Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+6061 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738429 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705075 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738430 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705076 Science tell s us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. Emphasizing surprising and personal stories of scientists both famous and unsung, this audiobook traces the march of science through the centuries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742402 Explores the idea of big data, which refers to our newfound ability to crunch vast amounts of information, analyze it instantly, and draw profound and surprising conclusions from it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738431 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731191 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738351 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713905 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696409 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695895 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704211 Quantum physics-- also called quantum mechanics or quantum field theory-- can be daunting for even the most dedicated enthusiast of science, math, or physics. This plain-English guide makes the micro world understandable and accessible, and its packed with fully explained examples to help you tackle the tricky equations like a pro! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696406 One hundred and seventy-five years ago, a Swiss immigrant took America by storm, launching American science as we know it. The irrepressible Louis Agassiz, legendary at a young age for his work on mountain glaciers, focused his prodigious energies on the fauna of the New World. Invited to deliver a series of lectures in Boston, he never left, becoming the most famous scientist of his time. A pioneer in field research and an obsessive collector, Agassiz enlisted the American public in a vast campaign to send him natural specimens, dead or alive, for his ingeniously conceived museum of comparative zoology. As an educator of enduring impact, he trained a generation of American scientists and science teachers, men and women alike. Irmscher sheds new light on Agassizs fascinating partnership with his brilliant wife, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, a science writer in her own right who would go on to become the first president of Radcliffe College. But theres a dark side to the story. Irmscher adds unflinching evidence of Agassizs racist impulses and shows how avidly Americans looked to men of science to mediate race policy. The books potent, original scenes include the pitched battle between Agassiz and his student Henry James Clark as well as the merciless, often amusing exchanges between Darwin and Harvard botanist Asa Gray over Agassizs stubborn resistance to evolution. A fascinating life story, both inspiring and cautionary, for anyone interested in the history of American ideas--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738409 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714077 Arizona is a geologists playground, with a scientifically intriguing story behind every rocky outcrop, dry playa, and sparkling spring. Arizona Rocks! tells the stories of 44 of the best geologic sites in the state. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653968 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738412 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684924 Shubin shows how the entirety of the universes fourteen-billion-year history can be seen in our bodies as he moves from our very molecular composition (a result of stellar events at the origin of our solar system) through the workings of our eyes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738394 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693169 A bestselling scientist and nature writer who goes to any extreme to uncover the answers, Bill Streever sets off to find out what heat really means. Let him be your guide and youll firewalk across hot coals and sweat it out in Death Valley, experience intense fever and fire, learn about the invention of matches and the chemistry of cooking, drink crude oil, and explore thermonuclear weapons and the hottest moment of all time-the big bang. Melting glaciers, warming oceans, forest fires, droughts-its clear that todays world is getting hotter. But while we know the agony of a sunburn or the comfort of our winter heaters, do we really understand heat? Written in Streevers signature spare and refreshing prose, HEAT is an a compulsively readable personal narrative that leaves readers with a new vision of an everyday experience-how heat works, its history, and its complete connection to daily life-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738403 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698295 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669109 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687309 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738415 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683913 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664045 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715279 One of New Jerseys seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712319 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738400 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738392 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738398 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742000 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674986 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696173 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738389 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712183 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684890 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738404 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698298 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675070 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687125 A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation--what it is, what should and shouldnt concern us about it, and what place radiation and radiation-related technologies have in our world. The universe and our galaxy and planet Earth were born in a nuclear explosion. We live on a radioactive planet, and without radiation there would be no life here. While radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now, Dr. Robert Peter Gale--one of the worlds leading experts on radiation--and Eric Lax set the record straight, correcting myths and establishing facts with an exceptional depth of knowledge and the ability to impart that knowledge in an impartial, lucid and compelling manner. Demystifying societys trigger words for anxiety--Uranium, Plutonium, Iodine-131, X-ray, CT scan, radiation of food--the authors explore the science, benefits, and risks of radiation exposure, drawing on the most up-to-date research and on Gales extensive experience treating victims of radiation accidents around the globe. Here is an illuminating and essential guide to our post-Chernobyl, post-Fukushima world-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683914 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698281 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741981 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697609 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693124 With characteristic flair, insight, and humor, Feynman discusses topics physics students often struggle with and offers valuable tips on addressing them. Included here are three lectures on problem-solving and a lecture on inertial guidance omitted from The Feynman Lectures on Physics. An enlightening memoir by Matthew Sands and oral history interviews with Feynman and his Caltech colleagues provide firsthand accounts of the origins of Feynmans landmark lecture series--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738420 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713085 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738947 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738401 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696121 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676086 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713889 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671979 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738391 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738397 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696363 Neil Shubin takes an even more expansive approach to the question of why we are the way we are. Starting once again with fossils, Shubin turns his gaze skyward. He shows how the entirety of the universes 14-billion-year history can be seen in our bodies. From our very molecular composition (a result of stellar events at the origin of our solar system), he makes clear, through the working of our eyes, how the evolution of the cosmos has had profound effects on the development of human life on earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711807 A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1665350 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741971 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738952 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682829 While many of the mathematicians and software engineers on Wall Street failed when their abstractions turned ugly in practice, a special breed of physicists has a much deeper history of revolutionizing finance. From fin-de-sicle Paris to Rat Pack-era Las Vegas, from wartime government labs to Yippie communes on the Pacific coast, Weatherall shows how physicists successfully brought their science to bear on some of the thorniest problems in economics, from options pricing to bubbles. The 2008 crisis was partly a failure of mathematical modeling, but even more, it was a failure of some very sophisticated financial institutions to think like physicists. Models--whether in science or finance--have limitations; they break down under certain conditions. And in 2008, sophisticated models fell into the hands of people who didnt understand their purpose, and didnt care. It was a catastrophic misuse of science. The solution, however, is not to give up on models; its to make them better. Weatherall reveals the people and ideas on the cusp of a new era in finance. This book is riveting history that will change how we think about our economic future.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738419 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713210 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704518 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682841 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732705 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664131 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731243 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738396 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712982 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714561 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738425 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714559 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696197 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684520 A biography of Dorothy Wrinch-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742146 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676953 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714553 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741958 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742145 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714550 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738421 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657514 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604561 Presents the archeological mystery of an accurate calendar at an ancient temple on the remote plains of southern Alberta, older than Englands Stonehenge by eight hundred years. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667591 Three great scientific revolutions have shaped our understanding of the cosmos and our relationship to it. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed the Copernican Revolution, which bodychecked the Earth as the pivot point of creation and joined us with the rest of the cosmos as one planet among many orbiting the Sun. Three centuries later came the second great scientific revolution: the Darwinian Revolution. It removed us from a distinct, divine biological status to place us wholly in the ebb and flow of all terrestrial life. Now, science author Jacob Berkowitz describes how were in the midst of a third great scientific revolution, five centuries in the making: the Stardust Revolution. It is the merging of the once-disparate realms of astronomy and evolutionary biology, and of the Copernican and Darwinian Revolutions, placing life in a cosmic context. The Stardust Revolution takes readers on a grand journey that begins on the summit of Californias Mount Wilson, where astronomers first realized that the universe is both expanding and evolving, to a radio telescope used to identify how organic molecules{u2014}the building blocks of life{u2014}are made by stars. Its an epic story told through a scientific cast that includes some of the twentieth centurys greatest minds{u2014}including Nobel laureate Charles Townes, who discovered cosmic water{u2014}as well as the most ambitious scientific explorers of the twenty-first century, those racing to find another living planet. Today, an entirely new breed of scientists{u2014}astrobiologists and astrochemists{u2014}are taking the study of life into the space age. Astrobiologists study the origins, evolution, and distribution of life, not just on Earth, but in the universe. Stardust science is filling in the missing links in our evolutionary story, ones that extend our family tree back to the stars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627747 In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In THE VIOLINISTS THUMB, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA. There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have no fingerprints, and why some people survive nuclear bombs. Genes illuminate everything from JFKs bronze skin (it wasnt a tan) to Einsteins genius. They prove that Neanderthals and humans bred thousands of years more recently than any of us would feel comfortable thinking. They can even allow some people, because of the exceptional flexibility of their thumbs and fingers, to become truly singular violinists. Keans vibrant storytelling once again makes science entertaining, explaining human history and whimsy while showing how DNA will influence our species future-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615687 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685468 Trace the events surrounding Japans 2011 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami flood and nuclear threat that further endangered the region, describing the heroism of survivors who risked their lives to protect others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671797 Evidence for a purely Darwinian account of human origins is supposed to be overwhelming. But is it? In this provocative book, three scientists challenge the claim that undirected natural selection is capable of building a human being, critically assess fossil and genetic evidence that human beings share a common ancestor with apes, and debunk recent claims that the human race could not have started from an original couple. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684618 Takes you on a gorgeously illustrated tour of the Periodic Table. Filled with fascinating information about the elements, their main compounds, and their principal uses, this authoritative yet accessible book, written by renowned popular-science writer Jack Challoner, makes hard science easy, interesting, and relevant to our daily lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682909 In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard ONeill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanitys expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where societys future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. ONeill and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like fringe and pseudoscience. The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrows technologies-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646067 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518690 Newly updated throughout, and now covering 118 elements, this crystal-clear guide to the periodic table illuminates the basic concepts of chemistry as it traces the history and development of our knowledge of the material world. Albert Stwertka makes complex ideas and terms easily understandable, drawing upon engaging historical anecdotes and everyday examples to clarify the text. Since the second edition, many new elements have been discovered, including Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, and Copernicium, and the elements currently called Ununtrium, Ununpentium, Ununhexium, Ununseptium, and Ununoctium. The third edition provides thorough coverage of all these new discoveries. In addition to the new elements, Stwertka has brought the information about the elements in the second edition up-to-date, based on the latest research. He discusses a cylindrical molecule of carbon known as a nanotube, which has become a do-all wonder substance, touted for use in everything from X-ray machines to paint. A new form of the element boron has been found that is nearly as hard as diamond. Its superior heat resistance could make it attractive for certain industrial uses. And a new particle detector using ultra-pure liquid xenon has been constructed beneath 5,000 feet of rock in Italy to detect dark matter. Stwertka also covers the 2010 Nobel-winning work on graphene, an ultrathin form of carbon that is vital for future generations of computers and touch screens, the discovery of new superconductors, and the development of new uses for the rare earth elements--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684885 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668399 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647732 Our health care system is crippled by desperate efforts to prevent the inevitable. A third of the national Medicare budget{u2014}nearly $175 billion{u2014}is spent on the final year of life, and a third of that amount on the final month, often on expensive (and futile) treatments. Such efforts betray a fundamental flaw in how we think about healthcare: we squander resources on hopeless situations, instead of using them to actually improve health. In Predictive Health, distinguished doctors Kenneth Brigham and Michael M.E. Johns propose a solution: invest earlier{u2014}and use science and technology to make healthcare more available and affordable. Every child would begin life with a post-natal genetic screen, when potential risk{u2014}say for type II diabetes or heart disease{u2014}would be found. More data on biology, behavior, and environment would be captured throughout her life. Using this information, health-care workers and the people they care for could forge personal strategies for healthier living long before a small glitch blows up into major disease. This real health care wouldn{u2019}t just replace much of modern disease care{u2014}it would make it obsolete. The result, according to Brigham and Johns, will be a life defined by a long stay at top physical and mental form, rather than an early peak and long decline. Accomplishing this goal will require new tools, new clinics, fewer doctors and more mentors, smarter companies, and engaged patients. In short, it will require a revolution. Thanks to a decade-long collaboration between Brigham, Johns and others, it is already underway. An optimistic plan for reducing or eliminating many chronic diseases as well as reforming our faltering medical system, Predictive Health is a deeply knowledgeable, deeply humane proposal for how we can reallocate expenses and resources to prolong the best years of life, rather than extending the worst. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1564024