Each chapter deals with a different class of object, covering the whole range of possibilities from the Moon, planets and stars to more specialized observations of comets, novae, and meteors. Paper. DLC: Astronomy - Amateur's manuals.

The Observational Amateur Astronomer (Practical Astronomy)

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

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An Archaeological Evolution

Biographies & Memoirs

South, Stanley A.

Professionals & Academics

Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel

Vulpetti, Giovanni

Asperger's Syndrome, often characterized as a form of "high-functioning autism," is a poorly defined and little-understood neurological disorder. The people who suffer from the condition are usually highly intelligent, and as often as not capable of extraordinary feats of memory, calculation, and musicianship. In this wide-ranging report on Asperger's, Lawrence Osborne introduces us to those who suffer from the syndrome and to those who care for them as patients and as family. And, more importantly, he speculates on how, with our need to medicate and categorize every conceivable mental state, we are perhaps adding to their isolation, their sense of alienation from the "normal." -This is a book about the condition, and the culture surrounding Asperger's Syndrome as opposed to a guide about how to care for your child with Aspergers. -Examines American culture and the positive and negative perspectives on the condition. Some parents hope their child will be the next Glenn Gould or Bill Gates, others worry that their child is abnormal and overreact.

American Normal: The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome

Osborne, Lawrence

Parenting & Relationships

In a 1950 conversation at Los Alamos, four world-class scientists generally agreed, given the size of the Universe, that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations must be present. But one of the four, Enrico Fermi, asked, "If these civilizations do exist, where is everybody?" Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 million stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 million galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14 billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. Webb discusses in detail the 50 most cogent and intriguing solutions to Fermi's famous paradox.

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life

Webb, Stephen

Reference

Biophages--a technology that hasn't been taken seriously by Western scientists for more than 50 years--may be making a comeback in the fight against fast-evolving microbes.

The Forgotten Cure: The Past And Future Of Phage Therapies

Anna Kuchment

Health, Fitness & Dieting

First Snow White encounters one of the Little People, then one of the Even Smaller People, and finally one of the Truly Infinitesimal People. And no matter how diligently she searches, the only dwarves she can find are collapsed stars! Clearly, she's not at home in her well-known Brothers Grimm fairy tale, but instead in a strange new landscape that features quantum behavior, the wavelike properties of particles, and the Uncertainty Principle. She (and we) must have entered, in short, one of the worlds created by Robert Gilmore, physicist and fabulist.

Once Upon a Universe: Not-so-Grimm tales of cosmology

Gilmore, Robert

Physicist, historian, and cultural critic Holton (physics and history of science, Harvard U.) begins with an exploration of Albert Einstein's life and work, including his contributions to fields besides science and his romantic but ultimately tragic relationship with Mileva Marfc; moves into how scientific knowledge is created, the public's expectations of science, and the development of standards against which to judge scientific results; and ends with his own insights into teaching, and profiles of notable physicists and their roles in history. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Einstein, History, and Other Passions (Masters of Modern Physics)

History

Holton, Gerald

Americas

Peter Higgins distills centuries of work into one delightful narrative that celebrates the mystery of numbers and explains how different kinds of numbers arose and why they are useful. Full of historical snippets and interesting examples, the book ranges from simple number puzzles and magic tricks, to showing how ideas about numbers relate to real-world problems. This fascinating book will inspire and entertain readers across a range of abilities. Easy material is blended with more challenging ideas. As our understanding of numbers continues to evolve, this book invites us to rediscover the mystery and beauty of numbers.

Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography

Higgins, Peter M.

Mathematics

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