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Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World - Hardcover

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by James Cheshire (Author), Oliver Uberti (Author)Award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti transform enormous datasets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualizations. In this triumph of visual storytelling, they uncover truths about our past, reveal who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness levels around the globe, trace the undersea cables and cell towers that...

Introduction to Quantum Nanotechnology: A Problem Focused Approach - Paperback

$80.35

by Steel (Author)Quantum is rapidly emerging as a game-changer in technology. The end of Moore's Law for exponential growth is rapidly approaching and engineers and physicist alike are looking at moving past the classical limitations of modern technology and are exploring the new opportunities that quantumbehaviour creates in sensing, metrology, communications and information processing. This book serves as introduction to quantum theory with emphasis on dynamical behaviour and applications o...

Ecology of Butterflies in Europe - Paperback

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by Josef Settele (Editor), Tim Shreeve (Editor), Martin Konvička (Editor)Due to the attractiveness of butterflies, and their usefulness as model systems for biological questions, there has been a considerable amount of material written on butterfly biology, largely in Europe. This book synthesizes all relevant and recent knowledge in the field, which is a must for those making use of this taxonomic group as a model system. It is divided into five major parts which deal with habitat use, popul...

Parasites in Ecological Communities - Paperback

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by Melanie J. Hatcher (Author), Alison M. Dunn (Author)Interactions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been viewed as the foundation of community structure. Parasites - long ignored in community ecology - are now recognized as playing an important part in influencing species interactions and consequently affecting ecosystem function. Parasitism can interact with other ecological drivers, resulting in both detrimental and beneficial effects on biodiversity and eco...

Spiders of the World: A Natural History - Hardcover

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by Norman I. Platnick (Author), Rudy Jocqué (Contribution by), Gustavo Hormiga (Contribution by)A stunningly illustrated natural history of spiders Spiders are among the most versatile creatures on the planet, inhabiting six of the seven continents and thriving in environments ranging from deserts and rain forests to Arctic tundra and cities. Spiders of the World is a captivating look at these wondrously adaptable and endlessly intriguing arachnids, written by six of the world's leading exper...

Robot Ethics 2.0: From Autonomous Cars to Artificial Intelligence - Paperback

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by Patrick Lin (Editor), Ryan Jenkins (Editor), Keith Abney (Editor)The robot population is rising on Earth and other planets. (Mars is inhabited entirely by robots.) As robots slip into more domains of human life--from the operating room to the bedroom--they take on our morally important tasks and decisions, as well as create new risks from psychological to physical. This makes it all the more urgent to study their ethical, legal, and policy impacts. To help the robotics industry and broader...

$High Resolution X-Ray Diffractometry And Topography - Paperback$

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by D. K. Bowen (Author), Brian K. Tanner (Author)The rapid growth in the applications of electronic materials has created an increasing demand for reliable techniques for examining and characterizing these materials. This book explores the area of x-ray diffraction and the techniques available for deployment in research, development, and production. It maps the theoretical and practical background necessary to study single crystal materials using high resolution x-ray diffraction and topograp...

Phage Display: A Laboratory Manual - Paperback

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by Carlos F. Barbas III (Author), Dennis R. Burton (Author), Gregg J. Silverman (Author)Phage-display technology has begun to make critical contributions to the study of molecular recognition. DNA sequences are cloned into phage, which then present on their surface the proteins encoded by the DNA. Individual phage are rescued through interaction of the displayed protein with a ligand, and the specific phage is amplified by infection of bacteria. Phage-display technology is powerful but challe...

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by Indiana Geological and Water Survey (Author)A Story of oceans, uplift, and ice, Indiana's geological history is reflected in the vistas and landscapes you will see as you travel through the state. From the Indiana Dunes of Lake Michigan, one of the world's largest displays of lakeshore dunes, to the historic little town of New Harmony, where American geology had its beginnings, this book is your guide to 50 of the most significant and interesting sites in Indiana. You will find kettle lake...

Make: Radio: Learn about Radio Through Electronics, Wireless Experiments, and Projects - Paperback

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by Fredrik Jansson (Author)Radio waves are all around us. They're used by cell phones, Wi-Fi routers, TV dishes, and even satellite networks to convey data on thousands of different frequencies. When we unlock a car door with the push of a button or stream music to wireless earbuds, that's radio. It's a simple yet dynamic technology that has been harnessed by creative experimenters for over a century--and now you can join the adventure! Author Fredrik Jansson demystifies the world of radio t...

Life's Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable - Paperback

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by Paul G. Falkowski (Author)The marvelous microbes that made life on Earth possible and support our very existence For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these marvelous creatures made life on Earth possible--and how human life today would cease...

Spatial Linear Models for Environmental Data - Hardcover

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by Dale L. Zimmerman (Author), Jay M. Ver Hoef (Author)Many applied researchers equate spatial statistics with prediction or mapping, but this book naturally extends linear models, which includes regression and ANOVA as pillars of applied statistics, to achieve a more comprehensive treatment of the analysis of spatially autocorrelated data.Author BiographyDale L. Zimmerman is Professor of Statistics at the University of Iowa, and Jay M. Ver Hoef is Senior Scientist and Statistician, Alaska Fi...

The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees - Hardcover

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by Douglas W. Tallamy (Author)"With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to engage in a hopeful future is to plant oaks! Let this book be your inspiration and guide." --The American Gardener With Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York Times bestseller Nature's Best Hope, urged homeowners to take conservation into their own hands. Now, he turns his advocacy to one...

Environmental Systems and Societies for the IB Diploma - Paperback

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by Joseph Cazabon (Author), Virginia D'Britto (Author), ?yk? Dulun (Author)Developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate(R) Ensure full coverage of the updated syllabus with a coursebook that implements inquiry-based and conceptually-focused teaching and learning, written by highly experienced global authors. - Explore the three key concepts in the new course: perspectives, systems and sustainability which allow students to deepen their understanding and make interdisciplinary...

Exploring the Mysteries of Limestone with Hydroplate Theory - Paperback

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by Ellen J. McHenry (Author)After a description of the various types of limestone around the world, the author lays out four problems with the standard theory of how limestone formed in warm, shallow seas. The rest of the book describes an alternative theory for the formation of limestone, suggesting that most limestone came from inorganic sources, possibly from mineral-saturated water that had been under the crust of the earth since its creation. In a global flooding event, this mineral wate...

20 Reasons to Question Plate Tectonics - Paperback

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by Ellis Hughes (Author)This book traces the history of objections raised to the theory of plate tectonics, starting in the late 1960s. A surprising number of professional geologists and geophysicists raised legitimate concerns about the theory at the time it was proposed in the 1960s. Little was known about the ocean floor at that time. As more data has become available, it has become apparent that the theory has major issues. Twenty of these issues are described in detail in this book, and ...

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by Theresa M. Crimmins (Author)On the timing of seasonal activity in plants and animals, the impact of climate change, and what each of us, as everyday phenologists, can do to help. Phenology is all about timing--when trees leaf out, flowers bloom, birds migrate, animals bear young and hibernate--and it is everywhere around us. This handy companionable volume shows how we are all phenologists in our own way, and how the everyday science can help us make sense of the changing seasons and our c...

The Supernatural Science: Theory and Magic - Paperback

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by David Barreto (Author)Unlock the mysteries of the spirit world with this modern and groundbreaking analysis by David Barreto. In this scientific and spiritual exploration, readers will discover what planetary christs, spirit guides, and deva spirits really are. But that is just the beginning. Barreto delves deeper, examining the karmic reasons for spiritual vampirism and answering the age-old question of whether ghosts exist and, if so, revealing what they are truly made of.With a comprehe...

Yersinia Pestis. A Brief Overview on its History and Biology - Paperback

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by Alexandria Villa (Author)Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Biology - Diseases, Health, Nutrition, grade: 1, language: English, abstract: This essay explores the long history of Yersinia pestis, otherwise known as The Black Plague, The Black Death, or The Bubonic Plague. The essay explores the possible routs the bacterium took to end up being one of the most deadly diseases known to the history of man, also delving into topics like the bacterium's structure, function, its strengths, a...

The Nsta Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions - Paperback

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by Ted Willard (Author)Since its release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide has become an essential tool for educators across the country to explore the complex structure of three-dimensional standards, including the performance expectations (PEs) that integrate particular elements of the three dimensions (the practices, core ideas, and crosscutting concepts) together. These elements are the bulleted statements that appear in the foundation box below the list of PEs, and the Quick-Refere...

The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet's Bee Life - Hardcover

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by Christina Grozinger (Author), Harland Patch (Author)A beautifully illustrated guide to the vibrant and richly diverse world of bees The Lives of Bees provides a one-of-a-kind look at the life and natural history of bees. Blending stunning photographs and illustrations with illuminating profiles of selected species, this incisive guide takes readers inside the world of these marvelous insects, exploring their physiology, behavior, ecology, evolution, and much more. The Lives of Bees is esse...

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going - Hardcover

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by Vaclav Smil (Author)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors... [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world's toughest challenges."--Bill Gates "Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil--accept or doubt his 'just the facts' posture--but you probably shouldn't ignore him."--The Washington Post An essential analysi...

A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage - Hardcover

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by Marcus Chown (Author)A Crack in Everything is the story of how black holes came in from the cold and took cosmic centre stage. As a journalist, Marcus Chown interviews many of the scientists who made the key discoveries, and, as a former physicist, he translates the most esoteric of science into everyday language. The result is a uniquely engaging page-turner that tells one of the great untold stories in modern science. What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The ans...

Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) - Paperback

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by David W. Deamer (Author)It seems likely that scientists will someday discover how life can emerge on habitable planets like the early Earth and Mars. In Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) , David W. Deamer has written a comprehensive guide to the origin of life that is organized in three sections. The first section addresses questions such as: Where do the atoms of life come from? How old is Earth? What was the Earth like before life began? Where does water come from? After eac...

Big Crunch: Invisible Apocalyptic Machines: From Big Bang to Big Crunch - Paperback

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by Ahmet Yazici (Author)The Hour is near.The countdown to the apocalypse has begun.It's like a ticking time bomb with ten seconds to go off. That's why we experience the truth that time speeds up when the apocalypse approaches.From time to time, different fields of the scientific world make statements such as, "A thousand years later, our earth will be in this situation; 10 million years later, the sun will be like this; this country will be in this situation, etc." What if I told you that th...

External Ballistics for Rifle Shooting - Paperback

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by Jonatan Sj?steen (Author)External Ballistics for Rifle Shooting is a comprehensive work covering everything from the basics of external ballistics to advanced concepts. The book deals with phenomena such as ballistic coefficients, ballistic computers, gravity, wind drift, Coriolis effect, E?tv?s effect, shooting at angles, humidity, muzzle velocity, gyroscopic drift, gyroscopic stability, shooting at moving targets and much more in a language that is easy to understand for the average pers...

Sekret Machines: Man: Sekret Machines Gods, Man, and War Volume 2 - Paperback

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by Tom Delonge (Author), Peter Levenda (Author)The stunning continuation of an intensive study of UFO phenomena in which the hard science, technology, and the human mind are explored as they relate to our world and the encounters that people are still having today... In Sekret Machines: Gods, the cultural, historical, and religious aspects of mankind's encounters with UFO's was explained by Open Mind's 2017 UFO Researcher of the Year and To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science founder Tom De...

What Are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better - Paperback

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by John Brockman (Author)The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher of Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online salon, recently asked more than 150 high-powered scientific thinkers to answer a vital question for our frequently pessimistic times: "What are you optimistic about?"Spanning a wide range of topics--from string theory to education, fr...

Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Mysteries of the Brain and the Border Between Life and Death - Paperback

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by Adrian Owen (Author)In this "riveting read, meshing memoir with scientific explication" (Nature), a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or "gray zone" states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of our own brains. "Vivid, emotional, and thought-provoking" (Publishers Weekly), Into the Gray Zone takes readers to the edge of a dazzling, humbling frontier in our understanding of the bra...

Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe - Paperback

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by Shohini Ghose (Author)Author BiographyShohini Ghose is Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. She is Director of the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS) and the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. She is the recipient of several awards, including a TED Senior Fellowship and selection to the College of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2019, was among 25 women scientists worldwide featured in a UNESCO exhibit in Paris. She is ...

Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization - Paperback

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by Edward Slingerland (Author)An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization--and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised).While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place.Drunk elegantly cuts through the ...

Molecules: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Philip Ball (Author)The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us--how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multi-celled Mozart, what makes spider's silk insoluble in the morning dew, and how this molecular dynamism is being captured in the laboratory, promising to reinvent chem...