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A Brief Tour of Higher Consciousness: A Cosmic Book on the Mechanics of Creation

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Report copyright infringementby Itzhak Bentov (Author)A lighthearted yet profound guide to the realms of higher consciousness and the ultimate nature of reality. - Explains some of the most difficult concepts of physics and heightened consciousness in ways that are easily understood. - Presents a model for the interaction of the universe and human thought that has profound implications for our future. All aboard for the excursion of a lifetime as Itzhak Bentov, the celebrated engineer, invent...

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by Paul D. Taylor (Author)With stunning images and an expert guide, explore the world of fossils to uncover the story of life on Earth, from the origins of new life to mass extinctions. Ancient Earth seems like an alien world. But the fossil record can help reveal the mysteries of the organisms that have lived on our planet since its formation some 4,600 million years ago. In this engaging and beautifully illustrated book, world-renowned paleontologist Paul D. Taylor provides a comprehensive...

Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter's Journey Into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination - Hardcover

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by Sadie Dingfelder (Author)An award-winning science writer discovers she's faceblind and investigates the neuroscience of sight, memory, and imagination--while solving some long-running mysteries about her own life. Science writer Sadie Dingfelder has always known that she's a little quirky. But while she's made some strange mistakes over the years, it's not until she accosts a stranger in a grocery store (whom she thinks is her husband) that she realizes something is amiss. With a mixture...

Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths - Hardcover

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by Eugenia Cheng (Author)One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at math--focusing on questions, not answers Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiosity--most importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to those who think that math is about finding the one right answer, or those who were told that the "dumb" question they ...

Self-Defense: A Myth-Busting Guide to Immune Health

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel M. Davis (Author)"Utterly absorbing. Nearly every paragraph brings a revelation."--Bill Bryson - "Wise, and beautifully written. . . . It will change the way you think about your body and live your life."--Chris van Tulleken - "This great book from a world expert offers practical tips and dispels many myths."--Tim Spector A world-renowned scientist offers a much-needed analysis of what it takes to have good immune health--helping readers navigate what ca...

Zoology: Inside the Secret World of Animals

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Report copyright infringementby DK (Author), Smithsonian Institution (Contribution by)See the animal kingdom in all its glory, from jellyfish to polar bears, with up-close details of their unique features from head to toe. Filled with magnificent photographs that were specially commissioned for this book and cannot be seen anywhere else. Written in association with the Smithsonian Institution. This visual reference book starts with the question "what is an animal?" and takes you through the ...

General Relativity: A Concise Introduction - Paperback

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by Steven Carlip (Author)Einstein's general theory of relativity -- currently our best theory of gravity -- is important not only to specialists, but to a much wider group of physicists. This short textbook on general relativity and gravitation offers students glimpses of the vast landscape of science connected to general relativity. It incorporates some of the latest research in the field. The book is aimed at readers with a broad range of interests in physics, from cosmology, to gravitation...

The Mushroom Hunters: A Hidden World of Food, Money, and (Mostly Legal) Adventure

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Report copyright infringementby Langdon Cook (Author)"A beautifully written portrait of the people who collect and distribute wild mushrooms . . . food and nature writing at its finest."--Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia "A rollicking narrative . . . Cook [delivers] vivid and cinematic scenes on every page."--The Wall Street Journal In the dark corners of America's forests grow culinary treasures. Chefs pay top dollar to showcase these elusive and enchanting ingredients on their menus. Whet...

Putting Properties First: A Platonic Metaphysics for Natural Modality - Hardcover

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by Matthew Tugby (Author)Putting Properties First considers the metaphysics of natural science. It develops and defends a contemporary metaphysical theory of natural modality called 'Modal Platonism', which puts properties first in the metaphysical hierarchy. According to this theory, natural properties-such as mass and charge-are fundamental entities which ground the laws of nature and the behavioural dispositions of physical things. This theory differs from other 'properties-first' approach...

The Family Dynamic: A Journey Into the Mystery of Sibling Success

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Dominus (Author)What explains those rare families that boast multiple siblings who achieve extraordinary success? An award-winning New York Times journalist weaves story with science to explore the circumstances that set those families apart. "At once clear-eyed and compassionate, The Family Dynamic uncovers how parents--and siblings--shape and fuel individual success."--Lisa Damour, bestselling author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers An Olympic athlet...

Environmental Gerontology in Europe and Latin America: Policies and Perspectives on Environment and Aging

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Report copyright infringementby Diego Sánchez-González (Editor), Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez (Editor)This book looks at the relationships between the physical-social environment and the elderly in Europe and Latin America, from the Environmental Gerontology perspective and through geographical and psychosocial approaches. It addresses the main environmental issues of population ageing, based on an understanding of the complex relationships, adjustments and adaptations between different enviro...

The Complete Book of Spacecraft: Rockets, Shuttles, Satellites, and Space Stations

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Report copyright infringementby Michael H. Gorn (Author), Giuseppe de Chiara (Illustrator), Davide Sivolella (Author)Marvel at the history of space exploration through its daring vehicles, exhaustively chronicled in this authoritative volume featuring more than 250 artworks. In 1957, the world looked on with both uncertainty and amazement as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made orbiter. Sputnik 1 would spend three months circling Earth every 98 minutes and cover 71 million ...

Solar System: A Visual Exploration of All the Planets, Moons, and Other Heavenly Bodies That Orbit Our Sun--Updated Edition - Hardcover

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by Marcus Chown (Author)An astonishing journey through space and time. Experience all the wonders of our interplanetary neighborhood through fascinating text, original graphics, and stunning photographs. Never before have the wonders of our solar system been so immediately accessible to readers of all ages. Award-winning writer and broadcaster Marcus Chown combines science and history to explore the planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and more, as well as the historical figures ...

Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins

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Report copyright infringementby Niayesh Afshordi (Author), Phil Halper (Author)A thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality. By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of ...

The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Preston (Author)A lively and revelatory journey through the evolution of caretaking on Earth, from animal parents to modern-day humans, making the case that caring for children and one another made us who we are Poison frog fathers carry tadpoles on their backs. Killer whale grandmothers hunt to feed their adult sons. Tropical birds incubate their friends' eggs. Spider moms let their hatchlings eat them alive. Around the world, animals from the exotic...

The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book - Paperback

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by Charles Liu (Author)Quantum physics helps explain many mysteries of the universe. It underpins everything, but it need not be quantum difficult with this informative, accessible, easy-to-follow guide to the fundamentals and concepts of quantum physics and our quantum universe! Quantum physics is all around us. It's in electrical lights, lasers, and the color of the sky. Without it, the sun wouldn't shine. It even explains how human eyes work. With its role in photosynthesis, it literally ...

Breathe Happy: Optimize Your Sleep, Looks, and Health

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Report copyright infringementby Coral Tieu (Author)We are living in an epidemic of mouth breathing, sleep apnea, and weak jawlines because orthodontists and the medical community have been getting airway health wrong for decades. Millions of people struggle with fatigue, snoring and teeth clenching, without ever realizing they have a correctable problem. This groundbreaking book helps you identify what is blocking your breathing and walks you through how to fix it. It also empowers you as a p...

Integrating Computing into the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum

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Report copyright infringementby Marcos D. Caballero (Editor)For decades, physics education has remained largely unchanged, even as computation has become central to modern science. This book highlights how educators around the world are integrating computational thinking into undergraduate physics courses.Through case studies and practical examples, contributors share their strategies for curriculum design, learning objectives, and navigating institutional challenges. The book also offers sam...

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Highly Efficient Methods for Sulfur Vulcanization Techniques, Results and Implications: Selection and Management of Rubber Curatives

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Report copyright infringementby Ali Ansarifar (Author)In this book, two new methods are described and supported by extensive experimental results that measure the amounts of a sulfur-donor thiuram accelerator and a sulfenamide thiazole accelerator needed to provide monomolecular coverage of zinc oxide. These methods use zinc oxide with only one accelerator and no stearic acid to produce two single additives, that can efficiently cure rubber, despite using fewer chemicals. This is a departure ...

Science in the Real World: A simplified story of how technology using chemistry and physics is used in the real world of industry

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Report copyright infringementby Alan McGown (Author)This is a book for secondary school students in years 7 to 10 and is intended to show the readers that there are many applications of science in industry. Whether you already have an interest in Science or are not sure what Science is, then this book is designed to show you in a simplified way, how science is used in the real world. This book does not compete with existing texts, but aims to give students a few examples of how science is use...

Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife - Hardcover

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by Nancy Lawson (Author)"This gorgeously written, well-argued title will help backyard gardeners see all creatures, from insects to elk, as visitors to be welcomed rather than pests to be removed. . . . Highly recommended for gardeners at all levels in all regions." --Library Journal Starred Review A philosophical and practical guide for the gardener who wants to create a backyard garden in harmony with nature. An eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, The Humane Gardener "...

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future - Paperback

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by David Attenborough (Author), Jonnie Hughes (With)In this scientifically informed account of the changes in nature over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. *Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Lawrence (Author)For thousands of years, people have whispered about Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch), a giant, hairy, ape-like creature who lives secretly in the forests of North America. Are these just legends, or is it possible that there is a mysterious and secretive animal roaming the woods of the Northwest? If so, what new things could this tell us about human history and society?History's Mysteries Graded Readers bring controversies in history al...

Kitaaba Wal- Hikmata: 'Manifested Nature and the Utility of One's Upright Logic' vol 1

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Report copyright infringementby Jamir Ahmed Choudhury (Author)I have searched out my Solidified Solid Human Rights and have formalised my searched out findings in a Logical Method called Dictum De Omni ET Nullo [Deductive Method or Mathematical Method or Cartesian Method] in the two volumes of 'Kitaaba Wal-Hikmata' or 'Manifested Nature and the Utility of One's Upright Logic'. In other words, the searched out 62 [sixty two] findings shared in the 'Kitaaba Wal-Hikmata' or 'Manifested Nature an...

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Knox (Author)A COURSE IN SPECTACULAR CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CURIOUS MATURE STUDENTSText questions with answers after every chapter.The book engages with the science and technology of energy supply and consumption, in 41 easy 'lessons', with latest thinking in climate science. Each lesson has discussion with students of the physics of energy, energy technologies, dietary energy, climate theories, infrared radiation, pollution, nuclear e...

Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Caruso (Author), Dani Rabaiotti (Author)From the scientist duo behind True or Poo?, their original New York Times bestselling sensation--a scientifically precise, fully illustrated, utterly hilarious guide to animal flatulence. Dogs do it. Millipedes do it. Dinosaurs did it. You do it. I do it. Octopuses don't (and nor do octopi). Spiders might do it: more research is needed. Birds don't do it, but they could if they wanted to. Herrings do it to communica...

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Report copyright infringementby Jackson R. Richter (Author)The OFF Center Fed Antenna is the simplest antenna that anyone can install. It will allow you to operate on 7 to 8 different bands depending on the leg lengths. This antenna will outperform the standard center fed dipole when operating on its harmonics. You'll be amazed how well this antenna will work for you. This book explains the advantage of using this type antenna using a single wire and a balun transformer. This book also explai...

Artificial Knowledge of Language: A Linguist's Perspective on Its Nature, Origins and Use

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Report copyright infringementby José-Luis Mendívil-Giró (Editor)The central question that this volume seeks to answer is: What are the similarities and differences between how human beings know language and how artificial intelligence knows language? The recent development and popularization of artificial intelligence systems called Large Language Models (such as ChatGPT) have led to a proliferation of opinions regarding the relevance of these systems beyond the practical purposes for which t...

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Kingsford (Author)An essential introduction to the building blocks of modern text processing String algorithms make it possible to process, store, and manipulate text with computational efficiency, with applications ranging from search engines and social networks that regularly process terabytes of information to areas like genomics, where the genome of an organism can be encoded as a long string of letters. This book provides an incisive introduction to t...

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Report copyright infringementby Cause0 (Author)Thanks to you, "You, the Machine" has already hit #1 Amazon Bestseller in Science & Math Ethics and Bestseller in the AI & Semantics, Computer Science, Social Aspects of the Internet, and Tech Culture & Computer Literacy Kindle categories."You, the Machine" is a timely and unorthodox work that explores the evolving relationship between humans and the "machines" we've built, first of rule and metal, and now of code, with Artificial Int...

The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human Uniqueness

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Report copyright infringementby Leslie Valiant (Author)Why you should worry less about AI and more about what makes us human We are at a crossroads in history. If we hope to share our planet successfully with one another and the AI systems we are creating, we must reflect on who we are, how we got here, and where we are heading. The Importance of Being Educable puts forward a provocative new exploration of the extraordinary facility of humans to absorb and apply knowledge. The remarkable "edu...