Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry sense of humor, Schlossberg makes the climate crisis and its solutions interesting and relevant to everyone who cares, even a little, about the...
Math and science
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Author:Schlossberg, TatianaSummary: - Author:Doctorow, CorySummary:
Cory Doctorow takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. This is an essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts.
- Author:Zaidan, GeorgeSummary:
Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won't, and why - explained with high-octane hilarity, hysterical hijinks, and other things that don't begin with the letter H. INGREDIENTS...
- Author:Juma, CalestousSummary:
Drawing from nearly 600 years of technology history, Innovation and Its Enemies identifies the tension between the need for innovation and the pressure to maintain continuity, social order, and stability as one of today's biggest policy...
- Author:Johnston, DavidSummary:
This young readers edition of Ingenious focuses on 50 kid-friendly Canadian innovations that changed the world, from canoes to whoopie cushions, chocolate bars to Pablum. Co-written by Canada's Governor General and accompanied by...
- Author:Boothroyd, JenniferSummary:
Many insects drink nectar and collect pollen from flowers, and in the process they help plants reproduce. Readers will investigate how bees, butterflies, ants, and other insects assist in pollination. Simple text and supportive photos...
- Author:Schutten, Jan PaulSummary:
A perfect book for STEM learning: Kids ages 8-12 will love these creepy X-Rays of bugs, reptiles, mammals, and more! A Smithsonian Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year. Using incredible X-ray techniques, Inside In displays...
- Author:Horowitz, AlexandraSummary:
The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human. Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’...
- Author:Richtel, MattSummary:
Creativity is perhaps the defining human trait. Yet, for thousands of years, we did know where creative inspiration came from, until now. This book is about the science of creativity.
- Author:Dubé, Monique, Eum, Hyung, Wang, George, Farjad, Babak, Gupta, AnilSummary:
Responding to an increase in the intensity of natural and anthropogenic stressors, this book reviews the various approaches to the integrated modeling of climate and hydrology and provides practitioners with a useful framework for...
- Author:Anthony-Smith, MaryAnne, Marecek, LynnSummary:
Intermediate Algebra - 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester intermediate algebra course. The book's organization makes it easy to adapt to a variety of course syllabi. The text expands on the...
- Author:Kuczynska, AnnaSummary:
This textbook is intended for adult learners who wish to review and improve their algebra skills. The content covers all the ABE outcomes for the Algebraic Math - Advanced Level. The concepts are explained concisely, but with enough...
- Author:Miller, ChristineSummary:
This course package is designed as an introduction to General and Applied Science. It satisfies the learning outcomes for British Columbia ABE Intermediate General and Applied Science, which is considered an equivalent to BC Science 10...
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This collection crosses several between genders, among countries, and between science and technology and the humanities. Over 50 essays deal with topics including biology, natural history, chemistry, computers, women’s issues,...
- Author:Ellis, JimSummary:
How do we understand the boundaries of individual creatures? What are the systems of interdependency that bind all living creatures together? Plants were among the the first to colonize the planet. They created the soil and the...
- Author:Webb, PaulSummary:
Introduction to Oceanography is a textbook appropriate to an introductory-level university course in oceanography. The book covers the fundamental geological, chemical, physical and biological processes in the ocean, with an emphasis on...
- Author:Mazur, IzabelaSummary:
This textbook is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning outcomes for Mathematics: Intermediate Level Algebra. The textbook introduces the fundamental concepts of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry while...
- Author:Ball, David W.Summary:
The goal of this textbook is not to make you an expert. True expertise in any field is a years-long endeavor. Here I [i.e. David W. Ball] will survey some of the basic topics of chemistry. This survey should give you enough knowledge to...
- Author:Key, Jessie A., Ball, David W.Summary:
The goal of this textbook is not to make you an expert. True expertise in any field is a years-long endeavor. Here I will survey some of the basic topics of chemistry. This survey should give you enough knowledge to appreciate the...
- Author:Illowsky, BarbaraSummary:
Introductory Statistics follows the scope and sequence of a one-semester, introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. This text assumes students have been exposed to...
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