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Author
Series
Understanding the Periodic Table volume 24
Language
English
Description
In this lesson, turn to the very end of the periodic table and delve into the so-called "superheavy" elements. Learn about the contentious Cold War history behind row seven of the periodic table and how the quest to complete the table moved from politically fraught to internationally collaborative.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
194 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Modern science teaches us that anything can be explained in terms of atoms and forces, including the inner workings of the brain. But certain personal experiences can challenge the idea that there's nothing beyond inert matter. Communing with nature, working through a complex problem, or experiencing a piece of art, we sometimes feel a powerful sense of transcendence, of connecting with a cosmic unity that may seem unexplainable by science. But according...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 386 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grace in All Simplicity narrates the saga of how we have prospected for some of Nature's most tightly held secrets, the basic constituents of matter and the fundamental forces that rule them. Our current understanding of the world (and universe) we inhabit is the result of curiosity, diligence, and daring, of abstraction and synthesis, and of an abiding faith in the value of exploration. In these pages we will meet scientists of both past and present....
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on extensive archival research in the voluminous Science Service records at the Smithsonian Institution, Writing for Their Lives focuses on a remarkable group of women whose contributions to science and journalism deserve greater recognition"--
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Make fact-based decisions by comparing different solutions and learning popular ways to manage state in React Native with clear guidelines and recommendations by a React Native expert Key Features Explore the big picture of state management in React Native using the most simplified version Implement state management solutions by building a social media clone app Compare different state solutions in a contained environment to choose the best fit for...
Author
Publisher
Tantor
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (6 hr., 4 min.))
Language
English
Description
For over two-hundred years, capitalist systems have overtaken the global economy, spreading near-universal growth and opening the floodgates for limitless human potential. Yet something is going terribly wrong in the world economy. Creativity and faith in the future have been traded for a slippery slope of cautionary paranoia, popular despair, and political overreach by leaders who promise to hold back the tides, control the weather, and print prosperity...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 132 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, an enlightening and personal journey into the practice of groundbreaking science. In a Flight of Starlings, already a #1 bestseller in his native Italy, celebrated physicist Giorgio Parisi guides us through his unorthodox yet exhilarating work: investigating the principles of physics by observing the flight of flocks of birds. Studying the movements of these communities, he has realized, proves an illuminating...
Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Sixth edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (9 volumes) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by forests, trees, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape invites readers to discover an unexpected and imaginative language to better read and write the natural world around us and reclaim our relationship with it. In this gorgeously illustrated and deeply thoughtful collection, Katie Holten gifts readers her tree alphabet and uses it to masterfully translate and illuminate beloved lost...
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