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Author
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
A young girl used to have fantastic ideas about how things work, but Dudley tells her how it really is. Explains the workings of mechanical objects such as vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, dishwashers, toasters, and garbage trucks.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Colvile inspects the various ways in which the pace of life in our society is increasing and examines the evolutionary science behind our need for constant acceleration, as well as why it's unlikely we'll be able to slow down--or even want to.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Fire up your soldering iron and get ready to hack! The ingenious projects in this book are perfect for aspiring DIY-ers, from improvising a fisheye lens for your camera or an automatic cat feeder to a solar-powered backpack to keep your gadgets charged, you'll find over 200 ideas to get your geek on!
Author
Pub. Date
[2016].
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
"How do refrigerators stay cold? How does water come out of the faucet? Answers to these questions and many more will help parents move beyond the stock answer "because" and give level-appropriate, fascinating, true answers. More than 300 photos bring a child's world to life while satisfying kids' curiosity and sense of fun. Questions in each chapter encourage interactivity, and parent tips extend the experience of the book."--
88) Makers
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
416 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
What happens to America when two geeks working from a garage invent easy 3D printing, a cure for obesity, and crowd-sourced theme parks? Lawsuits against Disney are only the beginning in this major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America in the age of open source and its hero/hacker culture.
89) Engineering
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm./
Description
"Crammed with mega machines, breathtaking buildings, and all the technology in between, this book has the real insider view on engineering"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller
One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Books to Read Now
Shortlisted for the OWL Business Book Award and Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Description
"Valorie Fisher takes infographics to a new level with bright, colorful visuals that are perfect for young, inquisitive minds. Her eye-catching mix of photographs and illustrations compels readers to dive in and explore how things work -- from paper airplanes to straws, crayons to kites, pencils to boats, this book will answer questions kids have long wanted answers to, and go on to answer questions they didn't even know they had! Do you know why...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xxi, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Sensory science is increasingly proving that we don't perceive reality: we construct it through perception."--Dust jacket.
"As we move further into the 21st Century, sensory and consumer studies continue to develop, playing an important role in food science and industry. These studies are crucial for understanding the relation between food properties on one side and human liking and buying behaviour on the other. This book by a group of established...
95) The last human
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Colin Furze, five-time Guinness World Record Holder and YouTube's undisputed king of crazy inventions, instructs fans and curious young inventors on how to build ten brand new wacky inventions at home with an affordable tool kit"--Amazon.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is also a history of the digital revolution and a guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter,...
98) The Tao of vegetable gardening: cultivating tomatoes, greens, peas, beans, squash, joy, and serenity
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xiv, 265 pages, 16 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
The Tao of Vegetable Gardening explores the practical methods as well as the deeper essence of gardening. In her latest book, groundbreaking garden writer Carol Deppe (The Resilient Gardener, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties) focuses on some of the most popular home garden vegetables?tomatoes, green beans, peas, and leafy greens?and through them illustrates the key principles and practices that gardeners need to know to successfully plant and grow...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Building Pharaoh's Chariot, a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers, and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. They discover advanced features, including spoked wheels, springs, shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, and even a convex shaped rear mirror. By driving the pair of replicas to their limits in the desert outside Cairo, Nova's experts test the claim that the chariot marks...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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Description
Throughout history, the only way for humanity to grow was by degrading the Earth: chopping down forests, fouling the air and water, and endlessly digging out resources. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the reigning argument has been that taking better care of the planet means radically changing course: reducing our consumption, tightening our belts, learning to share and reuse, restraining growth. Is that argument correct? Absolutely not. In More...
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