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by Melusine Draco
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
For the witch whose career confines them to an urban environment, regular Craft practice may often seem like a futile gesture, especially if home is a small, gardenless-flat. Even the suburbs can be magically incapacitating, if there is constant noise from traffic and neighbours. People work...
by Robert J. Richards, Michael Ruse
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Charles Darwin is easily the most famous scientist of the modern age, and his theory of evolution is constantly referenced in many contexts by scientists and nonscientists alike. And yet, despite how frequently his ideas are evoked, there remains a surprising amount we don’t know about the father...
The West without Water
What Past Floods, Droughts, and Other Climatic Clues Tell Us about Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources. Looking at the region’s current water crisis from the perspective of its climate...
by Henry Petroski
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, The Essential Engineer is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our world’s most pressing issues, from dealing with climate change and the prevention of natural disasters...
Einsteins Unfinished Symphony
The Story of a Gamble, Two Black Holes, and a New Age of Astronomy
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
An updated classic that recounts the long hunt for Einstein’s predicted gravitational waves—and celebrates their recent discovery In February 2016, astronomers announced that they had verified the last remaining prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity—vibrations in space-time, called...
Summary of Brief Candle in the Dark
by Richard Dawkins | Summary & Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Brief Candle in the Dark by Geraldine Brooks | Summary & Analysis Preview: Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins is an autobiographical depiction of his experiences as a world-renowned scientist and atheist. Dawkins has experienced an endless amount...
by Conevery Bolton Valencius
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent’s mightiest river. For decades, people puzzled over the causes of the quakes, but by the...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Climate is defined as the weather conditions over a long period of time. By knowing the climate of an area, you will know the plants and animals that can be found there. You will also have an idea on the culture and fashion people follow. Weather, on the other hand, is short-term. Do you want to know more? Then read this book today!
by Banesh Hoffmann
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
In this fascinating, accessible introduction to one of the most revolutionary developments in modern physics, Einstein scholar Banesh Hoffmann recounts the successive insights that led to both the special and general theories of relativity.Using simple examples from everyday life, the author presents...
The Battle for God
A History of Fundamentalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and...
by Peter Gosling
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Man's quest for speed is driven by two ambitions. One is the competitive urge to excel — to go as fast as possible by any available means, and preferably to go faster than anybody else. The other, more practical, aim is to make travel and transport as swift and efficient as possible. The two are...
Monsters
The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
"Oh, the humanity!" Radio reporter Herbert Morrison's words on witnessing the destruction of the Hindenburg are etched in our collective memory. Yet, while the Hindenburg-like the Titanic-is a symbol of the technological hubris of a bygone era, we seem to have forgotten the lessons that...
Wars of the Irish Kings
A Thousand Years of Struggle, from the Age of Myth through the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
For the first thousand years of its history, Ireland was shaped by its monasteries and its wars. The artistic flourishing of the monasteries has received a good deal of attention, but the violent and varied wars have in recent years gone unremembered. In Wars of the Irish Kings, David Willis McCullough...
by Gillian Nolan
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Everything you need to know about the Peaceful Wicca Religion
This book will show you the charming beliefs and traditions of the Wiccan way of life
This book is a great start for anyone interested in and curious about the Wiccan religion or already practicing Wiccans who want to learn...