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Report On the Lead and Zinc Deposits of Wisconsin: With an Atlas of Detailed Maps - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Wisconsin Geological and Natural Hist (Created by), Ulysses Sherman Grant (Author)This book is a comprehensive report on the lead and zinc deposits of Wisconsin. It includes detailed maps of the region, as well as information on the geology, history, and economics of the deposits. A must-read for geologists, mining engineers, and anyone interested in the natural resources of the American Midwest.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally import...

Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Tintic Mining District, Utah, Issues 107-108 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Waldemar Lindgren (Author), Gerald Francis Loughlin (Created by), Victor Conrad Heikes (Created by)Geology and Ore Deposits of the Tintic Mining District is an essential guide for geologists, mining engineers, and others interested in mineral exploration. This comprehensive study covers the geological history of the Tintic region, as well as the methods used for prospecting and mining in the area. Written by three experts in the field, this book is an invaluabl...

Introductory Geology: A Text-Book for Colleges - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (Author), Rollin D. Salisbury (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, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Eddington (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 importa...

The Adventures of a Nature Guide - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Enos Abijah Mills (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 import...

The Mechanical Theory of Heat - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Rudolf Clausius (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 importan...

The Privileged Planet (20th Anniversary Edition): How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery - Paperback

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by Guillermo Gonzalez (Author), Jay W. Richards (Author)The Provocative Classic The Privileged Planet in a Fully Revised, 20th Anniversary Edition! Are we just an accident of cosmic evolution? Is Earth a "lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" as the late Carl Sagan put it? Or is there more to the story? In this provocative book, Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards marshal a staggering array of scientific evidence to counter the modern dogma that Earth is nothing more than the ...

The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter - Paperback

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by Joseph Henrich (Author)How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosper Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have permitted us to successfully expand into a vast range of diverse e...

Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country - Paperback

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by Marc S. Hendrix (Author)Although it�s also known for for wolves, bison, and stunning scenery, Yellowstone National Park was established as the world�s first national park in 1872 largely because of its geological wonders. In Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country, author and geologist Marc Hendrix takes you to over twenty sites in the park and surrounding region that illustrate the deep-time story of Yellowstone Country, from its early existence as a seafloor hundreds of millions of year...

Ahead of the Curve: Women Scientists at the Mrc Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Paperback

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by Kathleen Weston (Author)The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, UK is a world-leading scientific institution. This book, by LMB alumna Kathy Weston, is a collective portrait of women scientists who, as staff members, visitors, and trainees, helped build the LMB's reputation as a powerhouse of science, often going on to stellar careers at other outstanding institutions around the world. Combining narrative history with interview transcripts and personal reminiscence, Wes...

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by Hope Jahren (Author)NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life--but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. "Does for botany what Oliver Sacks's essays did for neurology, what Stephen Jay Gould's writings did for paleontology." --The New York Times A Kirkus Reviews Best N...

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation - Paperback

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by Paul Hawken (Author)A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning ...

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing - Paperback

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by Daniel H. Pink (Author)The instant New York Times Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Business BestsellerInstant Washington Post Bestseller "Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." --The Wall Street Journal Daniel H. Pink, the #1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, unlocks the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home. Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our li...

The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in a Burning World - Paperback

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by Ajay Singh Chaudhary (Author)Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is to be done? To answer this question, Ajay Singh Chaudhary brings together both the science and the politics of climate change. He shows how a new politics particular to the climate catastrophe demands a bitter struggle between those attached to the power, wealth, and security of "business-as-usual" and all...

The Theory of Everything: a nonperturbative, successfully tested, Higgsless theory with no strings attached - Hardcover

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by Donald Wayne Caldwell (Author)This monograph contains fundamental physics breakthroughs that will change the course of science, and will likely be the most important physics book of the 21st century. It introduces several new key concepts that lead to precise quantitative results, and provides answers to many of the most difficult questions in all of physics, as well as dispelling many of the shocking conclusions reached over the last century. Among the new theories in this monograph is th...

Illogical Geology; The Weakest Point in The Evolution Theory - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby George McCready Price (Author)This book "" Illogical Geology; The Weakest Point in The Evolution Theory "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and...

The Genetic Effects of Radiation - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Isaac Asimov (Author), Theodosius Dobzhansky (Author)The book, "" The Genetic Effects of Radiation "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and read...

Astronomy Without a Telescope; a Guide to the Constellations, and Introduction to the Study of the Heavens With the Unassisted Sight. By E. Walter Mau - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby E. Walter (Edward Walter) 1. Maunder (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, tha...

A List of the Medicinal Plants of Ohio: (not Embraced in Wood & Bache's U.S. Dispensatory, ) Containing as Far as Known, a Brief Account of Their Prop - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby John M. (John Milton) 1804- Bigelow (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...

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World: in Which the Coast of North-west America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accura - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby George 1757-1798 Vancouver (Author), John -1828? Vancouver (Created by), John 1749?-1814 Stockdale (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 copyrigh...

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Report copyright infringementby W. O. (Winfred Oliver) 1908- Milligan (Created by), Robert a Welch Foundation (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 ...

Northward Ho!: the Last Voyage of the Karluk - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Abram 1875-1946 Bartlett (Author), Ralph Tracy 1880- Hale (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 bel...

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Report copyright infringementby Mizoox Ben (Author)Have you ever wondered how volcanoes are formed? Did you know that there are different types of eruptions? The cool volcanoes will intrigue kids and adults alike Plunge deep beneath Earth's crust to find out how volcanoes form. Get up close to clouds of ash and molten lava. Everything about Volcanoes with incredible facts about the awesome powers of nature . Number of Pages: 44 Dimensions: 0.09 x 9 x 6 IN ...

The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro: Four Centuries of Extractivism in a Small Mexican Mining Town - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert (Author)This is a history of precious-metals extractivism as lived in Cerro de San Pedro, a small gold- and silver-mining district in Mexico. Chronicling Cerro de San Pedro's operations from the time of the Spanish conquest to the present, Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert transcends standard narratives of boom and bust to envision a multicentury series of mining cycles, first operated under Spanish rule, then by North American industry, and t...

The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835-1945 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Oscar de la Torre (Author)In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. He draws on social and environmental history to connect them intimately to the natural landscape and to Indigenous peoples. Relying on this world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro-...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Andrews Millikan (Author)This volume gives in brief scope some of the most significant changes in fundamental concepts that have resulted from the extraordinary advances made in recent years in the field of experimental physics. These changes have important bearings on nature and life in general as well as on physics.Originally published in 1932.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make avail...

Prospero's America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Walter W. Woodward (Author)In Prospero's America, Walter W. Woodward examines the transfer of alchemical culture to America by John Winthrop, Jr., one of English colonization's early giants. Winthrop participated in a pan-European network of natural philosophers who believed alchemy could improve the human condition and hasten Christ's Second Coming. Woodward demonstrates the influence of Winthrop and his philosophy on New England's cultural formation: its sett...

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Irving B. 1887 Berger (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 wo...

Environments of Empire: Networks and Agents of Ecological Change - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Ulrike Kirchberger (Editor), Brett M. Bennett (Editor)The age of European high imperialism was characterized by the movement of plants and animals on a historically unprecedented scale. The human migrants who colonized territories around the world brought a variety of other species with them, from the crops and livestock they hoped to propagate, to the parasites, invasive plants, and pests they carried unawares, producing a host of unintended consequences that ...

Birds of New Jersey Field Guide - Paperback

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by Stan Tekiela (Author)Identify New Jersey birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information. Make bird-watching in New Jersey even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This handy book features 132 species of New Jersey birds organized by color for ease of use. Full-page...

Dialogues concerning two new sciences - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Galileo Galilei (Author)This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature. Number of Pages: 328 ...

The Ranger Program: The History and Legacy of NASA's Initial Attempts to Land a Spacecraft on the Moon - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingToday the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 "winning" the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that affected everything from military technology to successfully launching ...