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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu - on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! If the groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Moss grows only on the north side of a tree. No two snowflakes are alike. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let's investigate seventeen statements about Earth, weather, and the environment...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
The author provides a new model for thinking--simplexity--and describes how to find similarities in patterns, which can simplify the way complexity has been previously approached, and discusses topics such as incomprehensible instruction manuals, how a drinking straw can save thousands of lives, and more.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Looks at the scientific principles behind the technology of the future, examining the theoretical basis, as well as limitations, of the laws of physics to discuss how seemingly impossible devices could become commonplace in the future.
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Series
Publisher
Rosen Pub
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"This highly intricate, illuminating, and informative text contains nuggets of knowledge, brain-teasing trivia, and mind-blowing facts for even the most committed know-it-all. Readers are treated to a generously over-stuffed, one-stop collection of useful information about the universe and everything contained within it--including galaxies, planets, stars, geology, climate, the human body, plants, animals, nations of the world, and the dazzling history...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. [This book] is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole." -- From book jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Presents responses from 150 of the world's brightest and most influential minds when asked to reveal their favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation of how the human mind, society, and the universe work.
Author
Language
English
Description
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
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