Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=7322+6669+3+6061 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1389381 Chronicles the efforts of anthropologists, archeologists, and other scientists to uncover the many mysteries of human origins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1304288 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1305474 From renowned anthrozoologist Dr. John Bradshaw comes a clear-headed examination of how the latest scientific research on dog behavior can improve our relationships with our canine companions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1149815 The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you cant walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As the author discovers, its possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASAs new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), she takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1129513 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1112270 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1053522 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1197145 John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers questions about harmony, timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and many more in this intriguing and original guide to acoustics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1272308 Astound your friends! Impress party guests! Annoy your relatives! This book contains 100 science puzzles. It includes answers to each problem that explains a scientific principle in easy-to-understand terms, so that not only are you solving puzzles, you are also having fun while you learn. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1283900 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1109289 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1038071 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1003475 Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are anti-green, New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=996058 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=980072 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=991372 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1005015 Discover the wonders of the night sky with this bestselling astronomy guide For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night sky. Now this classic beginners guide has been completely revised to bring it up to date with the latest discoveries and graphics. Features over 80 new photos and illustrations, including a full-color insert Reviews the newest telescopes and spacecraft. Includes an overview of the best astronomy Web sites. Written by award-winning author Dinah Moch. Packed with valuable tables, charts, and star and moon maps, this user-friendly guide makes it easy for you to quickly grasp the basic principles of astronomy and start observing the night sky. The book includes objectives, reviews, and self-tests, and can be used on its own as a self-teaching guide or as a supplement to astronomy course materials--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034253 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1022733 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1057815 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1011737 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=791618 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=791453 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=624963 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=702493 This young readers version of the recent documentary films companion adult volume cuts the page count by about a third but preserves the originals cogent message and many of its striking visuals. After explaining that his interest in the environment predates even his mothers reading of Silent Spring aloud to him as a teenager, Gore proceeds to document steeply rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, and then to link that to accelerating changes in temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide. Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, he shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. OConnor rephrases Gores arguments in briefer, simpler language without compromising their flow, plainly intending to disturb readers rather than frighten them. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves but, suggesting that what happens locally has worldwide consequences, he closes with the assertion that we will all have to change the way we live our lives. Like the film, this title may leave readers to look elsewhere for both documentation and for specific plans of action, but as an appeal to reason its as polished and persuasive as it can be. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=660618 NASAs Kennedy Space Center is at the heart of Americas adventure into space. It has served as the departure gate for every U.S. manned space flight mission and hundreds of unmanned rocket launches. Sprawled across 140,000 acres on Floridas Atlantic coast, it is now a major tourist attraction for visitors from around the world. Carefully researched, clearly written and richly illustrated, Kennedy Space Center presents the extraordinary story of this great spaceport along with the history of the space program. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=642608 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653268 Communicating with Orcas is the true story of an amazing journey by two curious and dedicated women into the unknown world of whales. Mary J. Getten, respected whale naturalist and professional animal communicator, and her colleague, Raphaela Pope, take the reader on a unique voyage of discovery about these fascinating creatures of the sea. Together they use their telepathic skills and communication abilities to interview and converse with wild and captive orcas. This is a book like no other. It unlocks the many mysteries of orca life and death. It is a moving description of a close family group in which all members travel, work, eat, play, and even sleep together. Most of all, it takes you inside their world, allowing you to see things from their perspective and to understand another way of life-the orca way. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=593412 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=590857 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=519877 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=400204 Kurlansky, author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat-- and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. 7 maps. 40 photos. 15 recipes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=300730 Childs, author of Crossing Paths takes on the defining subject of the arid west: water. But his is the search for the secretive water of the desert where flows are hidden, ephemeral, sudden, and violent. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=113093 Biotic Communities catalogs and defines by biome, or biotic community, the region centered on Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California Norte, plus portions of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Coahuila, Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur. This ambitious guide is an essential companion for anyone working in natural resources management and ecological research, as well as nonspecialists looking for solid information about a particular southwestern locale. Biotic Communities is arranged by climatic formation with a short chapter for each biome describing climate, physiognomy, distribution, dominant and common plant species, and characteristic vertebrates. Subsequent chapters contain careful descriptions of zonal subdivisions.--BOOK JACKET.