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Nov 14, 2009
Miss Leavitt's Stars, by George Johnson
In: Science Books
By: Mike Perricone
An unsung heroine of astronomy finally receives well-deserved credit for her tireless work and momentous results.
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Nov 13, 2009
Way of the Whitetail, Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III
In: Science Books
By: Brenda Layman
Leonard Lee Rue III's book, "Way of the Whitetail," (Voyageur Press, 2000) is an amazing source of information about North American Deer.
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Nov 7, 2009
Lone Questioners of the Universe
In: Science Books
By: Mike Perricone
Before "industrialized" science, scientists worked on their own to pose questions to the universe, and they persisted until the universe gave them an answer.
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Nov 3, 2009
"Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming"
In: Science Books
By: Sara E. Lewis
Anthony D. Barnosky explains that climate change is changing nature fundamentally and that we are headed toward an extinction phase that will include our species.
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Oct 31, 2009
Einstein's Errors Were in a Class by Themselves
In: Science Books
By: Mike Perricone
Physics professor and author Hans Ohanian says Einstein's work was fraught with errors in the details, but his thinking was still decades ahead of all his contemporaries.
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Oct 28, 2009
The Game Artist's Guide to Maya – Book Review
In: Computer Books
By: Nicolas McGregor
Learn how to model, texture, rig and animate game art in Autodesk Maya with Michael McKinley's excellent guide to 3D modeling.
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Oct 24, 2009
In Search of the Multiverse – John Gribbin
In: Science Books
By: Martin P Wilson
John Gribbin provides a masterful and readable explanation of thinking on multiple universes or dimensions. The Multiverse is a key to current cosmological science.
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Oct 22, 2009
Quantum Theory, A Very Short Introduction
In: Science Books
By: Linda Gentile
Quantum theory is one of the more esoteric sciences, still not fully understood. This Very Short Introduction provides background, history and theory to quantum physics.
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Oct 19, 2009
A Slow Death by NHK-TV "Tokaimura Accident" Crew
In: Science/Tech Books (general)
By: Philip McIntosh
In 1999, two workers created an unshielded nuclear reactor in Tokaimura Japan. A TV news crew chronicled the treatment and inevitable death of one of them.
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Oct 19, 2009
Book Details Northwest Regional Natural History
In: Science/Tech Books (general)
By: Linda McDonnell
Author Stephen Whitney offers a comprehensive look at the land from Southeastern Alaska to Northern California, through Oregon and Washington to Western Montana.
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Oct 11, 2009
Review of $20 Per Gallon By Christopher Steiner
In: Science Books
By: Molly Markey
Christopher Steiner suggests that much more expensive petroleum products, especially gasoline, will aid the growth of public transit and healthy urban neighborhoods.
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Oct 10, 2009
Brain Fitness Guide
In: Science Books
By: Martha R. Gore
The SharpBrain Guide to Brain Fitness provides insights into the brain training revolution as well as emerging discoveries and trends in the science of brain function.
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Oct 4, 2009
How Plants Power the Planet
In: Science Books
By: Martha R. Gore
Eating the Sun by author Oliver Morton explains how, where there is greenery, photosynthesis is working to make oxygen, release energy and create living matter.
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Sep 25, 2009
Fixing Climate
In: Science Books
By: Martha R. Gore
Fixing Climate takes an unconventional approach to the problem of global warming and offers a possible solution. It provides a glimmer of hope for the future.
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