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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...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"The kids at Benjamin Banneker College Prep are a little... competitive. Okay. They're a LOT competitive. The minute Principal Yee announces an epic competition for the golden B-B trophy, seventh-grader Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows he has to win. But it won't be easy. The competition doesn't just include science, technology, engineering and math. It also has arts and sports. Not Doug's best subjects... With only a week to go, Doug launches a quest...
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Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
113 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"Illustrated book with profiles of the men and women who have revolutionized science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics, with a focus on their accomplishments that were "firsts" in their fields."--
6) Elements
Publisher
Group Nine Media
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Elements is your science-loving best friend, tasked with keeping you updated and interested in all the compelling, innovative and groundbreaking science happening around us.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (386 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, the star-filled sky has been a source of wonder, discovery, and entertainment. All you need to feel at home in its limitless expanse is Our Night Sky, a richly illustrated 12-episode course that gives you an unrivaled tour around the sky-all while teaching you about the science, technology, and pure pleasure of stargazing.
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Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
c2016.
Edition
First edition.
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127 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, from the ancient world to the present, profiles each notable individual.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
Interview with Vandana Shiva: scientist, philosopher, feminist, author, environmentalist, activist. Shiva is a one-woman movement for peace, sustainability and social justice. Hearing the leaders of world agri-business describe their plan to control the world's supply of food and pharmaceuticals through the use of patented, genetically-engineered seeds, she founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, dedicated to opposing...
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Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the United States, women are vastly underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) fields, holding under 25% of STEM jobs and a disproportionately low share of STEM undergraduate degrees. GREAT UNSUNG WOMEN OF COMPUTING is a series of three remarkable documentary films that show how women revolutionized the computing and Internet technology we use today, inspiring female students to believe that programming careers lie within...
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Nickelodeon / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
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1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Nick Jr. introduces preschoolers to the exciting curriculum of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) that is a hot topic for parents and educators! Join your favorite Nick Jr. friends from Paw Patrol, Bubbles Guppies and more for exciting adventures and lessons in problem-solving and everyday technologies ��� perfect for jump-starting young imaginations and developing inquisitive minds!
12) Fed up!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min., 7 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients and the biotech industry is spending {dollar}50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, Fed up! presents an entertaining and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 116 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of 1893's troubles with workers' rights, prejudice, discrimination and corruption, the World's Columbian Exposition casts a brief ray of hope for the future of humanity. Narrated by Gene Wilder, EXPO - Magic of the White City explores the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world's greatest achievements in art, architecture, science, technology and culture are unveiled there....
14) Space heroes
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Read about Mae Jemison, the first African American women to travel in space. Find out how Sally Ride inspired future scientists after her career as an astronaut. Discover how Margaret Hamilton created computer software for the Apollo mission, and see the stars with Nancy Grace Roman through the giant Hubble Telescope. Learn about NASA, and explore what life is like aboard the Endeavour Space Shuttle!Presented with fun images, simple vocabulary and...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xlvii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth--a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would begin to threaten many of Europe's monarchies in the coming...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 364 pages : Illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business--and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark. What has A.I. brought us? Where will it lead us? The story of A.I. is the story of intelligence--of life processes as they evolve from bacteria (1.0) to humans (2.0), where life processes define their own software, to technology (3.0), where life processes design both their hardware and software. We...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 52 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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A Million Acres A Year describes the epic history of post war agricultural development in Western Australia and the personal journeys of some country people - a rural vanguard which has come to acknowledge that current forms of agriculture are not sustainable, and that the limited solutions we are trying to implement are not enough. Their story unfolds in the remaining mallee/heath lands of WA's 'Wheatbelt', most of which were released to agriculture...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (4 video files, approximately 240 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
What goes on inside the minds of today’s most dynamic visual artists? How do they make the leap between insight and finished object? What inspires artists to break through the barriers of convention to arrive at new ways of seeing? These and other intriguing questions are explored in Season 3 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century," the only series on national public television to focus exclusively on contemporary art and the people who create it....
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Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"This comprehensive children's encyclopedia is a treasure trove of facts, showing you the world one object at a time. From animals to the internet, and from pandemics to global warming, this children's encyclopedia is packed with everything you need to know. Explore galleries of intriguing objects on a range of topics, from plants to space, and from sports to ancient civilizations. Whether it is the earliest photograph taken or the latest rover on...
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