky Way, and the universe beyond.Chart the wonders of the cosmos in our own solar system and beyond with The Stars. Packed with 3-D artworks of each constellation and incredible new imagery from the Hubble... |
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The Predator Paradox: Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes
John Shivik - Beacon Press (MA)
Format: Hardcover
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An expert in wildlife management tells the stories of those who are finding new ways for humans and mammalian predators to coexist. Stories of backyard bears and cat-eating coyotes are becoming increasingly common, even for people living in non-rural areas. And that might not be a bad thing... |
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Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe
Louisa Preston - Bloomsbury Sigma
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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Cracking the AP Calculus BC Exam, 2017 Edition
Princeton Review. - Princeton Review
Format: Print book
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SCORE A PERFECT 5 ON THE NEW 2017 EXAM!Equip yourself to ace the NEW AP Calculus BC Exam with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide - including thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, access to our AP Connect portal online,... |
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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
Trevor J Cox - W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
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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