Cold Matters is a vital and approachable work that distills the scientific complexities of snow, ice, water and climate and presents the global implications of research put forth and funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and...
Math and science
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Author:Sandford, Robert WilliamSummary: - Author:Powers, BillSummary:
Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest' Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combined with increasing demand will...
- Author:Abramson, Jay P.Summary:
Published by OpenStax College, College Algebra provides a comprehensive and multi-layered exploration of algebraic principles. The text is suitable for a typical introductory Algebra course, and was developed to be used flexibly. The...
- Author:Jameson, Jennifer, Kozak, Kathryn, Lanzetta, Maya, Sonier, Kim, Inigo, MaxieSummary:
This text was written for a college-level liberal arts math class. It addresses math concepts that most people will encourter as part of their everyday life, including statistics, probablility, growth, finance, graph theory, voting...
- Author:Urone, Paul PeterSummary:
This introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics book is grounded with real-world examples, illustrations, and explanations to help students grasp key, fundamental physics concepts. This online, fully editable and...
- Author:Morris, JoySummary:
Combinatorics provides an introduction to enumeration, graph theory, and design theory. It is aimed at upper-level undergraduate students and the exercises expect some mathematical sophistication, including a reasonable ability to...
- Author:Goswami, AmitSummary:
Amorçant la réflexion avec une question telle que «Dieu existe, alors qu’allons-nous faire de cette vérité?», Goswami en appelle à un plan d’action où les principes de l’activisme quantique seraient appliqués à un ensemble d’enjeux...
- Author:Hutchinson, John S.Summary:
This is an on-line textbook for an Introductory General Chemistry course. Each module develops a central concept in Chemistry from experimental observations and inductive reasoning. This approach complements an interactive or active...
- Author:Roush, Rebecca, Wise, James, Fowler, SamanthaSummary:
Concepts of Biology is designed for the single-semester introduction to biology course for non-science majors, which for many students is their only college-level science course. As such, this course represents an important opportunity...
- Author:Gair, Jane, Molnar, CharlesSummary:
In this survey text, directed at those not majoring in biology, we dispel the assumption that a little learning is a dangerous thing. We hope that by skimming the surface of a very deep subject, biology, we may inspire you to drink more...
- Author:Dawson, Michael R. W.Summary:
Previously, artificial neural networks have been used to capture only the informal properties of music. However, cognitive scientist Michael Dawson found that by training artificial neural networks to make basic judgments concerning...
- Author:Harris, AnnakaSummary:
As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience....
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Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Science contains sixteen original essays by leading authors in the philosophy ofscience, each one defending the affirmative or negative answer toone of eight specific questions, including: Are there...
- Author:Trefil, James, Tyson, Neil deGrasseSummary:
Neil deGrasse Tyson and physicist James Trefil explore the big questions that humanity has been posing for millennia--How did life begin? What is our place in the universe? Are we alone?--and provide answers based on the most current...
- Author:Cline-Ransome, LesaSummary:
Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or astronauts walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used their knowledge, pencils, adding machines, and writing paper to calculate the orbital...
- Author:Byron, KariSummary:
Kari Byron-former host of the wildly popular, iconic cult classic MythBusters-shows how to crash test your way through life, no lab coat required. Kari Byron's story hasn't been a straight line. She started out as a broke artist living...
- Author:Meyer, MarissaSummary:
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on...
- Author:Campbell, GraceSummary:
A good detective knows that crime scene evidence can make or break a case. Learn how to look for evidence, how to collect it, and what it can tell us in this captivating high/low title!
- Author:Campbell, GraceSummary:
Crime scene investigators walk past the yellow tape with one mission: to figure out what happened. Discover what it takes to be an investigator and learn about the investigation process in this high/low book, from hunting for evidence...
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On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts assembled at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine. A project of the...
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