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How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories - Hardcover

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by Jan Zalasiewicz (Author)Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth's incredible rock formations and the stories they hold Like rings on a tree stump hold the history of the tree, the history of Earth is written in its rocks. How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories teaches readers to decipher the rocks all around us, from backyard stones to mountain ranges, and trace Earth's history layer by layer. Spanning from prehis...

Mushrooms of Cascadia, Second Edition: An Illustrated Key to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest - Paperback

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by Michael Beug (Author)An illustrated key to identifying the mushrooms of the Cascadian bioregion, stretching from coastal Alaska to central California and Idaho, featuring nearly 1,100 full-color photographs and more than 3,000 species. In this unique and comprehensive field guide, mycologist Dr. Michael Beug helps mushroom hunters of all levels navigate an often bewildering array of species by clearly identifying features that separate one cluster from another. By answering simple question...

Second Law: Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics - Hardcover

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by Stephen Wolfram (Author)Ever since it was first formulated a century and a half ago, the Second Law of thermodynamics (or "law of entropy increase") has had an air of mystery about it. Why is it true? Is it even always true? In this book, Stephen Wolfram builds on recent breakthroughs in the foundations of physics to finally provide a resolution to the mystery of the Second Law, elegantly showing how it emerges as a general feature of processes that can be described computationally, as wel...

West Side Rising: How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement - Paperback

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by Char Miller (Author), Julián Castro (Foreword by)On September 9, 1921, a tropical depression stalled just north of San Antonio and within hours overwhelmed its winding network of creeks and rivers. Floodwaters ripped through the city's Latino West Side neighborhoods, killing more than eighty people. Meanwhile a wall of water crashed into the central business district on the city's North Side, wreaking considerable damage. The city's response to this disaster shaped its environmental polici...

Panama Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species - Paperback

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by James Kavanagh (Author), Waterford Press (Author), Leung Raymond (Illustrator)The rich avian diversity in Panama used to be one of Tropical America's best-kept secrets, but that is no longer the case as more and more people have come to recognize just how remarkable this tiny Central American nation is for observing and learning about birds. Over 1,000 species of birds have been recorded on this unique isthmus at the gateway to South America. These include North American migrants as well a...

The Great Architects of Mars: Evidence for the Lost Civilizations on the Red Planet - Paperback

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by George J. Haas (Author), John E. Brandenburg (Foreword by), James S. Miller (Foreword by)A deep investigation of mysterious geometric structures on the surface of Mars - Explores a wide variety of anomalous structures on Mars's surface that display a high degree of geometric and pictographic design - Examines sites such as the Elysium pyramid famously described by Carl Sagan and city complexes in the Nepenthes Mensae and Atlantis Chaos regions - Argues that Mayan creation stories of a Star...

Contributions within Density Functional Theory with Applications in Chemical Reactivity Theory and Electronegativity

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Report copyright infringementby Mihai V. Putz (Author)In the limits of the density functional theory there are introduced and deduced fundamental chemical descriptors as the chemical action concept, the chemical field, new electronegativity, rate reaction and chemical hardness formulations, the reduced total energy and the partial Hohenberg-Kohn functionals. For electronic density computations the quantum statistic picture of the path integral Feynman-Kleinert formalism is employed to its mar...

Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition - Paperback

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by Karl B. McKnight (Author), Joseph R. Rohrer (Author), Kirsten McKnight Ward (Author)A new edition of the classic, bestselling field guide to mushrooms from Peterson Field Guides.Peterson Field Guide To Mushrooms is a portable-sized field guide for mushroom identification--the ultimate, most comprehensive manual to mushrooms available. Toadstools, truffles, boletes and morels, witches' butter, conks, corals, puffballs and earthstars: mushrooms are both mysterious and ecologically essential....

Is an Objective Measuring System for Facial Attractiveness Possible? - Paperback

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by Mounir Bashour (Author)here exists a need for the creation of an objective system for measuring facial attractiveness and along with it a detailed mathematical analysis and understanding of facial sexual dimorphism. Both the areas of ophthalmic and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and the areas of facial attractiveness and recognition research in psychology would greatly benefit from achieving these goals. The objective of this work has been to: develop and test a system for measu...

Electric Cooperative Managers' Strategies to Enhance Organizational Commitment to Increase Employee Productivity - Paperback

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by Michael Edward White (Author)Lack of effective leadership strategies contributes to a reduction in employee engagement and productivity. Managers are concerned about the lack of effective leadership strategies because it negatively affects employee engagement and productivity, reducing organizational growth. Grounded in Bass's transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore effective leadership strategies used to enhance employee engage...

Return of the Bison: A Story of Survival, Restoration, and a Wilder World - Paperback

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by Roger Di Silvestro (Author)"With fervor and meticulous research--and with implications for the future of megafauna around the world--Roger L. Di Silvestro recounts the complex and difficult ongoing struggle for bison recovery." - Shelf Awareness Offers a hopeful view of threatened species, grounded in history and science Addresses current conservation trends: wildlife corridors, prairie restoration, cultural restoration for the American Indian community Return of the Bison is the story o...

Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose - Paperback

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by Leigh Cowart (Author)An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshipped, and can be delightfully bizarre. Deliberate and consensual pain has been with us for millennia, encompassing everyone from Black Plague flagellants to ballerinas dancing on broken bones to competitive eaters choking down hot ...

Geology Underfoot on Colorado's Western Slope

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Shroder (Author), Amy Ellwein (Author), George Englemann (Author)This tenth book in the Geology Underfoot Series offers an inside view of the uniquely enigmatic landscape west of the Continental Divide in Colorado. In this arid region where mountain snowmelt drains through deep canyons en route to the Gulf of California, the crumpled gneisses of the Colorado Rockies meet the famous red rocks of the Colorado Plateau. Nothing is simple here, with rich metal ...

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Report copyright infringementby Manuel De Landa (Author)Following in the wake of his groundbreaking work War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Manuel De Landa presents a brilliant, radical synthesis of historical development of the last thousand years. A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and Félix Guattari, while engaging -- in an entirely unprecedented manner -- the c...

The Diversity of Neutron Stars: Nearby Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars and the Compact Central Objects in Supernova Remnants - Paperback

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by David L. Kaplan (Author)Neutron stars are invaluable tools for exploring stellar death, the physics of ultra-dense matter, and the effects of extremely strong magnetic fields. The observed population of neutron stars is dominated by the >1000 radio pulsars, but there are distinct sub-populations that, while fewer in number, can have significant impact on our understanding of the issues mentioned above. These populations are the nearby, isolated neutron stars discovered by ROSAT, and the...

Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical - Hardcover

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by Amir Alexander (Author)An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man stood at the entrance to the Cathedral of Florence, facing the ancient Baptistery across the piazza. As puzzled passers-by looked on, he raised a small painting to his face, then held a mirror in front of the painting. Few at the time understood what he was up to; even he barely had an inkling of what was at stake. But on that day, the mast...

The Laws of Connection: The Scientific Secrets of Building a Strong Social Network - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby David Robson (Author)This groundbreaking study reveals how social connections are far more important than we thought, showing us the steps we can take to build better relationships and improve our lives. Social connection is as essential for our health and happiness as a balanced diet and regular exercise. It reduces our risk of stroke, heart disease, and Alzheimer's. It enhances our creativity and adds years to our life span. Yet many of us struggle to form st...

Essays on Genetic Evolution and Economics

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Report copyright infringementby Terence Charles Burnham (Author)Ever since Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859, genetic evolutionary theory has increasingly served as the foundation for fields that deal with organisms that arose by natural selection. This thesis argues that economic theory should integrate with Darwinian theory through the creation of a "genetic evolutionary economics". The promise of genetic evolutionary economics is a better understanding of human nature ...

The Gravity of Math: How Geometry Rules the Universe - Hardcover

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by Steve Nadis (Author), Shing-Tung Yau (Author)"A must-read."―Avi Loeb, New York Times-bestselling author of Extraterrestrial One of the preeminent mathematicians of the past half century shows how physics and math were combined to give us the theory of gravity and the dizzying array of ideas and insights that has come from it Mathematics is far more than just the language of science. It is a critical underpinning of nature. The famed physicist Albert Einstein demonstrated this in 1915 wh...

The Atomic Human: What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI - Hardcover

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by Neil D. Lawrence (Author)From a renowned computer scientist, this book seeks the distinctive human quality that will prevail against artificial intelligence. If artificial intelligence takes over decision-making what, then, is unique and irreplaceable about human intelligence? The Atomic Human is a journey of discovery to the core of what it is to be human, in search of the qualities that cannot be replaced by the machine. Neil Lawrence brings a timely, fresh perspective to this new era, ...

This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder - Hardcover

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by Alan Townsend (Author)"[A] remarkable account of a shifting consciousness" - Publisher's Weekly, starred review "An extraordinary, powerful book" - David Quammen, author of The Heartbeat of the Wild and Breathless A compassionate exploration of scientific wonder that offers "a fresh perspective on life, death, and the bittersweet consequences of impermanence," (Jon Krakauer) as illuminated through the tragic dual cancer diagnoses of author Dr. Alan Townsend's wife and daughter. A decade...

50 Biology Ideas You Really Need to Know - Paperback

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by Jv Chamary (Author) A complete and accessible introduction to biology. Author BiographyDr J.V. Chamary is a biologist and award-winning science journalist. He studied biology at Imperial College London and has a PhD in evolutionary genetics from the University of Bath. Keen to tell engaging stories about science, he switched from academia to journalism and spent five years at Focus, the BBC's popular science magazine, where he wrote articles on everything from gay genes and internet memes ...

Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases - Hardcover

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by Lydia Kang (Author), Nate Pedersen (Author)From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks--how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the authors' lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular disease or virus--smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, H...

Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table - Paperback

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by Kit Chapman (Author)Shortlisted for the 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Creating an element is no easy feat. It's the equivalent of firing six trillion bullets a second at a needle in a haystack, hoping the bullet and needle somehow fuse together, then catching it in less than a thousandth of a second - after which it's gone forever. Welcome to the world of the superheavy elements: a realm where scientists use giant machines and spend years trying to make a ...

What We Can't Burn: Friendship and Friction in the Fight for Our Energy Future - Hardcover

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by Eve Driver (Author), Tom Osborn (Author)Eve was a fossil fuel divestment activist from Massachusetts who was coming to believe capitalism was at the root of the climate crisis. Tom was a clean energy entrepreneur from a rural village in Kenya who believed the activist approach was suspended from the real-world experiences of those facing the worst of the crisis' effects. They met as juniors at Harvard, launching a journey in which their conflicting perspectives almost tore their unlikely f...

Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Siisip Geniusz (Author), Wendy Makoons Geniusz (Editor), Annmarie Geniusz (Illustrator)Mary Siisip Geniusz has spent more than thirty years working with, living with, and using the Anishinaabe teachings, recipes, and botanical information she shares in Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask. Geniusz gained much of the knowledge she writes about from her years as an oshkaabewis, a traditionally trained apprentice, and as friend to the late...

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Report copyright infringementby Frank Decourten (Author), Norma Biggar (Author)Driving through Nevada, you may be miles from nowhere, but you are never far from an interesting rock, the shoreline of an ice age lake, or an active or historic mine. The Silver State has some of the most diverse geology in the United States, and much of it lies in plain sight thanks to the arid climate of the Great Basin. Geologic forces continue to shape Nevada, stretching it apart and bringing magma near the su...

The Backyard Stargazer's Bible: Discover Constellations, Galaxies, Nebulae, Meteorites, and More - Hardcover

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by Ian Ridpath (Author), Mary McIntyre (Author), Rachel Federman (Author)A comprehensive and eye-catching resource for backyard stargazers of all levels packed with absolutely everything you need to follow the progress of constellations, night sky events, and celestial facts. Foreword by Dr. Stephen Maran A sumptuous aesthetic is paired with practical tips from experts on charting lunar phases and celestial events, notable astronomical anniversaries and facts, the best equipment for stargazi...

Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands - Hardcover

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by David Strayer (Author)An exciting foray into Earth's inland waters, the remarkable species they contain, and the conservation challenges of protecting them.When we call Earth "the blue planet" we immediately envision the vast oceans that cover most of its surface. But seas aren't the only bodies of water that make Earth special. Millions of diverse inland waters rush, meander, and seep throughout the planet, teeming with life. These streams, lakes, wetlands, and groundwaters are home to th...

The Science of Weed: An Indispensable Guide to Cannabis - Hardcover

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by Godfrey Pearlson (Author)A witty, engaging, in-depth, and evidence-based look at how cannabis affects our brains.Pot, weed, ganja, chronic: whatever you call it, cannabis can profoundly affect the human body and brain. In The Science of Weed, renowned physician, psychiatric researcher, and Yale neuroscience professor Godfrey Pearlson offers a deep dive into the true facts of cannabis, covering everything from its botany and chemistry to its impacts on psychology and human behavior. Taking ...

National Geographic Kids Little Kids First Board Book: Insects - Board Book

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by Ruth A. Musgrave (Author)Meet buzzing bumblebees, chirping crickets, and more awesome bugs that fly, hop, crawl, and creep in this colorful book for the very youngest explorers! Bursting with vivid photos, each spread in this sturdy book features a fascinating insect or spider, along with supersimple facts and lively, age-appropriate language to keep babies and toddlers--and their grown-ups--engaged. Designed to be the stepping-stone to the best-selling National Geographic Little Kids Firs...

The Long History of the Future: Why Tomorrow's Technology Still Isn't Here - Hardcover

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by Nicole Kobie (Author)We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality? For decades we've delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi utopia, from flying cars and bionic humans to hyperloops and smart cities. And why not? Building a better world - be it a free-flying commute or an automated urban lifestyle - is a worthy dream. Given the pace of technological change, nothing seems impossible anymore. But why are these i...