Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+6061&No=100 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667394 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668682 A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. By following the simplified and easy-to-use starmaps, readers will be able to identify constellations with no equipment but normal sight and a clear night sky. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657476 A history of science in the Dark Ages documents the achievements of lesser-known European scholars, including the monk Saint Bede, who effectively paved the way for the discoveries of such luminaries as Galileo and Newton. 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=1694437 We need to know if nuclear power will ever really be safe. We need to know if solar and wind power will ever really be viable. And we desperately need to know if the natural gas deposits in Pennsylvania are a windfall of historic proportions or a false hope that will create more problems than solutions. Richard A. Muller provides all the answers in this must-listen guide to our energy priorities now and in the coming years. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615609 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=1623168 Discusses the importance of soft matter as one of the necessities of life and examines the versatility of such materials as red blood globules, lung fluid, and membranes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1537970 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646890 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1426695 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510907 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687207 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667801 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668733 Filled with lavish illustrations, this book is a grand tour of the universe. Three ever widening domains are presented--the planets, the stars, and the large scale universe itself--each including the ones before it and extending outward-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667641 Explaining what we know about the Big Bang, the accelerating universe, dark energy, dark flow and dark matter, a physicist and popular science writer examines some of the theories about the nature of the universe. 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=1615606 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602366 Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Firestein takes the novel perspective that Ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647743 A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622862 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1478676 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1537968 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621947 Rabid charts the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. In the absence of vaccination--as was true up until the late nineteenth century--the rabies virus caused brain infections with a nearly 100 percent fatality rate, both in animals and in humans, and the suffering it inflicted became the stuff of legend. The transmission of the virus--often from dog to man--reawakened a primal fear of wild animals, and the illness violent symptoms spoke directly to mankinds fear of the beast within. The cultural response was to create fictional embodiments of those anxieties--ravenous wolfmen, bloodsucking vampires, and armies of mindless zombies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668377 Loaded with nearly 2,000 fun facts, this encyclopedia will arm you with hundreds of useless (and not so useless!) scientific tidbits. Featuring a range of subjects, from anatomy and anthropology to physics and psychology, its a virtual treasure trove of information! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671973 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668014 An analysis of what can be learned from psychopaths incorporates advances in brain scanning and neuroscience to illustrate the scale of mental health that impacts everyone, the role of functional psychopathic behaviors in success, and the misunderstandings that impact treatments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693079 Professor Richard Wiseman, a renowned psychologist, presents a radical new insight into your body and brain, that it is your actions that have the power to instantly change the way you think and feel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1482047 Authoritatively presents the most recent evidence that explains how our universe evolved--and the implications for how its going to end--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623810 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668052 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1608932 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681742 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668003 In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they detected three planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. The planets were nothing like Earth, however: They were giant gas balls like Jupiter or Saturn. More than five hundred planets have been found since then, yet none of them could support life. Now, armed with more powerful technology, planet hunters are racing to find a true twin of Earth. Science writer Michael D. Lemonick has unique access to these exoplaneteers, as they call themselves, and Mirror Earth unveils their passionate quest. Geoff Marcy, at the University of California, Berkeley, is the worlds most successful planet hunter, having found two of the first three extra-solar planets. Bill Borucki, at the NASA Ames Research Center, struggled for more than a decade to launch the Kepler mission--the only planet finder, human or machine, to beat Marcys record. David Charbonneau, at Harvard, realized that Earths would be much easier to find if he looked at tiny stars called M-dwarfs rather than stars like the Sun--and that he could use backyard telescopes to find them! Unlike those in other races, the competing scientists actually consult and cooperate with one another. But only one will be the first to find Earths twin. Mirror Earth is poised to narrate this historic event as the discovery is made-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758269 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683181 In Spectrums, David Blatner blends narrative and illustration to illuminate the variety of spectrums that affect our lives every day: numbers, size, light, sound, heat, and time. There is actually very little in this universe that we can feel, touch, see, hear, or possibly even comprehend. Its not an easy task to stretch the mind to encompass both billions of years and billionths of seconds; the distance to Jupiter and the size of a proton; the tiny waves of visible light and gargantuan but invisible gamma rays; or the freezing point of helium and the heat generated by the blast of an atom bomb. Exploring these far-reaching spectrums gives us fascinating perspective on our small but not insignificant place in the universe. With easy-to-read, engaging, and insightful observations, illustrated by a wealth of photographs and diagrams, Blatner helps us grok--understand intuitively--six spectrums we encounter constantly, making our daily lives richer and more meaningful through greater appreciation of the bizarre and beautiful world in which we live--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616406 This bestsellling guide has been expanded and updated, enabling ordinary folks to construct even more exciting ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops than ever before--Cover p. [4]. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668640 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615614 Explains climate change-- its implications for the future, and what we can, and cannot, do to avoid further change. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577855 Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents his views on the future of space travel and Americas role in that future, giving his readers an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for Americas economy, security, and morale. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629582 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694438 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676182 Science is fantastic. It tells 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. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to the computer assisted scientists of today, men and women have wondered, examined, experimented, calculated, and sometimes made discoveries so earthshaking that people understood the world, or themselves, in an entirely new way. This inviting book tells a great adventure story: the history of science. It takes readers to the stars through the telescope, as the sun replaces the earth at the centre of our universe. It delves beneath the surface of the planet, charts the evolution of chemistrys periodic table, introduces the physics that explain electricity, gravity, and the structure of atoms. It recounts the scientific quest that revealed the DNA molecule and opened unimagined new vistas for exploration. Emphasizing surprising and personal stories of scientists both famous and unsung, A Little History of Science traces the march of science through the centuries. The book opens a window on the exciting and unpredictable nature of scientific activity and describes the uproar that may ensue when scientific findings challenge established ideas. With delightful illustrations and a warm, accessible style, this is a volume for young and old to treasure together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671818 In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation.-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671781 A heady overview of the emerging discipline of synthetic biology and the wonders it can produce, from new drugs and vaccines to biofuels and resurrected woolly mammoths. In this authoritative, sometimes awe-inspiring book, geneticist Church and veteran science writer Regis team up to explore how scientists are now altering the nature of living organisms by modifying their genomes, or genetic makeup. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647823 Universe reveals space in all its awe-inspiring wonder--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672199 Gary Fullers entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open up new worlds of knowledge for all readers. Often dismissed as unimportant, trivia here highlights issues that are far from trivial, pondering, for example, what peaceful country requires citizens to keep guns in their homes? what continent contains at least 75 percent of the worlds fresh water? and why arent New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia the capitals of their respective states? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646899 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624249 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674807 Explores the geopolitics of food scarcity. Presents an effort to raise public understanding of the challenges of food shortage and be an inspiration to action. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667969 All systems break down. Some bounce back, others do not. This is a book about why. Covering business, economic, geographic and social systems, Zolli uncovers a wealth of absorbing examples--from the link between US oil prices and the recent tortilla riots in Mexico to what was really happening when the U.S. government decided not to bail out Lehman Bros. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667571 Since the dawn of civilization, humans have sought inspiration and guidance in the night sky. Celestial Geometry explores the remarkable achievements of ancient astronomers at over 60 archaeological sites, from European stone circles like Stonehenge to the pyramids of Egypt and Central America, the medicine wheels of North America, the carved monoliths of Easter Island, and lesser-known structures like the sun clock of Goseck. Combining myths and legends with modern science, this beautifully illustrated book is a profoundly illuminating celebration of human curiosity and creativity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685464 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1673245 Drawing on evolutionary history and the emergent science of human nature, this book argues that humans have an innate sense of fairness. While these impulses can easily be subverted by greed and demagoguery, they can also be harnessed for good. The author brings together the latest findings from the behavioral and biological sciences to propose a new Biosocial Contract including sweeping economic and political reforms based on three principles of fairness--equality, equity, and reciprocity. His conclusion is that the proper response to bank bailouts and financial chicanery isnt to get mad--its to get fair. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684522 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657514 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646006 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656284 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616938 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623858 Whether it is asthma, food or pollen allergies, type-1 diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, or Crohns disease, everyone knows someone who suffers from an allergic or autoimmune disorder. And if it appears that the prevalence of these maladies has increased recently, thats because it has--to levels never before seen in human history. These days no fewer than one in fiv, and likely more, Americans suffer from one of these ailments. We seem newly, and bafflingly, vulnerable to immune system malfunction. Why? Science writer Moises Velasquez-Manoff explains the latest thinking about this problem and explores the remarkable new treatments in the works. In the past 150 years, improved sanitation, water treatment, and the advent of vaccines and antibiotics have saved countless lives, nearly eradicating diseases that had plagued humanity for millennia. But now, a growing body of evidence suggests that the very steps we took to combat infections also eliminated organisms that kept our bodies in balance. The idea that we have systematically cleaned ourselves to illness challenges deeply entrenched notions about the value of societal hygiene and the harmful nature of microbes. Yet scientists investigating the rampant immune dysfunction in the developed world have inevitably arrived at this conclusion. To address this global epidemic of absence, they must restore the human ecosystem. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684627 A photographic close-up of the diversity of life found in one cubic foot across a variety of ecosystems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687148 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609136 Bringing the contemporary environmental landscape to life, The Odyssey of KP2 is also the heartwarming portrait of a Hawaiian monk seal whose unforgettable personality never falters, even as his fate hangs in the balance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628993 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682837 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681533 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668173 Preternaturally hardened whale dung is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that makes the sophisticated scent linger on the skin is precisely this bizarre digestive by-product ambergris. Despite being one of the worlds most expensive substances (its value is nearly that of gold and has at times in history been triple it), ambergris is also one of the worlds least known. But with this unusual and highly alluring book, Christopher Kemp promises to change that by uncovering the unique history of ambergris. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748574 Explains how taking specific actions can improve outlook and circumstances, drawing on scientific findings to demonstrate how simple physical activities, from smiling to walking briskly, can alleviate common challenges. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694109 This book argues that in spite of extreme views in the media, reasonable scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (dramatically so since the 1970s), and that there is good reason for concern. Kerry Emanuel explains the basic science of global warming to non-experts and shows why it is very difficult to predict when it will have a dramatic effect on the climate. Nonetheless, change will come. Emanuel warns of more intense hurricanes, flooding, and the advancing of deserts, and he calls for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases. He also blasts the media for underreporting the dangers of global warming: in search of a balanced story, journalists have turned to extremists in the scientific community to find people who will deny the problem. In addition, he suggests some solutions for reducing the threat of global warming. The second edition is updated throughout and covers two main developments that have occurred since publication of the first edition. The first development is the next round of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate simulations, Assessment Report Five (AR5), which will provide an update on projections of climate change in the future. The second development is the so-called climategate incident and the subsequent collapse of U.S. popular and political support for dealing with climate change. This is mostly a political phenomenon, and Emanuel provides some insight into what happened and the consequences going forward--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623472 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649728 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758315 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1618300 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615616 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624193 Presents an optimistic assessment of how a technologically connected world can enable a better if different future, outlining a rising model of political change that breaks traditional categories of thinking and enables positive solutions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646067 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646042 A new approach to uderstanding the ever-changing information that bombards us. Arbesman is an expert in scientometrics, literally the science of science--how we know what we know. It turns out that knowledge in most fields evolves in systematic and predictable ways, and understanding that evolution can enormously powerful-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1663788 Society is complicated. But this book argues that this does not place it beyond the reach of a science that can help to explain and perhaps even to predict social behaviour. As a system made up of many interacting agents - people, groups, institutions and governments, as well as physical and technological structures such as roads and computer networks - society can be regarded as a complex system. In recent years, scientists have made great progress in understanding how such complex systems operate, ranging from animal populations to earthquakes and weather. These systems show behaviours that cannot be predicted or intuited by focusing on the individual components, but which emerge spontaneously as a consequence of their interactions: they are said to be self-organized. Attempts to direct or manage such emergent properties generally reveal that top-down approaches, which try to dictate a particular outcome, are ineffectual, and that what is needed instead is a bottom-up approach that aims to guide self-organization towards desirable states. This book shows how some of these ideas from the science of complexity can be applied to the study and management of social phenomena, including traffic flow, economic markets, opinion formation and the growth and structure of cities. Building on these successes, the book argues that the complex-systems view of the social sciences has now matured sufficiently for it to be possible, desirable and perhaps essential to attempt a grander objective: to integrate these efforts into a unified scheme for studying, understanding and ultimately predicting what happens in the world we have made. Such a scheme would require the mobilization and collaboration of many different research communities, and would allow society and its interactions with the physical environment to be explored through realistic models and large-scale data collection and analysis. It should enable us to find new and effective solutions to major global problems such as conflict, disease, financial instability, environmental despoliation and poverty, while avoiding unintended policy consequences. It could give us the foresight to anticipate and ameliorate crises, and to begin tackling some of the most intractable problems of the twenty-first century.--Publishers website. 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=1519946 The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is quantum physics? How does it help us understand the universe? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And how - for all its apparently counter-intuitive ideas - can we be sure that the theory is good? The bizarre behaviour of the atoms and energy that make up the universe has lead to some woolly pronouncements on the nature of all interconnectedness - but Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw reveal the simple and understandable theories that allow for concrete, yet astonishing, predictions about the world around us. From entangled twins to the incredible double-slit experiment, The Quantum Universe will give every reader the most up-to-date picture of that amazing subatomic world, where thousands of years of physics must be rewritten completely. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681548 As Alan Butler demonstrates in this extraordinary book, many key events in the history of our world, from the creation of the Moon to the evolution of human beings, came about through the intervention of humans from the future. Everyone who thought time travel was pure fantasy or theory will now have to think again, as this amazing book demonstrates that humankinds origins, evolution and historical turning-points have been planned in the future. Follow Alan Butler as he persuades us that without the reality of time travel we would not be as we are today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658893 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=1482030 Stephen Hawking has been an iconic figure in physics for the last half a century, making many groundbreaking discoveries on the nature of the universe. Yet while his mind roams to the farthest corners of reality, his body has become increasingly trapped by the advance of Lou Gehrigs disease, which has bound him to a wheelchair, without speech or movement except for a few facial muscles. Told in his youth that he would not live past his 20s, Hawking will turn 70 in 2012, and today he continues to inspire millions, drawing rock-concert-sized crowds wherever he lectures. Science writer Kitty Ferguson has been working with Stephen Hawking for decades, and produced an internationally bestselling biography of his life in 1992. Now, she brings his life as well as his scientific discoveries up-to-date. This is a remarkable look at how one of the greatest scientific mind alive overcame the odds to become the truly inspirational figure he is today-- 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=1615696 Provides techniques for achieving high scores on the AP chemistry exam and includes two full-length practice tests. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675367 Presents a comprehensive encyclopedia containing over seven thousand articles covering all aspects of science and technology. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645609 Professor Paul Zak proves that a single molecule accounts for why some people give freely of themselves and others are coldhearted, why some people cheat and steal and others can be trusted with anothers life, why some husbands are more faithful than others, and why women tend to be more generous, not to mention nicer, than men. Oxytocin is that molecule. Zak recounts his extraordinary stories and sets out, for the first time, his revolutionary theory of moral behavior. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668729 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624039 Two authors--one from the field of physics, the other from the realm of spirituality--debate the most fundamental questions about human existence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657461 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667927 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624241 In Science Set Free, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the worlds most innovative scientists, shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas that are not only limiting, but also dangerous for the future of humanity -- Front jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748072 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623841 A MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noahs Flood and how the mystery of the Bibles greatest story shaped geology. 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=1646897 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630148 Every day, we are beset by millions of sounds-ambient ones like the rumble of the train and the hum of air conditioner, as well as more pronounced sounds, such as human speech, music, and sirens. But how do we process what we hear every day? This book answers such revealing questions as: Why do we often fall asleep on train rides or in the car, and what does it have to do with hearing? What is it about the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard that makes us cringe? Why do city folks have trouble sleeping in the country, and vice versa? Why cant you get that jingle out of your head? Starting with the basics of the biology, neuroscientist and musician Seth Horowitz explains how sound affects us, and in turn, how weve learned to manipulate sound: into music, commercial jingles, car horns, and modern inventions like cochlear implants, ultrasound scans, and the mosquito ringtone. Combining the best parts of This is Your Brain on Music and How We Decide, this book gives new insight into what the sounds of our world have to do with the way we think, feel, and interact--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684521 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585104