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The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion--Surprising Observations of a Hidden World - Paperback

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by Peter Wohlleben (Author), Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (Foreword by), Jane Billinghurst (Translator)From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees."The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. This book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do."--Sy Montgomery, bestselling author of The Soul of an OctopusThrough vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scient...

Rocks & Minerals of Washington and Oregon: A Field Guide to the Evergreen and Beaver States

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Report copyright infringementby Dan R. Lynch (Author), Bob Lynch (Author)Get this must-have guide for Washington and Oregon, featuring full-color photographs and information to help you identify rocks and minerals. Identify and collect rocks and minerals with the perfect guide to the Pacific Northwest! With this famous field guide by Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch, field identification is simple and informative. The book features comprehensive entries for 124 rocks and minerals, from common rocks...

Statistical Mechanics: A Set Of Lectures - Paperback

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by Richard P. Feynman (Author)This classic graduate lecture note volume on statistical mechanics focuses on Physics, rather than mathematics. It provides a concise introduction to basic concepts and a clear presentation of difficult topics, while challenging the student to reflect upon as yet unanswered questions.Author BiographyRichard P. Feynman was raised in Far Rockaway, New York, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton. He held professorships at both Cornell and the California Institute of...

Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa S. Gardiner (Author)How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the Anthropocene With rising global temperatures, pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification, and other problems caused by humans, there's no question that today's coral reefs are in trouble. As predictions about the future of these ecosystems grow increasingly dire, scientists are looking in an unlikely place for new ways to save corals: the past. The reefs of yesteryear fac...

Culture and Cosmos Vol 20 1 and 2: Marriage of Heaven and Earth

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas Campion (Editor)This issue of Culture and Cosmos includes edited papers based on presentations at the 2014 Sophia Centre Conference titled 'The Marriage of Heaven and Earth'. The notion of marriage as the creative and productive union of archetypal forces, powers or entities is shamelessly borrowed from the alchemical tradition. As is in previous years conference explored a range of topics covered by the umbrella term 'cultural astronomy and astrology'...

The Time Thief: The Broken Promise of Our Buildings and the Fight for the Air We Breath

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Report copyright infringementby Simon Jones (Author)Think about our buildings for a moment. They had one important job. It was an evolutionary bargain with our environment: we build structures to protect us from the elements and keep predators out.Objectively, however, we are failing. Somewhere along the way, we forgot the mammal inside the box. We became obsessed with the box itself, how energy, efficient it is, how airtight we can make it, and how cheaply we can stack it. In doing so, we br...

Grassland Management for Sustainable Agroecosystems

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Report copyright infringementby Abad Chabbi (Guest Editor), Gianni Bellocchi (Guest Editor)This book is a remarkable work that brings together the most recent international research on grassland management, covering a broad range of topics and geographical areas. The different contributions explore the complex relationships between landscape, climate features, and soil fertility with the support of observational data and modeling. Clearly, this is a wide and multifaceted area of research that...

Covid-19 in Italy: Social Behavior and Governmental Policies

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Report copyright infringementby Lucia Velotti (Author), Gabriella Punziano (Author), Felice Addeo (Author)As the COVID-19 crisis began to take shape, all eyes were on Italy, the first Western country to attempt a response to the deadly pandemic. For institutional decision makers and average citizens alike, it was a time of deep uncertainty. As scientists struggled to understand the nature of the virus and how it spread, the gradualness with which information became available caused only deepe...

The Music Advantage: How Music Helps Your Child Develop, Learn, and Thrive

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Report copyright infringementby Anita Collins (Author)An expert in cognitive development and music education reveals the remarkable and surprising benefits that playing--or even appreciating--music offers to children. The latest cognitive research has revealed something extraordinary: learning music and listening to music can grow and repair our brains at any age. Here, Dr. Anita Collins explains how music has the potential to positively benefit almost all aspects of a child's development, wh...

Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China

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Report copyright infringementby J. Tong (Author)This book examines how the news media in general, and investigative journalism in particular, interprets environmental problems and how those interpretations contribute to the shaping of a discourse of risk that can compete against the omnipresent and hegemonic discourse of modernisation in Chinese society.Author BiographyJingrong Tong is Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK, and author of Investigative Journalism in China: Journalism, Po...

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Report copyright infringementby Wm H. (William Henry) Meadowcroft (Author)Delve into the remarkable life of one of history's most influential inventors with "The boys' life of Edison," a compelling biography by William Meadowcroft. Explore the early years and groundbreaking achievements of Thomas Edison, the visionary behind life-changing innovations in electricity and beyond. This meticulously prepared edition chronicles Edison's journey, offering a fascinating glimpse into the world of scie...

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Report copyright infringementby Craig Vear (Editor)The Routledge International Handbook of Practice-Based Research presents a cohesive framework with which to conduct practice-based research or to support, manage and supervise practice-based researchers. It has been written with an inclusive approach, with the intention of presenting deep and meaningful knowledge for the benefit of all readers.This handbook has been designed to present specific detail of practice-based research by outlining i...

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...

Discovery Engineering in Physical Science: Case Studies for Grades 6-12

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Report copyright infringementby Emily Cayton (Author), Gina Childers (Author)Who knew that gecko feet inspired scientists to develop a stickier adhesive or that cockleburs in dog fur led to the invention of Velcro? Discovery Engineering in Physical Science uses these and other surprising cases of innovations sparked by accidental observations to teach about the amazing role of serendipity in science. The case studies in this new resource are a lively way to integrate engineering into your phy...

Shining Art on Light: Colorful Insights - Paperback

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by James T. Dakin (Author) Number of Pages: 166 Dimensions: 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2024

Mastering Python for Bioinformatics: How to Write Flexible, Documented, Tested Python Code for Research Computing - Paperback

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by Ken Youens-Clark (Author)Life scientists today urgently need training in bioinformatics skills. Too many bioinformatics programs are poorly written and barely maintained, usually by students and researchers who've never learned basic programming skills. This practical guide shows postdoc bioinformatics professionals and students how to exploit the best parts of Python to solve problems in biology while creating documented, tested, reproducible software. Ken Youens-Clark, author of Tiny Py...

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

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Report copyright infringementby Laurence Gonzales (Author)Laurence Gonzales's bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers' everyday lives. Its mix of adventure narrative, survival science, and practical advice has inspired everyone from business leaders to military officers, educators, and psychiatric professionals on how to take control of stress, learn to assess risk, and make better decisions under pressure. Nu...

The Lives of Seaweeds: A Natural History of Our Planet's Seaweeds and Other Algae - Hardcover

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by Julie A. Phillips (Author)An engaging and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of seaweeds and other algae As photosynthetic organisms, seaweeds and other algae transfer billions of tons of carbon globally from the atmosphere to the deep ocean each year. Coming in all manner of colors, shapes, and sizes, from bioluminescent single-celled algae to giant kelps, they form the basis of most marine food webs, and are found in almost all environments on the planet. Touted as the...

Science of Stretch: Reach Your Flexible Potential, Stay Active, Maximize Mobility - Paperback

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by Leada Malek (Author) Explore new movements and alleviate stiff joints with more than 100 exercises designed to keep you flexible, energized, and active for life. Pain and stiffness can create fear and uncertainty in our ability to move, affecting quality of life. Exercise has continuously proven to be beneficial against disease, yet people are becoming increasingly sedentary. More than a quarter of the world's population is insufficiently active and it's time we remove barriers to exercis...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Alden (Author), Laura Cunningham (Illustrator)Now in paperback: This San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and California Book Award finalist drills down into Oakland's geological history and its impacts on the city's urban present."This book has turned me into a newcomer to my own city, but has also changed the way I will view any landscape. I can think of few greater gifts than that."--Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing and Saving Time"Spending time...

The Chemical Elements Coloring and Activity Book - Paperback

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by Ellen Johnston McHenry (Author)A coloring and activity book for ages 10 to adult. All 118 elements are included, with information about its discovery, examples of molecules it will form, and pictures of how the element might be used in industry, medicine, the military, research, and fine arts. Most elements have a full spread, with both left and right pages. This book is a valuable resource for information even for those who don't like to color. In addition to the coloring pages, there are...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Smith (Author)In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing comes this edition of journalist Andrew Smith's Moondust, now updated with a new Afterword, that tells the fascinating story of twelve astronauts who ventured to space, and his interviews with nine of the surviving men.The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all j...

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by DK (Author), Smithsonian Institution (Contribution by)A beautiful guide to Earth's wildlife and natural history, including its rocks, minerals, animals, plants, fungi, microorganisms and more! Introducing The Natural History Book - a complete guide to the nature and wildlife of our world and written by a worldwide team of natural history experts. In the 11 years since the book was originally released, thousands of new species have been identified, and new revelations have redrawn the tree ...

Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology

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Report copyright infringementby Miranda Lundy (Author), Daud Sutton (Author), Anthony Ashton (Author)The quadrivium-the classical curriculum-comprises the four liberal arts of number, geometry, music, and cosmology. It was studied from antiquity to the Renaissance as a way of glimpsing the nature of reality. Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and cosmology expresses number in space and time. Number, music, and geometry are metaphysical truths: life across the universe inves...

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

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Report copyright infringementby Albert Einstein (Author)An easy to understand collection of the ideas of one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century including the idea he is most known for, the theory of relativity Redesigned inside and out to have a fresh, appealing look, this new edition of a classic Crown Trade Paperback is a collection of Einstein's own popular writings on his work and describes the meaning of his main theories in a way virtually everyone can understand.Front ...

Human Flourishing: Scientific Insight and Spiritual Wisdom in Uncertain Times - Hardcover

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by Andrew Briggs (Author), Michael J. Reiss (Author)'A careful and thoughtful provocation' (Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury) Ambitiously placed at the intersection of scientific insights and spiritual wisdom, Human Flourishing prompts us to reflect on what constitutes a good life and the choices that can help achieve it. For thousands of years, humans have asked 'Why we are here?' and 'What makes for a good life?' At different times, different answers have held sway. Nowadays, there ...

This Phenomenal Life: The Amazing Ways We Are Connected with Our Universe - Paperback

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by Misha Blaise (Author)Entertaining, colorful, and deceptively full of facts, This Phenomenal Life tells the story of the wondrous ways that humans are always completely at one with our surrounding world. From the vast galaxies above to the miniature microbes within, humans are organically connected to the complex cycles and mysterious processes of our universe. Every single atom of our body is made of remnants of stars and massive explosions in the galaxies, and we share the same biochemica...

National Geographic Concise Atlas of the World, 5th Edition: Authoritative and Complete, with More Than 200 Maps and Illustrations - Paperback

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by National Geographic (Author)With more than 250 maps, graphics, and illustrations, the National Geographic Concise Atlas of the World offers an authoritative and engaging portrayal of the world and all that is in it. Expert, up-to-date maps of the world, every continent, and the United States include physical and political details and boundaries, key data for each continent, plus flags and facts for every country, enhanced with representative photographs portraying themes and regions. Addit...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard W. Ojakangas (Author)You may have heard that Minnesota's ten thousand lakes are the hoofprints of Paul Bunyan's big blue ox, Babe. "Don't you believe it!" writes author Dick Ojakangas. Though the lakes, which formed at the end of the most recent ice age, may be Minnesota's most famous features, the glaciated countryside disguises a much longer history of volcanoes and plate collisions--not surprising when you learn that Minnesota was at the active edge ...

Lessons from a Lifetime: Ninety Years of Inspiration and Activism

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Report copyright infringementby David Suzuki (Author), Ian Hanington (Author)A NATIONAL BESTSELLER This keepsake collection, featuring tributes from Margaret Atwood and Neil Young, captures the essence of a revolutionary life as it celebrates the legacy of environmental icon David Suzuki. Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In Lessons From a Lifetime, Suzuki shares...

Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Bostrom (Author)Bostrom's last book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (OUP, 2014), sparked a global conversation on AI that continues and widens to this day. That book, which despite its academic style became a New York Times bestseller, focused on what would happen if AI goes wrong. But what if AI goes right? Suppose we succeed in developing superintelligence safely and that we make good use of the almost magical powers this unlocks. We woul...

The Wonder of Seashells: Discover the Meaning & Magic of the Ocean's Treasures

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Hobson (Author)Take a deep dive into the meaning and magic of the ocean's diverse and colorful treasures with The Wonder of Seashells. This book is a treasury of stories, science, and history about seashells. Sure to delight and surprise, this visual odyssey of the beauty of seashells reveals how shells enhance and inform the world around us. Exploring coasts and shells from across the globe, each unique shell will suddenly become familiar with The Wond...