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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson

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<p>Bill Bryson is one of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers. In <I>A Short History of Nearly Everything,</I> he takes his ultimate journey&#8212;into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks...
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Statistical Mechanics
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Statistical Mechanics
by B. Widom

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Statistical mechanics is the theoretical apparatus used to study the properties of macroscopic systems - systems made up of many atoms or molecules - and relates those properties to the system's microscopic constitution. This book is an introduction to...
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The Origin of Species
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The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin

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When on board H.M.S. 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me...
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Introduction to Conservation Genetics
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Introduction to Conservation Genetics
by Richard Frankham

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The first teaching text in the developing field of conservation genetics....
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Atomic and Electronic Structure of Solids
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Atomic and Electronic Structure of Solids
by Efthimios Kaxiras

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This graduate textbook designed for students in physics, chemistry and materials science provides a modern treatment of the theory of solids dealing with the physics of electron and phonon states in crystals and how they determine the structure and...
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Atomic Structure and Lifetimes
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Atomic Structure and Lifetimes
by Lorenzo J. Curtis

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Lorenzo Curtis offers a new conceptual approach to atomic structure that utilizes conceptual semiclassical models to introduce empirical systematizations of measured data. These models reveal the dynamical behavior of the various interactions that...
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Masks of the Universe
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Masks of the Universe
by Edward Harrison

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A synthesis of scientific, philosophical and religious issues in cosmology....
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A History Of Science Part 3
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A History Of Science Part 3
by Henry Smith Williams

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For Joule's work it was, done in the fifth decade of the century, which demonstrated beyond all cavil that there is a precise and absolute equivalence between mechanical work and heat; that whatever the form of manifestation of molar motion, it can...
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Ecohydrology of Water-controlled Ecosystems
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Ecohydrology of Water-controlled Ecosystems
by Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

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Addressing the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems, the authors build suitable mathematical models and apply them to studying the ecosystem structure. Response to rainfall and climate forcing is analyzed from different areas of...
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Fingerprints: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity
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Fingerprints: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity
by Colin Beavan

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In 1905 an elderly couple were found murdered in their shop in Deptford, London. The only evidence at the scene of the crime was a sweaty fingerprint on a cashbox. Was it possible that a single fingerprint could be enough to lead to a conviction? Could...
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Analyse de la formule arithm
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Analyse de la formule arithm
by F. Quesnay

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La nation est réduite à trois classes de citoyens : la classe productive, la classe des propriétaires et la classe stérile....
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River Variability and Complexity
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River Variability and Complexity
by Stanley A. Schumm

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Rivers differ among themselves and through time. An individual river can vary significantly downstream, changing its dimensions and pattern dramatically over a short distance. If hydrology and hydraulics were the primary controls on the morphology and...
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A Sense of the Mysterious
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A Sense of the Mysterious
by Alan Lightman

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Unusually gifted as both a physicist and a novelist, Alan Lightman has lived in the dual worlds of science and art for much of his life. In these brilliant essays, the two worlds meet. In A Sense of the Mysterious, Lightman records his personal struggles...
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Time
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Time
by Katinka Ridderbos

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What is time? Every individual will approach the question "what is time" from a different perspective. We find ourselves asking whether time is linear or cyclic, whether it is possible to travel in time, how the experience of the flow of time arises, how...
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Climate Change and Africa
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Climate Change and Africa
by Pak Sum Low

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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, no environmental issue is of such truly global magnitude as the issue of climate change. The poorer, developing countries are the least equipped to adapt to the potential effects of climate change, although...
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Advanced Astrophysics
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Advanced Astrophysics
by Neb Duric

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Astronomy describes the mechanics of the universe in the more basic language of physics, otherwise known as "astrophysics". Knowledge of black holes, quasars and extrasolar planets requires understanding of the physics underlying astrophysics. This book...
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Basics of Holography
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Basics of Holography
by P. Hariharan

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Basics of Holography is a general introduction to the subject written by a leading worker in the field. It begins with the theory of holographic imaging, the characteristics of the reconstructed image, and the various types of holograms. Practical...
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Paul Oskar Kristeller and the History of Renaissance Science
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Paul Oskar Kristeller and the History of Renaissance Science
by Frederick Purnell Jr.

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An essay on Paul Oskar Kristeller and the History of Renaissance Science, excerpted from the book: Kristeller Reconsidered: Essays on His Life and...
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Hands-On Electronics
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Hands-On Electronics
by Daniel M. Kaplan

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Packed full of real circuits to build and test, Hands-on Electronics is an unique introduction to analog and digital electronics theory and practice. Ideal for teaching and self-study, the book's friendly style, clear illustrations and construction...
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A History Of Science Part 4
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A History Of Science Part 4
by Henry Smith Williams

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It was a dream, however, which was not confined to Goethe and Darwin. Even earlier the idea had come more or less vaguely to another great dreamer--and worker--of Germany, Immanuel Kant, and to several great Frenchmen, including De Maillet, Maupertuis...
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