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Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier - Hardcover

$32.00

by Matthew Weinzierl (Author), Brendan Rosseau (Author)Your guide--using the compelling stories of changemakers and the tools of economics--to the transformation and future possibilities of the business and economics of space.Space is a place of unparalleled possibility for humanity, and it's undergoing a revolution. A wave of companies led by gutsy entrepreneurs is unlocking opportunities that fire the imagination and open up new business models. No, it's not hotels on Mars or day trips to o...

Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird - Paperback

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by Mike Stark (Author)Has there ever been a more hated bird than the European starling? Let loose in New York City's Central Park by a misguided aristocrat, the starlings were supposed to help curb insect outbreaks and add to the tuneful choir of other songbirds. Rather than staying put, the dark and speckled starlings marched across the continent like a conquering army. In less than sixty years, they were in every state in the contiguous United States and their numbers topped two hundred mil...

The Narrative Brain: The Stories Our Neurons Tell - Hardcover

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by Fritz Alwin Breithaupt (Author)An investigation of the emotional power of narrative that illuminates the relationship between the human brain and the stories we tell As humans, we think in stories--stories that allow us to feel and share emotions. In order for this phenomenon to work, our brains and the ways in which we tell stories must be attuned to each other. But how exactly does this happen? Tapping into the essence of thinking in stories, Fritz Breithaupt draws on the latest scient...

Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History - Paperback

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by Alice Roberts (Author) Dogs became our companions.Wheat fed booming populations.Cattle gave us meat and milk.Corn fueled the growth of empires.Potatoes brought feast and famine.Chickens inspired new branches of science.Rice promised a golden future.Horses gave us strength and speed.Apples provided harvestable sweetness.Humans tamed them all. For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors were just one wild species among many, their survival dependent on the whims of nature. Then, gradua...

In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings - Hardcover

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by James C. Scott (Author)James C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse--the brief time when the river occ...

Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash - Hardcover

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by Alexander Clapp (Author)A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade. Dumps and landfills around the world are overflowing. Disputes about what to do with the millions of tons of garbage generated every day have given rise to waste wars waged almost everywhere you look. Some are border skirmishes. Others hustle trash across thousands of miles and multiple oceans...

Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe - Hardcover

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by Carl Zimmer (Author)The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air--and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great biological frontier remains so mysterious that it took over two years for scientists to finally agree that the Covid pandemic was caused by an airborne virus. In Ai...

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance - Hardcover

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by Riley Black (Author)Winner, A Friend of Darwin Award, 2024 A gorgeously composed look at the longstanding relationship between prehistoric plants and life on Earth Fossils plants allow us to touch the lost worlds from billions of years of evolutionary backstory. Each petrified leaf and root show us that dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, and even humans would not exist without the evolutionary efforts of their leafy counterparts. It has been the constant growth of plants that have allowed so ...

Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves - Hardcover

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by Nicola Twilley (Author)"Frostbite is a perfectly executed cold fusion of science, history, and literary verve...as a fellow nonfiction writer, I bow down. This is how it's done." -- Mary Roach, author of Fuzz and Stiff An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food--for better and for worse How often do we open t...

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by Daniel Reid Kuespert (Author)Research Laboratory Safety explains the most important prerequisite when working in a laboratory: Knowing the potential hazards of equipment and the chemical materials to be employed. Students learn how to assess and control risks in a research laboratory and to identify a possible danger. An approach on the hazard classes such as physical, chemical, biological and radiation hazards is given and exercises to each class prepare for exams.Author BiographyDaniel R...

Insect Collection and Identification: Techniques for the Field and Laboratory - Paperback

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by Timothy J. Gibb (Author), Christian Oseto (Author)Insect Collection and Identification: Techniques for the Field and Laboratory, Second Edition, is the definitive text on all aspects required for collecting and properly preparing specimens for identification. This book provides detailed taxonomic keys to insects and related arthropods, giving recent classification changes to various insect taxa, along with updated preservation materials and techniques for molecular and genomic studies. It...

Drifting Continents and Colliding Paradigms: Perspectives on the Geoscience Revolution - Hardcover

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by John A. Stewart (Author)"The book provides an excellent historical summary of the debates over continental drift theory in this century." --Contemporary Sociology"This is a useful discussion of the way that science works. The book will be of value to philosophers of science . . . " --Choice" . . . will find an important place in university and department libraries, and will interest afficionados of the factual and intellectual history of the earth sciences." --Terra Nova" . . . an excellen...

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by Alain Cuerrier (Editor), Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko (Editor)Recent interest in the species Rhodiola rosea (roseroot) in the West arose from the use of the rhizome as an adaptogen for the treatment of stress, but in the last few years, studies have confirmed other valuable medicinal properties. Written by well-known researchers, this volume examines important aspects of this increasingly important medicinal plant, including its botany, taxonomy, ethnobotany, classification, chemistry, phytochemist...

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by Anne Innis Dagg (Author)Research into social behaviour in animals has often focused on aggression, yet members of social species are far more likely to interact with each other in a positive way. Animal Friendships explores non-sexual bonding behaviours in a range of mammalian and avian species. Through analysis of factors which trigger and deepen friendships, Dagg uncovers a world of intricate and complex social interactions. These factors include sources of food, formation of coalitions,...

An Exposition Of The Thirty-Nine Articles V2: Historical And Doctrinal - Hardcover

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by Edward Harold Browne (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 676 Dimensions: 1.63 x 9 x ...

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by Gladys C. Schwesinger (Author), Frederick Osborn (Editor)Heredity and Environment is a comprehensive book written by Gladys C. Schwesinger that explores the complex relationship between genetics and the environment in shaping human behavior and development. The book begins by discussing the basics of genetics and the role of DNA in determining physical and mental traits. It then delves into the various environmental factors that can influence gene expression, including nutrition, stress, a...

Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order - Paperback

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by George Johnson (Author)Are there really laws governing the universe? Or is the order we see a mere artifact of the way evolution wired the brain? And is what we call science only a set of myths in which quarks, DNA, and information fill the role once occupied by gods? These questions lie at the heart of George Johnson's audacious exploration of the border between science and religion, cosmic accident and timeless law. Northern New Mexico is home both to the most provocative new enterprises...

La Senal: Revolucion en el paradigma cientifico y teologico de la especie humana en la Tierra - Paperback

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by Juan Carlos Martino (Author)Finalmente tenemos el elemento de informaci n energ tica fundamental para entender no s lo el origen y evoluci n del universo, en realidad de nuestro universo, sino del proceso ORIGEN que le dio lugar. Este elemento de informaci n, La Hebra Energ tica y Operacional Primordial, se confirma exhaustiva e inespeculadamente en el proceso UNIVERSO del que nuestro universo es un componente temporal, y se experimenta en el proceso SER HUMANO que es componente de la FUNC...

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by Oliver Dean (Illustrator), Nils Andersson (Author)An entertaining and personal introduction to Einstein's universe. Starting with a walk through Bern in 1905 and ending with the recent discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, this book exposes the theory of Relativity in a readable style. Supported by insightful and zany illustrations, this is a great science story for everyone and anyone. As a young boy, Jack is sent to deliver a set of pictures to a house on Princet...

Pigeon Trapping in the Old and New Worlds - Paperback

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by H. MacPherson (Author)This vintage volume contains a detailed guide to trapping pigeons, with information on assembling traps, different types of trap, common problems, benefits, drawbacks, materials and equipment, and more. Profusely illustrated and packed full of useful tips, this book constitutes a must-have for those looking for a guide on trapping pigeons, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasing...

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by Michael Pollan (Author)The instant New York Times bestseller A Washington Post Notable Book One of NPR's Best Books of the Year "Expert storytelling . . . [Pollan] masterfully elevates a series of big questions about drugs, plants and humans that are likely to leave readers thinking in new ways." --New York Times Book Review From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psy...

City Living: How Urban Spaces and Urban Dwellers Make One Another - Hardcover

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by Quill R. Kukla (Author)City Living is about urban spaces, urban dwellers, and how these spaces and people make, shape, and change one another. More people live in cities than ever before: more than 50% of the earth's people are urban dwellers. As downtown cores gentrify and globalize, they are becoming more diverse than ever, along lines of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, sexuality, and age. Meanwhile, we are in the early stages of what seems sure to be a period of intense civil unre...

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by Guy Consolmagno (Author), Dan M. Davis (Author)With over 150,000 copies sold since its first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time. This unique guidebook to the night sky shows you how to observe a host of celestial wonders. Its distinct format of object-by-object spreads illustrates how deep-sky objects and planets actually look through a small telescope, while its large pages and spiral binding allow for use outside. Along with updated star names and as...

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - Hardcover

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by James Nestor (Author)A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR "A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe--and how we've all been doing it wrong for a long, long time." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly. The...

Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People - Paperback

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by Evan P. Bennett (Author)Exploring the environmental historyof an important natural area Thelargest open water estuary in Florida, Tampa Bay has been a flashpoint ofenvironmental struggles and action in recent years. This book goes beneath today'snews headlines to explore how people have interacted with nature in the regionthroughout its long history. InTampa Bay, Evan Bennett reveals thathumans have been part of the bay's ecology since the estuary took its modern form2,000 years ago, al...

A First Course in Network Theory - Paperback

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by Ernesto Estrada (Author), Philip Knight (Author)The study of network theory is a highly interdisciplinary field, which has emerged as a major topic of interest in various disciplines ranging from physics and mathematics, to biology and sociology. This book promotes the diverse nature of the study of complex networks by balancing the needs of students from very different backgrounds. It references the most commonly used concepts in network theory, provides examples of their applications in ...

Applications of Medicinal Bioinorganic Chemistry - Paperback

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by Atta -Ur- Rahman (Author)This issue of Current Medicinal Chemistry presents reviews which explain different applications of bioinorganic chemistry spanning the effects of protein structure and function on different diseases, to the role of chelating agents for removing metal ions and toxic anions from the body. All the reviews presented in this volume take into account the medical implications of the main topic which they address. Contributions have been made by experts from several instit...

Statistics for Astrophysics: Bayesian Methodology - Paperback

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by Didier Fraix‐burnet (Editor), Stéphane Girard (Editor), Julyan Arbel (Editor)This book includes the lectures given during the third session of the School of Statistics for Astrophysics that took place at Autrans, near Grenoble, in France, in October 2017. The subject is Bayesian Methodology.The interest of this statistical approach in astrophysics probably comes from its necessity and its success in determining the cosmological parameters from observations, especially from the cosmic backg...

Surviving The Collapse Of Society: Practical Tips, Skills, Careers, Illustrations, And Activist Resources - Paperback

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by Sage Liskey (Author)Surviving Climate Change And Other Disasters explores the very immediate threat of human civilization collapsing and what to do about it. How do you prepare for an earthquake or hurricane? What do we do if basic resources disappear? How can people come together to save life from climate change? Among over 40 beautiful color illustrations, Sage Liskey shares essential information to staying safe in dire circumstances and ensuring the longevity of the human race. We can s...

Science and Eccentricity: Collecting, Writing and Performing Science for Early Nineteenth-Century Audiences - Paperback

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by Victoria Carroll (Author)The concept of eccentricity was central to how people in the nineteenth century understood their world. This monograph is the first scholarly history of eccentricity. Carroll explores how discourses of eccentricity were established to make sense of individuals who did not seem to fit within an increasingly organized social and economic order. She focuses on the self-taught natural philosopher William Martin, the fossilist Thomas Hawkins and the taxidermist Charles ...

Stellar Explosions: Hydrodynamics and Nucleosynthesis - Paperback

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by Jordi Jose (Author)Stars are the main factories of element production in the universe through a suite of complex and intertwined physical processes. Such stellar alchemy is driven by multiple nuclear interactions that through eons have transformed the pristine, metal-poor ashes leftover by the Big Bang into a cosmos with 100 distinct chemical species. The products of stellar nucleosynthesis frequently get mixed inside stars by convective transport or through hydrodynamic instabilities, and...

Fission, Fusion and Spies: A Life in Theoretical Physics - Hardcover

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by Roscoe B. White (Author)This book relates the life, education and experiences of a Minnesotan who fell in love with physics early in life, went to Princeton and was educated by former students of Enrico Fermi and others who had worked on the development of nuclear weapons. He then spent a year in Moscow participating in the first year of the scientific exchange program initiated by Kennedy and Kruschev, where he encountered an American defector and had other interesting experiences with Ru...