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Report copyright infringementby Kip Thorne (Author), Christopher Nolan (Foreword by) Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who assisted Nolan on the scientific aspects of Interstellar, shows us that the movie's jaw-dropping events and stunning, never-before-attempted visuals are grounded in real science. Thorne shares his experiences...

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Darwin (Author), Paul Ekman (With)To mark the birthday of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologist, Oxford University Press has reissued the definitive edition of Darwin's classic-a brilliantly entertaining and accessible exploration of human and animal behavior. Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman's edited version of this book is the first to appear the way Darwin ultimately intended, with all of the corrections and additions that were in Darwin's...

Ecological Challenges and Conservation Conundrums

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Report copyright infringementby John A. Wiens (Author)Short, compelling, but mostly thought-provoking essys that encompass many of the central issues shaping ecology and conservation in the changing world Collected essays from one of the best known ecologists and conservationists in the world Includes all issues at the cutting edge of the interface between ecology and conservation Attractive to a broad audience of ecologists, conservationists, natural resource managers, policy makers, and na...

Painting the Cosmos: How Art and Science Intersect to Reveal the Secrets of the Universe

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Report copyright infringementby Nia Imara (Author)A stunning portrait of our vast, dynamic, and mysterious universe . . . as seen through the lenses of astronomy and art What is our place in the universe? Where do art and science overlap? How can we use these disciplines to better understand the universe . . . and how do they help us to shape our reality? In Painting the Cosmos, astrophysicist and visual artist Nia Imara combines these perspectives to comprehensively illustrate the history of...

The Floral Art of Japan: Being a Second and Revised Edition of the Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement

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Report copyright infringementby Josiah 1852-1920 Conder (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is im...

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Dickey Gordon (Author)This is the first book in Gordon's beloved "Quiet Talks" series of works, one that explores the mysteries of spiritual power: What is it? How do we claim it? What does it mean to be a "powerful Christian"? Through friendly, intimate conversation, Gordon explains how to welcome the strength of Jesus into your soul and feel its presence in your heart. Seekers after spiritual succor continue to welcome Gordon's wisdom and embrace his m...

Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker

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Report copyright infringementby Charles H. Warner (Author)Finalist: High Plains Book AwardA Kansas Notable BookWinner: Martin Kansas History Book AwardWinner: "Looks Like a Million" AwardEvery day, in natural history museums all across the country, colonies of dermestid beetles diligently devour the decaying flesh off of animal skeletons that are destined for the museum's specimen collection. That time-saving process was developed and perfected at the University of Kansas Natural History Muse...

The Man Who Invented the Chromosome: A Life of Cyril Darlington

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Report copyright infringementby Oren Solomon Harman (Author)Born by mistake, or connivance, to struggling parents in a small Lancashire cotton town in 1903, an uninspired Darlington inadvertently escaped the obscurity of farming life and rose instead, against all odds, to become within a few short years the world's greatest expert on chromosomes, and one of the most penetrating biological thinkers of the twentieth century. Harman follows Darlington's path from bleak prospects to world fame, s...

Rider of the Pale Horse: A Memoir of Los Alamos and Beyond

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Report copyright infringementby McAllister Hull (Author), Amy Bianco (Contribution by), John Hull (Illustrator)A recollection of life in the workshops where nuclear bomb components were constructed during the Manhattan Project.Author BiographyMcAllister Hull (1923-2011) was a professor emeritus of physics at the University of New Mexico, where he served as provost in the early 1980s. Amy Bianco is a science writer and editor and a documentary film producer at Quarter Turn Media, which she cof...

Invasive Species: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) - Paperback

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by Daniel Simberloff (Author)Of the 7,000 estimated non-native species present in North America, approximately 1,000 are invasive. Clearly, invasive species are in the minority, but their small numbers don't keep them from causing billions of dollars in economic and ecological harm each year. Policymakers and ecologists continue to try to figure out which species might be harmful, which invasive species are doing the most damage, and which of these might respond best to eradication efforts. I...

The Motions and Interactions of Bodies; Readings, Notes, and Queries

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Report copyright infringementby University of Chicago College (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this ...

The Hydrostatic-pneumatic System of Certain Trees: Movements of Liquids and Gases

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Trembly 1865-1958 Macdougal (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this...

Urban and Community Forestry in the Northeast

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Report copyright infringementby John E. Kuser (Editor)Preface. 1. The Origins of Urban Forestry; J. Koch. 2. Understanding the Benefits and Costs of Urban Forest Ecosystems; D.J. Nowak, J.F. Dwyer. 3. Laws and Ordinances; V.D. Merullo, M.V.D. Errico. 4. Community Planning and the Natural Environment; W.F. Elmendorf. 5. Planning and Design; S. Strom. 6. Tree Inventory and Systematic Management; R.S. Wolowicz, M. Gera. 7. Urban and Community Forestry Financing and Budgeting; R.L. Tate. 8. Commu...

Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies

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Report copyright infringementby Isabelle Held (Author)Bullet bras, bazookas, bombshells, bikinis. In Atomic Bombshells, Isabelle Held challenges the usual narratives of how war technologies enter domestic use by following plastics on their journey into women's bodies. Held explores the effects of military-industrial science and the emergence of nylon, silicone, and plastic foams on embodied and expressive configurations of gender, sexuality, and race. She focuses on the United States between ...

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Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food

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Report copyright infringementby Gregory McNamee (Author)Food has functioned both as a source of continuity and as a subject of adaptation in the course of human history. Onions have been a staple of the European diet since the Paleolithic era, while the orange is once again being cultivated in great quantities in Southern China, where it was originally cultivated. Other foods--such as the apple and pear in Central Asia, the tomato in Mexico, the chili pepper in South America, and rice in Sout...

The Manufacture Of Chocolate And Other Cacao Preparations. 2d Ed. Rearranged, Thoroughly Rev., And Largely Rewritten. With 87 Illustrations

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Zipperer (Author)This comprehensive guide to the manufacture of chocolate and other cacao preparations is an essential resource for chocolate-makers and other professionals in the confectionery industry. It covers every stage of the process, from the selection and roasting of the beans to the molding and packaging of the finished product. The author provides detailed information on equipment and ingredients, as well as practical advice on quality control a...

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Report copyright infringementby Falk Lieder (Author), Frederick Callaway (Author), Thomas L. Griffiths (Author)A new approach to understanding irrational behavior and modeling human cognition What does it mean to act rationally? Mathematicians, economists, and statisticians have argued that a rational actor chooses actions that maximize their expected utility. By this standard, people routinely behave irrationally--and psychologists have amassed long lists of cognitive biases and heuristics t...

Pixinsight and Stacking Workflows For Astrophotographers: Step-by-Step Preprocessing Guide to Transform Raw Frames into Deep-Sky Masterpieces

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Hurst (Author)Struggling to turn your astrophotography data into stunning images? Thousands of astrophotographers capture beautiful raw frames under dark skies, only to feel overwhelmed facing PixInsight complex preprocessing workflow. Temperature-mismatched darks ruin sessions. Registration fails mysteriously. WeightedBatchPreprocessing throws cryptic errors. After hours of frustration, stacked images look worse than single frames.This comprehensive gui...

Great Philosophical Objections to Artificial Intelligence: The History and Legacy of the AI Wars

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Dietrich (Author), Chris Fields (Author), John P. Sullins (Author)An entertaining introduction to the clashes between philosophy and AI over the last 70 years, from claims and counter-claims about the ability to implement consciousness, to arguments about cognitive architecture and ChatGPT. Now updated to include the latest developments in AI, this is an exploration of the most famous philosophical arguments against building a machine with human-level inte...

Applications of Machine Learning Techniques to Bioinformatics

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Report copyright infringementby Haifeng Li (Author) Number of Pages: 236 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 10, 2008

Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement

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Report copyright infringementby Mahender Pal (Author) Number of Pages: 426 Dimensions: 0.87 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: March 06, 2020

Modern C++: Leverage the modern features of C++ to overcome difficulties in various stages of application development

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Grimes (Author), Marius Bancila (Author)Create apps in C++ and leverage its latest features using modern programming techniques.Key Features: - Develop strong C++ skills to build a variety of applications- Explore features of C++17, such as containers, algorithms, and threads- Grasp the standard support for threading and concurrency and use them in basic daily tasksBook Description: C++ is one of the most widely used programming languages. It is fast, f...

The Next Frontier: The Future of Science and Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Gew Reports &. Analyses Team (Author), Hichem Karoui (Editor)"The Next Frontier: The Future of Science and Technology" is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution, challenges, and potential of science and technology. The book, supervised by Dr Hichem Karoui, delves into the vast realm of science and technology, tracing its transformation over time and its impact on the way we live, work and communicate. The book begins with an introduction to the techno...

Getting Started with Python Data Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby Phuong Vothihong (Author), Martin Czygan (Author) Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: October 30, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby Akhil Arora (Author), Shrey Mehrotra (Author) Number of Pages: 278 Dimensions: 0.58 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: August 31, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby Altanai Bisht (Author)Author BiographyAltanai, born into an Indian army family, is a bubbly, vivacious, intelligent computer geek. She is an avid blogger and writes on Research and Development of evolving technologies in Telecom (http: //altanaitelecom.wordpress.com). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Anna University, Chennai. She has worked on many Telecom projects worldwide, specifically in the development and deployment of IMS serv...

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Bennett (Author)From the Bronze Age mariners of the Mediterranean to contemporary sailors using satellite-based technologies, the history of navigation at sea, the art of finding a position and setting a course, is fascinating. The scientific and technological developments that have enabled accurate measurements of position were central to exploration, trade, and the opening up of new continents, and the resulting journeys taken under their influence have h...

Minerals: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by David Vaughan (Author)Minerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that we are only now beginning to understand. Exploring the traditional strand of mineralogy, which emphasises the important mineral families, the well-established analytical methods (optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction) and the dramatic developments made in techniques over recent decades, David Vaughan also introduces the...

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Report copyright infringementby Balungi Francis (Author)You never knew theoretical physics could be so simple! Why do things move? Is gravity a fundamental force? Why is the expansion of the universe accelerating? Can quantum mechanics and general relativity be realized as a fully consistent theory? What is wrong with the uncertainty principle? Is spacetime fundamentally continuous or discrete? Is the universe a black hole? How can the laws of physics be derived from one principle? Why does t...

Introduction to Quantum Information Processing

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Report copyright infringementby Eduardo R. Mucciolo (Author)This book introduces quantum computing and quantum communications at the undergraduate level for students in the physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics, assuming no prior knowledge of quantum mechanics. It is a self-contained guide assuming only that the reader is familiar with physics at the college level, calculus (up to and including ordinary differential equations), and some matrix algebra and complex numbers. The book b...

Climate Changed: The Science of Sustainability and How Each of Us Can Do Our Part

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Report copyright infringementby Pablo Ribeiro Dias (Author)The climate is changing-and so must we.Climate Changed isn't just another book about the environment. It's a clear, compelling guide that bridges cutting-edge science with real-world action, giving you the tools to understand what's happening to our planet and how you can help shape a more sustainable future.Grounded in science but written for everyone, this book breaks down climate change, pollution, resource depletion, biodiversity ...