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Crisis Among The Stars: Dawning Revolution in Cosmology
by John T. Cullen
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The author proposes a dramatic new conjecture to explain dark matter, dark energy, and the accelerating expansion of the universe. These three baffling mysteries are signaling the need for a new revolution in cosmology. Only a century ago, the great debate was whether the sun was the center of the universe, and if the Milky Way was the entire universe. Edwin Hubble helped confirm, only in the 1920s, that our galaxy is one of many, and that the universe is expanding. This article traces the histo... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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A Short History of Nearly Everything [Secure]
by Bill Bryson
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One of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey--into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail--well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand--and, if possible, answer--the oldest, biggest questions we have posed abou... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science [Secure]
by David Lindley
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The remarkable story of a startling scientific idea that ignited a battle among the greatest minds of the twentieth century and profoundly influenced intellectual inquiry in fields ranging from physics to literary criticism, anthropology and journalism. In 1927, the young German physicist Werner Heisenberg challenged centuries of scientific understanding when he introduced what came to be known as "the uncertainty principle." Building on his own radical innovations in quantum theory, Heisenberg ... more info>>
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Interstellar Navigation, or Getting Where You Want To Go and Back Again (In One Piece)
by John G. Hemry
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Science fiction stories often deal with travel to other stars. But travel isn't just a matter of being able to cover a distance, it's also about being able to find your way to where you want to go. Navigating to other stars will pose some serious challenges, but by using our experience with earth-based navigation methods it should prove difficult but doable. (Published: 2000)
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Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos [Secure]
by Michio Kaku
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Is our universe dying? Could there be other universes? In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku--an author who "has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth" (Wall Street Journal)--takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the universe. In his first book of physics since Hyperspace, Michio Kaku begins by describing the extraordinary advances that have transformed cosmology over the la... more info>>
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Project Horizon and LUNEX--Cold War Plans for Military Bases on the Moon
by John G. Hemry
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US military bases on the Moon aren't just the stuff of science fiction. Around 1960, the US Air Force and the US Army both produced plans for establishing bases on the Moon, plans which if followed would have drastically changed the history of human space exploration. This article describes the plans, the reasons behind them, and why they were never implemented. (Published: 2002)
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The Female Brain [Secure]
by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
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Why are women more verbal than men? Why do women remember details of fights that men can't remember at all? Why do women tend to form deeper bonds with their female friends than men do with their male counterparts? These and other questions have stumped both sexes throughout the ages. Now, pioneering neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, M.D., brings together the latest findings to show how the unique structure of the female brain determines how women think, what they value, how they communicate,... more info>>
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Up In Smoke: How Mt. St. Helens Blasted Conventional Scientific Wisdom
by Richard A. Lovett
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The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens altered more than the landscape of the nearby mountainsides. It changed forever scientists understanding of two fields of study: volcanology and ecology. This article examines how the mountain's eruption changed our understanding of the natural world. (Published: 2001) AnLab Award Winner
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A Short History of Medicine [Secure]
by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
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In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. Gonzalez-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, Gonzalez-Crussi also describes how modern medicine's roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and Eastern medical traditions. Covered here in engaging detail are the birth of anatomy and the practi... more info>>
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A User's Guide to the Brain [Secure]
by John Raty
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John Ratey, bestselling author and clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, here lucidly explains the human brain's workings, and paves the way for a better understanding of how the brain affects who we are. Ratey provides insight into the basic structure and chemistry of the brain, and demonstrates how its systems shape our perceptions, emotions, and behavior. By giving us a greater understanding of how the brain responds to the guidance of its user, he provides us with knowl... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Between the Apes and the Angels
by Max H. Flindt
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"There is no doubt that we are both ape and angel. The question is, what constitutes the angel? Could it have been extraterrestrial? In these pages you will find proof that you are partially extraterrestrial."--Max H. Flindt. "I go to drink from the Big Dipper. And the stuff I drink is life. Come with me." --Ray Bradbury [Foreword by Ray Bradbury.] (Published: 2004)
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Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research [Secure]
by Sue Halpern
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An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils findings about memory loss only now available to general readers. When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the first modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that after a day of radioactive testing, her brain would become so "hot" that leaving through the front door of the lab would trigger the alarm. This was not the first time while researching Can't R... more info>>
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Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs: Soft Tissues and Hard Science [Secure]
by Phillip Manning
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Many of us have seen dinosaur bones and skeletons, maybe even dinosaur eggs…but what did those fearsome animals really look like in the flesh? Soft--tissue fossils give tantalizing clues about the appearance and physiology of the ancient animals. In this exciting book, paleontologist Phillip Manning presents the most astonishing dinosaur fossil excavations of the past 100 years—including the recent discovery of a remarkably intact dinosaur mummy in the Badlands of North Dakota. B... more info>>
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Inside the Animal Mind [Secure]
by George Page
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In the past, scientists have refused to acknowledge that animals have anything like human intelligence, but a growing body of research reaveals otherwise. We've discovered ants that use leaves as tools to cross bodies of water, woodpecker finches that hold twigs in their beaks to dig for grubs, and bonobo apes that can use sticks to knock down fruit or pole-vault over water. Not only do animals use tools, some also display an ability to learn and problem-solve. Based on the latest scientific and... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain [Secure]
by Oliver Sacks
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Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does--humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally change... more info>>
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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel [Secure]
by Michio Kaku
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A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible--from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks--revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future. One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In Physics of the Impossible, the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction th... more info>>
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Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks [Secure]
by Michael Shermer
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These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers. Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get ready to amaze your friends--and yourself--with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned "mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin shares his techniques for lightning-quick calculations and amazing number tricks. This book will teach you to do math in your head faster than you ever thought possible, dr... more info>>
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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science [Secure]
by Richard Holmes
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A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook on his first Endeavour voyage in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery--astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical--swiftly follow in ... more info>>
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better [Secure]
by Sandra Blakeslee
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The Blakeslees take a provocative look at the emerging science of how the mind and body intertwine to create the embodied, feeling self. The authors discuss how the science of body mapping has far-reaching applications, from weight loss to recovery from stroke.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks [Secure]
by Rebecca Skloot
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they'd weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred... more info>>
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time [Secure]
by Michael Brooks
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When we look to the "anomalies" that science can't explain, we often discover where science is about to go. Here are a few of the anomalies that Michael Brooks investigates in 13 Things That Don't Make Sense: Homeopathic remedies seem to have biological effects that cannot be explained by chemistry Gases have been detected on Mars that could only have come from carbon-based life forms Cold fusion, theoretically impossible and discredited in the 1980s, seems to work in some modern laboratory expe... more info>>
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Adventures from the Technology Underground: Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them [Secure]
by William Gurstelle
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The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly--and occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish us with what is possible when human imagination and ingenuity meet nature's forces and materials. William Gurstelle spent two years exploring the most fascinating outposts of this world of wonders:... more info>>
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After Gas: Are We Ready for the End of Oil?
by Richard A. Lovett
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Some scientists, inspired by the work of an oil-company geologist named M. King Hubbard, believe the age of easy oil has peaked and will soon decline. This article examines that theory, as well as what alternatives the future may use for liquid fuel. Methanol, anyone? (Published: 2007)
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Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End [Secure]
by Lawrence E. Joseph
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Devastating earthquakes. Record-breaking tsunamis. Category 5 hurricanes. Rising global temperatures. World war. Predictions of how it will all end have been around for thousands of years. In Apocalypse 2012, Lawrence E. Joseph reveals the curious fact that 2012 has been pinpointed as a pivotal, perhaps cataclysmic, year in human history by ancient sources and contemporary science alike. Joseph investigates this chilling correlation with an open mind and skeptical eye. He delves into historical ... more info>>
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Astronomy Made Simple [Secure]
by Kevin B. Marvel, Ph.D.
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See the skies in a whole new light. Take a tour of the universe, from our local solar system to the far reaches of deepest space. Astronomy Made Simple offers a complete introduction to this science, from its birth in ancient times to the different types of super-powerful telescopes scientists use today. It also includes detailed instructions on how to map the stars and understand the coordinate system, as well as fun sidebars, ideas for projects for further learning, and resources for the stude... more info>>
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