The first major biography of Peter Higgs, revealing how a short burst of work changed modern physics On July 4, 2012, the announcement came that one of the longest-running mysteries in physics had been solved: the Higgs boson, the...
Math and science
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Author:Close, FrankSummary: - Emperors of the deep : the ocean's most mysterious, most misunderstood, and most important guardiansAuthor:McKeever, WilliamSummary:
In this remarkable groundbreaking book, a documentarian and conservationist, determined to dispel misplaced fear and correct common misconceptions, explores in-depth the secret lives of sharks-magnificent creatures who play an integral...
- Author:MacArthur, Julie L.Summary:
Since the 1990s, there has been an upsurge in renewable electricity co-operatives across Canada as hundreds of community organizations have turned to the sun, wind, and rivers as sources of local power generation. Empowering Electricity...
- Author:Walsh, BryanSummary:
What is going to cause our doom? How can we save ourselves from it? Bryan Walsh explores a multitude of apocalyptic situations and explains how we can decide our fate.
- Author:Webb, BarbaraSummary:
Young Readers Examine How Plants And Animals Are Impacted By Human Activity, Why It Matters, And What Can Be Done To Help.
- Author:Lefebvre, Jean-François, Moreau, Nicole, Théorêt, Jonathan, Dansereau, Pierre, Frayne, AnthonySummary:
Nous sommes à un moment décisif. Alors que la production pétrolière vient d’atteindre un plateau, le temps nous est compté pour réussir à opérer l’inévitable transition énergétique avant que le monde replonge en récession. Si tout s’est...
- Author:Reilly, Kathleen M.Summary:
Introduces readers to the history and science behind the world's energy sources, including petroleum, natural gas, wind, hydropower, solar, and geothermal, through hands-on projects using common household items.
- Author:Tabatabaian, MehrzadSummary:
This open educational resource presents effective system modelling methods, including Lagrangian and bond graph, and the application of a relevant engineering software tool, 20-sim. The content is designed for engineering students and...
- Author:Sheldrake, MerlinSummary:
A mind-bending journey into the hidden universe of fungi, "one of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you" (Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk)."Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing...
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Environmental Biology enables students to develop a nuanced understanding of today's most pressing environmental issues. This text helps students grasp the scientific foundation of these issues so that they can better understand...
- Author:Smith, KeithSummary:
An examination of all major rapid-onset events—seismic, mass movement, atmospheric, hydrologic and technologic hazards—which directly threaten human life on a community scale. The study describes how, despite diverse origins and impacts...
- Author:Freedman, BillSummary:
This textbook is intended to provide the core elements of a curriculum for teaching environmental science at the introductory level in Canadian colleges and universities. This book is suitable for students beginning a program in...
- Author:Spooner, Alecia M.Summary:
The easy way to score high in Environmental Science Environmental science is a fascinating subject, but some students have a hard time grasping the interrelationships of the natural world and the role that humans play within the...
- Author:Boyd, David R.Summary:
Bien que le monde soit confronté à d’importants problèmes écologiques, Environnement: les années optimistes rapporte les gains environnementaux les plus significatifs réalisés ces dernières années: des espèces en voie de disparition...
- Author:Sedgman, SamSummary:
From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner Sam Sedgman comes a beautiful and fact-filled book encapsulating the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel - all seen through the world's most epic train...
- Author:Villeneuve, ClaudeSummary:
Est-il trop tard pour contrer les changements climatiques ?
- Author:Sandford, Robert WilliamSummary:
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. Fresh water is essential to both the ever-expanding human population and the ever-threatened...
- Author:Thouin, MarcelSummary:
Les expériences du présent ouvrage, construites selon une approche qui s’inspire des plus récentes recherches en enseignement des sciences, se distinguent de ce genre de recettes par le fait qu’elles sont des activités de résolution de...
- Author:Coburn, BroughtonSummary:
A team of climbers and filmmakers set out to make photographic history and come face-to-face with disaster.
- Author:Nye, BillSummary:
Bill Nye has been the public face of science for more than 20 years. In Everything All at Once, the New York Times bestselling author urges readers to become activists and agents of change. Everything All at Once is an exciting,...
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