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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to one another that isn't true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate...
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Language
English
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu - on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial. Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos is as close as the nearest toaster? In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects...
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English
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One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. Here, physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplace in the future. From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals--and the limits--of...
8) Actual size
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.
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English
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"In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us that math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do--the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It's a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to...
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English
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""Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. The usual suspects are here, like Marie Curie (and her radioactive journey to the discovery of polonium and radium) and William Shockley (who is credited, not exactly justly,...
12) Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history, but never learned
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2003
Physical Desc
19 sound discs (ca. 21 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This completely revised edition incorporates new research and discoveries, and covers topics like the end of the Cold War, Clinton's impeachment, the bizarre election of 2000 and the events that led to Sept. 11, 2001.
14) Science verse
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital, 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
15) Only in America!
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
109 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A state-by-state compendium of weird laws, quirks, one-offs, and unusual records only to be found in the wonderfully wacky US of A. Only in America! explores the strangest claims to fame and the most unusual place names every state has to offer. Visit the city of Dinosaur, drop by the Pizza Museum, find out where it is illegal to feed a pig without a permit, and check out the world's only "carhenge" (that's right, Stonehenge reconstructed using cars)."--...
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Series
But why? volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
136 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"From the creators of the popular podcast But Why comes a new series for curious kids answering their most peculiar questions! Complete with real-life photos and hilarious illustrations, this book will keep young readers engaged and entertained as they dive into the pages and the deep blue sea!"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at how different animals, such as a rainbow trout, chimney swift, and slender loris, approach the challenges of catching flies, digging holes, eating clams, and hatching eggs.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"What is the "best" diet? Do calories matter? And when it comes to protein, fat, and carbs, which ones are good and which are bad? Food writer and cook Mark Bittman and health expert David Katz, MD, answer all these questions and more in a lively and easy-to-read Q&A format. Inspired by their viral hit article in Grub Street--one of New York magazine's most popular and most-shared articles--here Bittman and Katz share their clear, no-nonsense perspective...
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Series
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Green Mountain state may be small, but it has picturesque landscapes, rich maple syrup, and natives known for their upstanding Yankee character. See why thousands make an annual pilgrimage to see Vermont's famed fall foliage and enjoy its pristine small towns and village greens. 140 illustrations, 96 in color.
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