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Encyclopedia of marine science / by Nichols, C. Reid.; Williams, Robert G.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Marine sciences;
© c2009., Facts on File,
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The marine world : a natural history of ocean life / by Dipper, Frances,1951-; Dando, Marc,illustrator.;
"For everyone with an interest in the ocean, such as marine biologists, students, naturalists, and divers. Encompasses organisms that live in, on, and around the ocean. Includes color illustrations, line drawings, and over 1,500 color photographs, and information on identification, distribution, structure, biology, ecology, classification, and conservation"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: The Physical Ocean -- Ocean Research -- The Marine Environment -- Part II: The Living Ocean -- Environments and Ecosystems -- Part III: Marine Life -- Ocean Life -- Bacteria and Archaea -- Marine Plants and Chromists -- Marine Fungi -- Protozoa -- Microanimals -- Sponges -- Cnidarians -- Annelid Worms -- Other Worms -- Molluscs -- Brachiopods -- Arthropods -- Bryozoans -- Echinoderms -- Hemichordates -- Chordates -- Marine Fishes -- Marine Reptiles -- Marine Mammals -- Marine Birds -- Interrelationships -- Marine Protected Areas.With color illustrations, line drawings, more than 1,500 color photographs, and clear, accessible text, this book encompasses all those organisms that live in, on, and around the ocean, bringing together in a single text everything from the minuscule to the immense. [From publisher's description].
Subjects: Marine ecology.; Marine sciences.; Oceanography.;
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The log from the Sea of Cortez / by Steinbeck, John,1902-1968.; Ricketts, Edward Flanders,1897-1948.; Steinbeck, John,1902-1968.About Ed Ricketts.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxvi) and index.This exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of California with biologist Ed Ricketts, drawn from the longer Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-spirited adventure. Annotation. In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This exciting, day-by-day account of their trip, drawn from the longer work, Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-speed adventure that provides a fascinating portrait of Steinbeck and Ricketts.Introduction by Richard Astro -- Suggestions for further reading --Note on the text -- Map -- Log from the Sea of Cortez -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Index.
Subjects: Marine invertebrates; Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968; Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948;
© 1995., Penguin Books,
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Destination Mars : new explorations of the Red Planet / by Pyle, Rod.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The first Martian -- MARS 101 -- In the beginning : a shining red eye -- The end of an empire : Mariner 4 -- Dr. Robert Leighton : the eyes of Mariner 4 -- Continuing travels to dark and scary places : Mariners 6 and 7 -- Dr. Bruce Murray : it's all about the image -- Aeolian Armageddon : Mariner 9 -- Dr. Laurence Soderblom : the eyes of Mariner 9 -- Viking's search for life : where are the microbes? -- Dr. Norman Horowitz : looking for life -- Return to Mars : Mars Global Surveyor -- Robert Brooks : It takes a team, Mars Global Surveyor -- Roving Mars : Sojourner, the pathfinder -- Robert Manning, Mars Pathfinder : bouncing to Mars -- Mars express : on the fast track -- A laugh in the darkness : the great galactic ghoul -- 2001 : a Mars odyssey -- Dr. Jeffrey Plaunt : follow the water -- Twins of Mars : spirit and opportunity -- Dr. Steve Squyres and the Mars Exploration Rovers : dreams of ice and sand -- Mars in HD : Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter -- Dr. Richard Zurek, MRO : I can see clearly now-- -- Twins of Mars : spirit and opportunity, part 2 -- From the ashes, like a phoenix -- Peter Smith : polar explorer -- Mars Science Laboratory : bigger is better -- Dr. Joy Crisp, Mars Science Observatory : dig this -- JPL 2020 : the once and future Mars -- Mars on Earth -- The new Martians -- The road ahead.Drawing on contacts at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, award-winning science writer and documentary producer Rod Pyle provides an insiders look into the amazing projects now being developed here and abroad to visit the legendary red planet.
Subjects: Artificial satellites; Space flight to Mars;
© 2012., Prometheus Books,
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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war / by Roach, Mary.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285).Second skin: what to wear to war -- Boom box: automotive safety for people who drive on bombs -- Fighting by ear: the conundrum of military noise -- Below the belt: the cruelest shot of all -- It could get weird: a salute to genital transplants -- Carnage under fire: how do combat medics cope? -- Sweating bullets: the war on heat -- Leaky SEALs: diarrhea as a threat to national security -- The maggot paradox: flies on the battlefield, for better and worse -- What doesn't kill you will make you reek: a brief history of stink bombs -- Old chum: how to make and test shark repellent -- That sinking feeling: when things go wrong under the sea -- Up and under: a submarine tries to sleep -- Feedback from the fallen: how the dead help the living stay that way.'Grunt' tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries--panic, exhaustion, heat, noise--and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a zipper is a problem for a sniper. She visits a repurposed movie studio where amputee actors help prepare Marine Corps medics for the shock and gore of combat wounds. At Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti, in east Africa, we learn how diarrhea can be a threat to national security. Roach samples caffeinated meat, sniffs an archival sample of a World War II stink bomb, and stays up all night with the crew tending the missiles on the nuclear submarine USS Tennessee. She answers questions not found in any other book on the military: Why is DARPA interested in ducks? How is a wedding gown like a bomb suit? Why are shrimp more dangerous to sailors than sharks? Take a tour of duty with Roach, and you'll never see our nation's defenders in the same way again.
Subjects: Military art and science; Military art and science; Military research;
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Fast ice / by Cussler, Clive,author.; Brown, Graham,1969-author.;
Kurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet in the latest novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling grand master of adventure. In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embarks upon an expedition to Antarctica, hoping to set up a military base to support their goal of world domination. Though the military outpost never comes to fruition, what the Nazis find on the icy continent indeed proves dangerous...and will have implications far into the future. After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala head to the freezing edge of the world to investigate. Even as they confront perilous waters and frigid termperatures, they are also up against a terrifying man-made weapon - a fast-growing ice that could usher in a new Ice Age. Pitted against a determined mad man and a monstrous storm, Kurt and the NUMA team must unravel a Nazi-era plot in order to save the globe from a freeze that would bury it once and for all. --
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Science fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character); Marine scientists; Missing persons; National Underwater and Marine Agency; Conspiracies; Ice; Global cooling;
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Galápagos : the islands that changed the world / by Stewart, Paul D.; Dawkins, Richard,1941-Forword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.Island origins / by Patrick Morris -- Human discovery / by Paul D. Stewart -- Darwin & evolution / by Andrew Murray -- Life on land / by Paul D. Stewart -- Survival on the coast / by Joe Stevens -- Ocean oasis / by Richard Wollocombe -- Conserving the Galápagos / by Godfrey Merlen -- Galápagos : world's end / by Paul D. Stewart."Rocky, fragile, beautiful, strange - the Galápagos archipelago is unlike any other place on earth. Its geology, its unique flora and fauna, and its striking role in human history intersect in surprising and dynamic ways. This book is the most wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated book available on the famous islands. Not since Darwin's Naturalist's Voyage has a book combined so much scientific and historic information with firsthand accounts that bring the Galápagos to life. Galápagos: The Islands That Changed the World describes how tragedy and murderous pirates curtailed settlement of the islands and how the islands' pristine nature, spectacular geology, and defining isolation inspired Darwin's ideas about evolution. The book explores the diverse land and marine habitats that shelter Galápagos species and considers the islands' importance today as a frontier for science and a refuge for true wilderness."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Natural history; Biodiversity;
© 2006., Yale University Press,
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Breasts : a natural and unnatural history / by Williams, Florence,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-336).Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But breasts are changing. They're getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle against breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial and so vulnerable? Intrepid science journalist Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest science from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine in an engaging expośe about the breast and its imperiled modern fate.Planet Breast -- For whom the bells toll -- Circular beginnings -- Plumbing: a primer -- Fill her up -- Toxic assets: the growing breast -- Shampoo, macaroni, and the American girl: spring comes early -- The pregnancy paradox -- What's for dinner? -- Holy crap: Herman, Hamlet, and the all-important human gut -- Sour milk -- An unfamiliar wilderness: periods, the pill, and HRT -- The few. The proud. The afflicted: can marines solve the puzzle of breast cancer? -- Are you dense? the aging breast -- The future of breasts.
Subjects: Breast; Breast;
© 2013., Norton,
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This time tomorrow : [electronic resource] : A novel. by Straub, Emma.; Ireland, Marin.;
Narrator: Marin Ireland.What if you could take a vacation to your past?On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But something is missing. Her father, the single parent who raised her, is ailing and out of reach. How did they get here so fast? Did she take too much for granted along the way? When Alice wakes up the next morning somehow back in 1996, it isn’t her sixteen-year-old body that is the biggest shock, or the possibility of romance with her adolescent crush. It’s her dad: the vital, charming, forty-nine-year-old version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, is there anything that she should do differently this time around? What would she change, given the chance?With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, Emma Straub cleverly turns all the traditional time travel tropes on their head and delivers a different kind of love story—about the lifelong, reverberating relationship between a parent and child. -- provided by author's website.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 239759 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.; Science Fiction.;
© 2022., Penguin Audio,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=7002735 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Careers Outdoors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.Publisher's Note -- Editor's Introduction -- Agricultural & Food Scientists -- Animal Caretakers -- Botanists -- Bulldozer & Construction Equipment Operators -- Cement Masons & Masonry Workers -- Civil Engineers -- Construction & Building Inspectors -- Environmental Engineers -- Farmers, Ranchers & Other Agricultural Managers -- Firefighters -- Fish & Game Wardens -- Fishers/Hunters/Trappers -- Foresters & Conservation Scientists -- Gardeners & Groundskeepers -- Geologists & Geophysicists -- Insurance Claims Adjusters & Examiners -- Landscape Architects -- Marine Biologists -- Meteorologists -- Park Rangers -- Police Officers & Detectives -- Recreation Program Directors -- Structural Metal Workers -- Travel Agents -- Wildlife Biologists -- Appendix A: Holland Code -- Appendix B: Bibliography -- Index.Contains twenty-five alphabetically arranged chapters describing specific fields of interest for those with a desire to work in the great outdoors: in parks, on farms, at construction sites, as a firefighter, or in law enforcement.
Subjects: Outdoor life; Science; Building trades; Agriculture; Conservation of natural resources;
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