Waterpower is the largest source of renewable energy in the world today, and microhydro is a mature, proven technology that can provide clean, inexpensive, renewable energy with little or no impact on the environment. Serious Microhydro...
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Author:Davis, ScottSummary: - Author:Schuetz, KristinSummary:
Severe weather can happen over land or water. With varying degrees of severity, it's important to be aware! Knowing when to take cover and retreat to shelter can keep you safe during dangerous conditions. Sharpen your senses in...
- Author:Potts, MalcolmSummary:
As news of war and terror dominates the headlines, scientist Malcolm Potts and veteran journalist Thomas Hayden take a step back to explain it all. In the spirit of Guns, Germs and Steel, Sex and War asks the basic questions: Why is war...
- Author:Keating, JessSummary:
At nine years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen as mindless killing machines, but Eugenie knew better and set out to...
- Author:Zimmer, CarlSummary:
Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overview of a force that shaped human society--a force set to shape our...
- Author:Abawi, AtiaSummary:
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! As the first American woman in space, Sally...
- Author:Bradley, Kimberly BrubakerSummary:
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series, adapted for audio, about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds—including Rosalind Franklin!...
- Author:Donovan, JimSummary:
Based on exhaustive research and dozens of fresh interviews, this book is the definitive and thrilling account of one of humankind's greatest technological achievements: the Apollo 11 mission.
- Author:Orlov, DmitrySummary:
The harmful side of even relatively benign technology is plain to see, but is hardly ever discussed. This book is critical of many aspects of technology, but it intends to evaluate each aspect of technology based on a harm/benefit...
- Author:Dye, PaulSummary:
Paul Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, where errors led to the loss of national...
- Author:Einstein, AlbertSummary:
This concise volume contains two addresses by Dr. Einstein outlining aspects of the theories. "Ether and Relativity" (1920), delivered at the University of Leyden, discusses the properties demanded of the ether of space by the...
- Author:Cone, MarlaSummary:
Traditionally thought of as the last great unspoiled territory on Earth, the Arctic is in reality home to some of the most contaminated people and animals on the planet. Awarded a major grant to conduct an exhaustive study of the...
- Author:Carson, RachelSummary:
First published in 1962, Silent Spring can singlehandedly be credited with sounding the alarm and raising awareness of humankind's collective impact on its own future through chemical pollution. No other book has so strongly...
- Author:Boskovic, Sanja, Beyenir, SerhatSummary:
This Simulator laboratory (SIMLAB) book was created to provide ancillary resources for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plant Simulator courses. It is intended to act as a collection of exercises to help our students merge the theory...
- Author:Miller, James D.Summary:
In Ray Kurzweil's New York Times bestseller The Singularity is Near, the futurist and entrepreneur describes the Singularity, a likely future utterly different than anything we can imagine. The Singularity is triggered by the...
- Author:Kolbert, ElizabethSummary:
Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to...
- Author:Bryce, RobertSummary:
In this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more...
- Author:St. George, JudithSummary:
People with great ideas, some famous and some not so much, invented the things we use everyday. Inventors like Ben Franklin, the Wright Brothers, Heddy Lamar, and Josephine Cochran dreamed the big dreams that led to the lightning rods,...
- Author:Evans, MatthewSummary:
A love letter to Mother Earth and entertaining must-read that goes to the heart of our survival' Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler. Perfect for fans of Wilding by Isabella Tree. What we do to the soil, we do to...
- Author:DeGunther, RikSummary:
The bestselling alternative energy reference book in North America—now in an updated edition Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you’re looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or...
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