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Storm Warnings: Climate Change and Extreme Weather
Scientific American 2012; US$ 3.99Hurricanes. Blizzards. Flooding. Drought. If extreme events like these seem to be on the rise, it?s for apparent reason. The first three-quarters of 2012 brought the worst European winter in 25 years; massive flooding in Australia, Brazil and China; a deepening drought affecting over 50% of the US; and Hurricane Sandy inflicted massive damage on... more...
Eat, Move, Think
Scientific American 2013; US$ 3.99While many of us strive to live healthy lives, the task can be daunting and the information overwhelming. Should we be more concerned with our diet or with keeping our weight down? How important is exercise? What kinds of diseases should we really be worried about getting?or preventing? In this eBook, ?Eat, Move, Think: Living Healthy,? we?ve assembled... more...
Possibilities in Parallel
Scientific American 2013; US$ 3.99Parallel universes are a staple of science fiction, and it's no wonder. They allow us to explore the question, "what if?" in a way that lets us step completely outside of the world we know, rather than question how that world might have turned out differently. For cosmologists, the question isn't "what if the South won the Civil War?" but "what if... more...
Scientific American's Ask the Experts
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter? Why are craters always round? There's only one source to turn to for the answers to the most puzzling and thought-provoking questions about the world of science: Scientific American... more...
Understanding Germ Warfare
Grand Central Publishing 2002; US$ 8.99Written for the popular reader, this small volume contains short chapters on the science behind germ warfare. How diseases occur, the creation and use of vaccines, viral genomics, and resistance to antibiotics are some of the topics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR more...
Understanding Nanotechnology
Grand Central Publishing 2002; US$ 9.99Taken from the Greek, nano means 'one billionth part of' a whole; or very, very small. Nanotechnology is the next step after miniaturization. This book explores the cutting edge of a new technology that will find usage in almost every single aspect of modern society. more...
Understanding Supercomputing
Grand Central Publishing 2002; US$ 9.99In this book you'll discover what constitutes a 'supercomputer', how the supercomputers of today function, how you can make your own computer into a super machine - through networking - and what tomorrow holds in store for computer usage in terms of hardware, software and everyday applications. more...
Understanding the New Solar System
Grand Central Publishing 2002; US$ 8.99This volume reveals the latest knowledge of the composition and nature of our solar family. Here you'll discover what lies beyond the orbit of Pluto, which solar body is the most volcanically active, and which solar system bodies have atmospheres and may harbour primitive life. more...
Understanding the Genome
Grand Central Publishing 2002; US$ 8.99Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of understanding the genome. more...
Understanding Cosmology
Grand Central Publishing 2002; US$ 8.99Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of cosmology. more...









