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Ice Scientist - Careers in the Frozen AntarcticClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Explores different careers in the Antarctic using examples of real scientists in the field. Chapters profile an ecologist, paleontologist, geologist, glaciologist, astrophysicist, marine biologist, an...
author: Sara L. Latta |
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If Stones Could Speak - Unlocking the Secrets of StonehengeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A profile of the archaeological work of Mike Parker Pearson and the Riverside Project surrounding the mysteries of Stonehenge. A brief overview of Pearson's childhood and education leads into his earl...
author: Marc Aronson |
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Illustrated LongitudeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
This illustrated version contains the entire original narrative of Longitude, accompanied by 178 images, from portraits of key figures, to maps, diagrams and photographs of scientific instruments invo...
author: Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes |
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Improbable Warriors: Women Scientists and the US Navy in World War IIClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Highlights the achievements of four women who served in the US Navy during WWII: Mary Sears, oceanographer; Florence von Straten, meteorologist; Grace Murray Hopper, computer scientist; and Mina Spieg...
author: Kathleen Broome Williams |
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In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of MindClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Eric R. Kandel, the Austrian-born Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist is the author of In Search of Memory, the winner of the 2007 LA Times Science and Technology Prize and a finalist for the Royal Soc...
author: Eric R. Kandel |
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In Search of NatureClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A collection of essays published between 1975 and 1993, addressing both nature and human nature and how they are closely interwoven. Wilson argues that the only way to fully understand both is to stu...
author: Edward O. Wilson |
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In Suspect TerrainClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
This book is the second in a series of five that together make up Annals of the Former World. In this volume, McPhee travels with and profiles the work of geologist Anita G. Harris as they cover the ...
author: John McPhee |
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In the Beginning was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny HermaphroditeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
The story of how three men won the Nobel Prize for their research on the nematod worm (C. elegans), and how their discovery led to the sequencing of the human genome.
author: Andrew Brown |
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In the Blink of an EyeClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Parker puts forth his theory that the great proliferation of life during the Cambrian period was directly related to the evolution of eyes and, consequently, the active hunting strategy that developed...
author: Andrew Parker |
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In the Womb: AnimalsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Follows the developmental path of three different mammals - dog, dolphin, and elephant - and compares the time involved and the different developmental stages, from conception to when the offspring ...
author: Michael Sims |
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Inconvenient Truth - A Global Warning (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Vice President Al Gore's eye-opening and compelling documentary that delivers the message that global warming is a real and present danger. Also encourages each individual to become part of the soluti...
author: Al Gore |
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Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global WarmingClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
This young readers' version of the recent documentary film's companion adult volume cuts the page count by about a third but preserves the original's cogent message and many of its striking visuals. A...
author: Al Gore |
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Incredible ComparisonsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
"How big is it?" "How fast is it?" Questions like these are answered here in a visual, easy to understand way using comparisons to familiar objects or concepts ? the weight of a person, the speed of...
author: Russell Ash |
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Incredible Journey of the Butterflies (DVD)Click for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
NOVA flies along with the monarchs on their incredible 2000-mile journey across North America, documenting the dangers they face along the way. Interviews with scientists studying this amazing feat of...
author: NOVA |
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Insect SocietiesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Covers the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects ? ants, social wasps and bees, and termites. As Wilson writes in the introduction, ?Why do we stud...
author: Edward O. Wilson |
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Inventing the Future - A Photobiography of Thomas Alva EdisonClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A biography of the tireless Thomas Edison, with many illustrations of his life and inventions. When called a "genius", Edison would insist that "Sticking to it is the genius." Stories of his boyhood...
author: Marfe |
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Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the SkiesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
The story of Luke Howard, an amateur English meteorologist who named the clouds in 1802 (cumulus, cirrus, stratus) and gained international fame. Combines the history of science with an entertaining ...
author: Richard Hamblyn |
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Invention that Changed the WorldClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
How a small group of British and American radar pioneers won the second world war and launched a technological revolution.
author: Robert Buderi |
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InventionsClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Part of the "Insiders" series, this volume takes a look at inventions throughout time and the technology behind them, from the wheel to bionics. State-of-the-art 3-D illustrations. Concise, engaging ...
author: Glenn Murphy |
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Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our LivesClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
An enlightening look at the microbes that share and shape our daily lives from our bed to breakfast table, to our innards and our demise... and a look at why we should be thankful they are with us.
author: Jeanette Farrell |
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Invisible Enemies - Stories of Infectious DiseaseClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
Chronicles the history of seven diseases that have had great impact on human history: smallpox, leprosy, plague, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and AIDS. Looks at causes, misguided and forward-think...
author: Jeanette Farrell |
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Isaac NewtonClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
An intimate look at the life and work of Isaac Newton by award-winning author James Gleick. Includes black & white illustrations.
author: James Gleick |
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It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual HealthClick for more of the annotation or write your own review for this book. Click on link.
A straight forward illustrated guide to puberty, sexual development, sexual hygiene, and reproduction for pre-teens and teens. Recommended for parents and health teachers.
author: Robie H. Harris |
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