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The Pocket Cloud Book Updated Edition: How to Understand the Skies in Association with the Met Office - Hardcover

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by The Met Office (Author), Richard Hamblyn (Author)Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive pocket guide to cloudspotting. Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variability providing food for thought for scientists and daydreamers alike. Clouds may have many individual shapes, but there are a few basic forms. In this definitive guide to the clouds and the skies, Richard Hamblyn introduces you to all the diffe...

Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America - Hardcover

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by Eric R. Eaton (Author), Kenn Kaufman (Author)Comprehensive yet compact, authoritative yet easy to understand, this is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about the fascinating and diverse insects of North America. Many insects are difficult even for the experts to identify, but here readers will find a wealth of information on the amazing observable behaviors of insects and their fascinating life histories. Naturalists Kenn Kaufman and Eric R. Eaton use a broad ecological a...

Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements - Hardcover

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by Paul Strathern (Author)The wondrous and illuminating story of humankind's quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev's dream of the Periodic Table. **One of Bill Gates' Top Five Book Recommendations** In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamed would fundamentally change the way we see the world. Framing this histor...

Roadside Geology of Washington - Paperback

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by Marli B. Miller (Author), Darrel S. Cowan (Author)Washington is alive with geologic activity: It�s home to the most active volcanoes in the lower 48, earthquakes regularly rattle the populated Puget Sound region, the potential of landslides increases with each soaking rain, and tsunami evacuation routes alert tourists in Olympic National Park to the active plate boundary just off the coast. The only geologic hazard Washingtonians need not fear, at least not with the continued trend of glob...

Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Philip V. Mladenov (Author)The oceans are our planet's most distinctive and imposing natural habitat. They cover 71 percent of its surface; support a remarkably diverse and exquisitely adapted array of life forms, from microscopic viruses, bacteria, and plankton to the largest existing animals; and possess many of Earth's most significant, intriguing, and inaccessible ecosystems. In an era in which humans are significantly altering the global environment, the oceans are undergoing rapid an...

Unsettled (Updated and Expanded Edition): What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Steven E. Koonin (Author)In this updated and expanded edition of climate scientist Steven Koonin's groundbreaking book, go behind the headlines to discover the latest eye-opening data about climate change--with unbiased facts and realistic steps for the future. "Greenland's ice loss is accelerating.""Extreme temperatures are causing more fatalities.""Rapid 'climate action' is essential to avoid a future climate disaster." You've heard all this presented as fact...

Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants - Paperback

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by John Drury Clark (Author), Isaac Asimov (Foreword by)A classic work in the history of science, and described as "a good book on rocket stuff...that's a really fun one" by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, readers will want to get their hands on this influential classic, available for the first time in decades. This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This sear...

Constellations: The Story of Space Told Through the 88 Known Star Patterns in the Night Sky - Hardcover

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by Govert Schilling (Author), Wil Tirion (Cartographer)Perfect for stargazers and armchair astronomers of all ages, CONSTELLATIONS is a beautifully illustrated, fascinatingguide to all 88 constellations, including an illustrated star map for each.In CONSTELLATIONS, award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling takes us on an unprecedented visual tour of all 88 constellations in our night sky. Much more than just a stargazer's guide, CONSTELLATIONS is complete history of astronomy as told by...

Musical Illusions and Phantom Words: How Music and Speech Unlock Mysteries of the Brain - Paperback

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by Diana Deutsch (Author)In this ground-breaking synthesis of art and science, Diana Deutsch, one of the world's leading experts on the psychology of music, shows how illusions of music and speech--many of which she herself discovered--have fundamentally altered thinking about the brain. These astonishing illusions show that people can differ strikingly in how they hear musical patterns--differences that reflect variations in brain organization as well as influences of language on music perce...

An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Survey in the Age of Imperialism - Hardcover

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by Edward J. Gillin (Author)During the 1840s and 1850s, the British government financed a world-wide investigation into how the Earth's magnetic phenomena operated, consisting of a network of naval expeditions and colonial observatories. Questions surrounding terrestrial magnetism were not just philosophical, but engendered urgent concerns over accurate navigation, on which Britain's commercial and colonial power relied. The British Magnetic Survey was celebrated at the time as the most exten...

Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Molecular Simulation - Hardcover

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by Mark E. Tuckerman (Author)Scientists are increasingly finding themselves engaged in research problems that cross the traditional disciplinary lines of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and engineering. Because of its broad scope, statistical mechanics is an essential tool for students and more experienced researchers planning to become active in such an interdisciplinary research environment. Powerful computational methods that are based in statistical mechanics allow complex...

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession - Paperback

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by Daniel J. Levitin (Author)In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music--its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it--and the human brain. Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. Drawing on the latest research and on musical exam...

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - Hardcover

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by Yuval Noah Harari (Author)Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This ...

The Craft of Research, Fifth Edition - Paperback

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by Wayne C. Booth (Author), Gregory G. Colomb (Author), Joseph M. Williams (Author)A thoroughly updated edition of a beloved classic that has guided generations of researchers in conducting effective and meaningful research. With more than a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level--from high-school students and first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to researchers in business and government. ...

Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State - Paperback

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by Elizabeth A. Nesbitt (Author), David B. Williams (Author)From trilobites near the Idaho border and primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau to giant bird tracks near Bellingham and curious bear-like beasts on the Olympic Peninsula, fossils across Washington State are filled with clues of past life on Earth. With abundant and well-exposed rock layers, the state has fossils dating from Ice Age mammals only 12,000 years old back to marine invertebrates more than 500 million years old. In Spir...

Megalodon!: The Complete History Of The Largest Predatory Shark That Ever Lived! - Paperback

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by Robert L. Fuqua (Author)This book covers the Megalodon and the evolution of its ancestors going back over 100 million years. It also describes the Megalodon's internal and external physical characteristics based on the fossil record and what we know from related species. MEGALODON! will give you a whole new appreciation of Megalodons and their place in life on the Earth. The author's books are often described as "jam-packed with information". This book definitely lives up to that descripti...

Looking Into the Earth: An Introduction to Geological Geophysics - Paperback

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by Alan E. Mussett (Author), M. Aftab Khan (Author), Sue Button (Illustrator)Looking into the Earth comprehensively describes the principles and applications of both "global" and "exploration" geophysics on all scales. It forms an introduction to geophysics for geologists, civil engineers, environmental scientists, and field archaeologists. The book is organized into two parts: Part 1 describes the geophysical methods, while Part 2 illustrates their use in a number of extended case histories....

Growing Tomatoes That Rock! Heirloom, Hybrid, Vine, & Bush Tomato Care - Paperback

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by James Paris (Author)TIME TO GROW YOUR OWN JUICY TOMATOES BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR!Home grown tomatoes are a world away from the ones available in the supermarkets today, in both appearance and flavour. The watery bland tomatoes that are often on offer in the store, just cannot compare with the crisp firm juiciness of a fresh tomato plucked straight from the vine.Do you have a good sized yard or vegetable garden, a patio area or the space for a plant pot, and a nice sunny space to put it in? I...

Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics - Paperback

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by Lauren Pecorino (Author)Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics offers an accessible, engaging, and optimistic account of cancer biology for undergraduate and graduate students. Using the hallmarks of cancer as a starting point, the book looks at the cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning the transformation of cells into cancer cells. After discussing the theory, each chapter then demonstrates how this knowledge can be directly applied to the development ...

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by Mark Newman (Author)The study of networks, including computer networks, social networks, and biological networks, has attracted enormous interest in the last few years. The rise of the Internet and the wide availability of inexpensive computers have made it possible to gather and analyze network data on an unprecedented scale, and the development of new theoretical tools has allowed us to extract knowledge from networks of many different kinds. The study of networks is broadly interdiscipl...

Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity - Paperback

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by Carlo Rovelli (Author), Simon Carnell (Translator), Erica Segre (Translator)"The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they're calling the next Stephen Hawking." --The Times Magazine From the New York Times-bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and the forthcoming Helgoland, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe. What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? In elegant a...

The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History - Hardcover

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by Robert Lücking (Author), Toby Spribille (Author)A richly illustrated guide to lichens and their biology Existing at the margins of life, lichens are the result of symbiotic relationships between fungi and photosynthesizing partners in the form of algae or cyanobacteria. Comprising more than twenty thousand species, lichens are pioneers in diverse ecosystems, colonizing virtually any surface and growing at almost any altitude. Found in rainforests, polar regions, deserts, and your backyard,...

From Oversight to Overkill: Inside the Broken System That Blocks Medical Breakthroughs--And How We Can Fix It - Hardcover

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by Simon N. Whitney (Author)Medical research saves lives-yet all too often, it is thwarted by a review system supposed to safeguard patients that instead creates needless delays and expense. Institutional Review Boards, which exist at every hospital and medical school that conducts medical research, have ended up imposing such complex, draconian conditions that research is frequently damaged, delayed, and distorted. This is why medical miracles like the COVID-19 vaccines, which were developed...

Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities - Hardcover

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by Marcia Bjornerud (Author), Haley Hagerman (Illustrator)A garden of geologic delights for all Earthlings Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries--from Acasta gneiss to Zircon--this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will delight rockhounds and word lovers alike. Geoscientists are magpies for words, and with good reason. The sheer profusion of minerals, landf...

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by Don Hyndman (Author), Robert Thomas (Author)The Roadside Geology series originated in 1972 with Roadside Geology of the Northern Rockies. Fourteen years later, the Big Sky portion of that book was updated to become Roadside Geology of Montana, a bright-yellow field guide that soon graced bookshelves across the state. Now, nearly 50 years after the first book, Mountain Press is releasing this completely revised full-color second edition that, like so many things in Montana, is big. But cons...

Florida Fossil Shark Teeth Identification Guide: The Fossil Shark Teeth Most Commonly Found In Florida - Paperback

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by Robert Lawrence Fuqua (Author)Hunting fossil shark teeth is a very popular activity in Florida. Every day people find shark teeth and wonder what kind of shark they came from. This identification guide answers those questions with color photos and detailed descriptions. Number of Pages: 44 Dimensions: 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN Publication Date: January 24, 2020

Positive Evolutionary Psychology: Darwin's Guide to Living a Richer Life - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Glenn Geher (Author), Nicole Wedberg (Author)Positive psychologists focus on ways that we can advance the lives of individuals and communities by studying the factors that increase positive outcomes such as life satisfaction and happiness. Evolutionary psychologists use the principles of evolution, based on Darwin's understanding of life, to help shed light on any and all kinds of psychological phenomena. This book brings together both fields to explore positiv...

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by Jennifer Ackerman (Author)"Lovely, celebratory. For all the belittling of 'bird brains, ' Ackerman] shows them to be uniquely impressive machines . . ." --New York Times Book Review "A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence." --Scientific American An award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds r...

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us - Paperback

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by Ed Yong (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "thrilling" (The New York Times), "dazzling" (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong "One of this year's finest works of narrative nonfiction."--Oprah Daily ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, People, The Philadelphia I...

Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds - Hardcover

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by Sophie A. H. Osborn (Author), Pete Dunne (Foreword by)The story of one woman's remarkable work with a trio of charismatic, endangered bird species--and her discoveries about the devastating threats that imperil them. In Feather Trails, wildlife biologist and birder Sophie A. H. Osborn reveals how the harmful environmental choices we've made--including pesticide use, the introduction of invasive species, lead poisoning, and habitat destruction--have decimated Peregrine Falcons, Hawaiian Cro...

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Hardcover

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by Robert M. Sapolsky (Author)The New York Times Bestseller"It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." --David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Hands-down one of the best books I've read in years. I loved it." --Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington PostNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal From the celebrated neurobiol...

Running with Sherman: How a Rescue Donkey Inspired a Rag-Tag Gang of Runners to Enter the Craziest Race in America - Paperback

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by Christopher McDougall (Author)From the bestselling author of Born to Run, a heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America, and, in the process, discovering the life-changing power of the human-animal connection. "A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor." --John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog When Christopher McDougall decided to adopt a donkey in dire straits, he had no idea what he ...