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A short history of nearly everything / by Bryson, Bill.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-527) and index.Lost in the cosmos: How to build a universe; Welcome to the solar system; Reverend Evans's universe -- Size of the earth: Measure of things; Stone-breakers; Science red in tooth and claw; Elemental matters -- New age dawns: Einstein's universe; Mighty atom; Getting the lead out; Muster Mark's quarks; Earth moves -- Dangerous planet: Bang!; Fire below; Dangerous beauty -- Life itself: Lonely planet; Into the troposphere; Bounding main; Rise of life; Small world; Life goes on; Good-bye to all that; Richness of being; Cells; Darwin's singular notion; The stuff of life -- Road to us: Ice time; Mysterious biped; Restless ape; Good-bye.In this book Bill Bryson explores the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer and attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world's most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. His interest is not simply to discover what we know but to find out how we know it. How do we know what is in the center of the earth, thousands of miles beneath the surface? How can we know the extent and the composition of the universe, or what a black hole is? How can we know where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge.
Subjects: Science.;
© 2004., Broadway Books,
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The sciencebook : everything you need to know about the world and how it works / by DelbruÌck, Matthias.; National Geographic Society (U.S.);
The universe -- The earth -- Biology -- Chemistry -- Physics and technology -- Mathematics.Encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one richly illustrated volume. Six major sections, ranging from the universe and planet Earth to biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics, encompass everything from microscopic life to nuclear power--with particular attention given to subjects in the news today, like climate change and genetic engineering. Includes 2,000 illustrations, 3-D graphics and pictograms.
Subjects: Science; Science.;
© c2008., National Geographic,
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Battle beyond the sun (nebo zovyot) [electronic resource]/
Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.
Subjects: Science Fiction.;
© 2014.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=202075&titleID=1813399 -- Click  to access title on Overdrive.;
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Earth science / by Bayden, Maya,editor.; Gale (Firm);
Includes bibliographical references and index.Origins of the earth sciences -- The 16th-18th centuries -- The 19th century -- The 20th century to the present : modern trends and developments.Combining studies of all the elements around us and how they interact, this book provides a history of the complex field of earth science, while highlighting core principles and concepts.Description based on print version record.
Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.;
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Computer science : a very short introduction / by Dasgupta, Subrata.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.The "stuff" of computing -- Computational artefacts -- Algorithmic thinking -- The art, science, and engineering of programming -- The discipline of computer architecture -- Heuristic computing -- Computational thinking -- Epilogue: is computer science a universal science?
Subjects: Computer science.;
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Censoring science : inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming / by Bowen, Mark(Mark Stander);
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-308) and index.The cardinal rule -- "This is coming from the top" -- "A dirty little secret" -- "Because the White House has a no surprises rule" -- "Gretchen, do not e-mail me on this" -- A theory of government we must vociferously oppose -- Congratulations for your "non award" -- The veil of Venus -- "A logical, well-reasoned conclusion" -- "Me, too".
Subjects: Global warming.; Climatic changes.;
© c2008., Dutton,
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Wonderful life : [electronic resource] : The Burgess Shale and the nature of history. by Gould, Stephen Jay.;
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived -- a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Science.;
© 2014.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=2311643 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Politics : a very short introduction / by Minogue, Kenneth R.,1930-2013.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110) and index.Why despots don't belong in politics. -- The classical Greeks: how to be a citizen. -- The Romans: the real meaning of patriotism. -- Christianity and the rise of the individual. -- Constructing the modern state. -- How to analyse a modern society. -- Relations between states: how to balance power. -- The experience of politics I: how to be an activist. -- The experience of politics II: parties and doctrines. -- The experience of politics III: justice, freedom, and democracy. -- Studying politics scientifically. -- Ideology challenges politics. -- Can politics survive the twenty-first century?"In this essay, Kenneth Minogue discusses the development of politics from the ancient world to the twentieth century. He prompts us to consider why political systems evolve, how politics offers both power and order in our society, whether democracy is always a good thing, and what future politics may have in the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
Subjects: Political science.;
© 2000., Oxford University Press,
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Astrophysics for people in a hurry [electronic resource]. by Tyson, Neil deGrasse.; deGrasse Tyson, Neil.;
Narrator: Neil DeGrasse Tyson.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mindexpanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in digestible chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.While waiting for your morning coffee to brew, or while waiting for the bus, the train, or the plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 103691 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Science.;
© 2017., Blackstone Publishing,
On-line resources: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=202075&titleID=3117442 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive;
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Timefulness : [electronic resource] : How thinking like a geologist can help save the world. by Bjornerud, Marcia.; Eby, Tanya.;
Narrator: Tanya Eby.Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves. The passage of nine days, which is how long a drop of water typically stays in Earth's atmosphere, is something we can easily grasp. But spans of hundreds of years-the time a molecule of carbon dioxide resides in the atmosphere-approach the limits of our comprehension. Our everyday lives are shaped by processes that vastly predate us, and our habits will in turn have consequences that will outlast us by generations. Timefulness reveals how knowing the rhythms of Earth's deep past and conceiving of time as a geologist does can give us the perspective we need for a more sustainable future. Marcia Bjornerud shows how geologists chart the planet's past, explaining how we can determine the pace of solid Earth processes such as mountain building and erosion and comparing them with the more unstable rhythms of the oceans and atmosphere. These overlapping rates of change in the Earth system-some fast, some slow-demand a poly-temporal worldview, one that Bjornerud calls "timefulness."Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 161613 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Science.;
© 2018., HighBridge Audio,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=4257596 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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