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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This new book explores the pioneering field of transient - or time-domain - astronomy, the incredible discoveries being made, the tools that we use to detect these cosmic events, and the aspects that continue to puzzle observers and theorists. In an engaging style accessible to the layperson, the astronomer and popular science author gives us an up-to-date overview of the "transient universe," and explains how astronomers came to see the cosmos as...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable, the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics. For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, and informative presentations about science, history, the...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics can be flexible, creative, and visual. This joyful journey through the world of abstract mathematics into category theory will demystify mathematical thought processes and help you develop your own thinking, with no formal mathematical background needed. The book brings abstract mathematical ideas down to earth using examples of social justice, current...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The nineteenth century was a transformative period in the history of American science, as scientific study, once the domain of armchair enthusiasts and amateurs, became the purview of professional experts and institutions. In Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur shows that women were central to the development of the natural sciences during this critical time. She does so by uncovering the forgotten lives of entomologist Margaretta Hare...
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Beer is the most popular beverage on the planet after tea and water. But there’s more to brewing than beer. At its heart is science - a mix of biology, chemistry and a touch of evolution - that we know as fermentation. Australia is at the forefront of exploring its possibilities, creating new medicines, cleaner fuels, even future foods.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
You might already have heard in the popular press about this disturbing trend: researchers have noticed that many insect populations are declining both in number and diversity. Although many animals have been affected by climate change and habitat loss, discover the human activities that have a disproportionate impact on insects—especially the use of pesticides.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the early 20th century, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they could tell whether someone was lying by using a machine. Popularly known as the “lie detector,” the device was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. Instead, the lie detector became an apparatus of fear and intimidation. The Lie Detector is a tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.
8) The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World: Episode 41,Being Poor in the Middle Ages
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Visit the daily life of peasants in the wake of the Black Death. Experiencing economic hardship due in part to the feudal system, the poor organized the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, the first popular uprising of its kind. Beyond the dramatic revolt, this lecture takes you to the dinner tables of everyday people, and to the anonymous cemeteries where they'd be buried.
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Language
English
Description
"A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. The medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not going to be less so in the future. The rules of engagement have changed in medicine, but no one has bothered to inform patients. Much is written about Black women...
Author
Publisher
You Live Right Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A ground-breaking, evidence-based nutrition plan designed to reduce breast cancer risk, manage your weight, and transform the way you think about the power of food. According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 8 American women will get breast cancer in their lifetimes. This year alone, an estimated 330,800 women will find out they have breast cancer. The right nutrition choices could reduce many of these cases. The American Institute of Cancer Research...
Author
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An accessible, straightforward guide that demystifies Artificial Intelligence for a general audience without the use of complex math or technical jargon. Covers the fundamentals, from classical models and neural networks to the large language models leading today's AI revolution"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Far from being a lifeless ornament in the sky, the Moon holds the answers to some of science's central questions. Silent, dry, and barren, Earth's 4.34-billion-year-old companion is essential to life on earth. Its gravity stabilized the Earth's orbit, and, as it once guided evolution, its tide stirring up nutrients that fostered complex life, it now influences everything from animal migrations and reproduction to the movements of plants' leaves....
15) The menopause brain: new science empowers women to navigate menopause with knowledge and confidence
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Menopause and perimenopause are still a black box to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as they grapple with symptoms ranging from hot flashes to insomnia and brain fog. As a leading neuroscientist and women's brain health specialist, Dr. Lisa Mosconi unravels the mystery by revealing how menopause doesn't just impact the ovaries-but it's a hormonal show in which the brain takes center stage. The decline of the hormone estrogen during menopause...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI The release of generative AI-from LLMs like ChatGPT to image generators like DALL-E-marks a new era. We have invented technologies that boost our physical capabilities and others that automate complex tasks, but never, until now, have we created a technology that can...
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Series
Publisher
SportsZone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Few of today's most popular sports look exactly as they did in the past. Technology has evolved, strategies have changed, and the athletes themselves have become bigger, better, and faster. And the sports have changed right along with them. Sports Innovations examines specific advancements in these areas and the impact they've had on the games we love to watch and play.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Discover a groundbreaking new way of eating that can reverse inflammation, heal your gut, and improve your overall health, fitness and athletic performance-in just one week-while setting you on the path to easy, sustainable weight loss for life! Journalist and bestselling author Stephen Perrine reveals how in his intensely researched, yet simple and engaging new book, The Full-Body Fat Fix. With a unique blend of humor and science, Perrine explains...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"IBS affects 45 million Americans; it's also a tricky disease-hard to diagnose, miserable to live with. With the advent of the low FODMAP diet, nutrition is one of the primary treatments--but most folks don't know how to connect the dots between our brain and our gut health. Enter world renowned digestive health specialist and registered dietitian Kate Scarlata, and prominent GI psychologist Dr. Megan Riehl; their Mind Your Gut: The Whole Body Guide...
Author
Publisher
Harmony
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In an unprecedented collaboration between three of today's most powerful minds, Deepak Chopra, M.D., teams up with physicist Jack Tuszynski, Ph.D., and endocrinologist Brian Fertig, M.D., to bring readers a visionary work that delves into the innovative world of quantum science and shows how unlocking its secrets can revolutionize how we live and age--and, ultimately, how we can eradicate disease. The key is the quantum body. Unlike our physical...