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Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire

The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta

Edited by Thomas Lin ...

UNTANGLING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE: The Pulitzer Prize-winning leaders in scientific journalism take you inside the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science.A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: “If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire.”Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories from in ... Read more

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UNTANGLING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE: The Pulitzer Prize-winning leaders in scientific journalism take you inside the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science.A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: “If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire.”Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories from in
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The Prime Number Conspiracy

The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta

Edited by Thomas Lin ...

**Explore the mysteries and latest breakthroughs of the mathematical universe with the Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta—beloved by Bill Gates!Featuring a foreword by James Gleick, New York Times-bestselling author of Chaos: Making a New Science**These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating ... Read more

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**Explore the mysteries and latest breakthroughs of the mathematical universe with the Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta—beloved by Bill Gates!Featuring a foreword by James Gleick, New York Times-bestselling author of Chaos: Making a New Science**These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating
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Feng Shui and Health

The Anatomy of a Home

by Nancy SantoPietro ...

A groundbreaking paperback original offers advice, charts, and checklists for fostering wellness through home furnishing placement and design. ... Read more

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A groundbreaking paperback original offers advice, charts, and checklists for fostering wellness through home furnishing placement and design.
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Suitable Singles

Every Single Decision Matters

by A. Lin. Thomas ...

Suitable Singles: Every Single Decision MattersBy: A. Lin. ThomasSuitable Singles: Every Single Decision Matters is a book about discovering how to become a suitable single preparing for Holy Matrimony. It illustrates how we can begin the healing process from brokenness through self-discovery in order to understand how to become the suitable single we should be. It also illustrates how brokenness ... Read more

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Suitable Singles: Every Single Decision MattersBy: A. Lin. ThomasSuitable Singles: Every Single Decision Matters is a book about discovering how to become a suitable single preparing for Holy Matrimony. It illustrates how we can begin the healing process from brokenness through self-discovery in order to understand how to become the suitable single we should be. It also illustrates how brokenness
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Zeroing In

The Invention of the Crosshair and the UI Architecture of Precision Shooters

by Thomas Lin ...

In the earliest days of 3D video games, players navigated blocky corridors and fired weapons blindly, guessing the trajectory of their projectiles based on the center of their screen. This clunky guesswork was eliminated with a seemingly trivial addition: the rendering of a tiny crosshair. This simple visual anchor fundamentally rewired the architecture of digital combat. The introduction of the ... Read more

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In the earliest days of 3D video games, players navigated blocky corridors and fired weapons blindly, guessing the trajectory of their projectiles based on the center of their screen. This clunky guesswork was eliminated with a seemingly trivial addition: the rendering of a tiny crosshair. This simple visual anchor fundamentally rewired the architecture of digital combat. The introduction of the
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Mercillia Ii

Redemptive Promise

by A. Lin. Thomas ...

Kellen McDaniel is a young man who sought Gods deliverance from vicious attacks against his family. But what he discovered through trials that tested his faith and endurance, was his strengths and his destiny. His purpose is revealed as he cries out to God for direction, and he is humbled by his calling. ... Read more

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Kellen McDaniel is a young man who sought Gods deliverance from vicious attacks against his family. But what he discovered through trials that tested his faith and endurance, was his strengths and his destiny. His purpose is revealed as he cries out to God for direction, and he is humbled by his calling.
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The Prime Number Conspiracy

The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

10 hours

These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating the productive tension between conjecture and proof, theory and intuition. Listeners of The Prime Number Conspiracy, says Quanta editor-in-chief Thomas Lin, are headed on "breathtaking intellectual journeys to the bleeding edge of discovery strapped ... Read more

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These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating the productive tension between conjecture and proof, theory and intuition. Listeners of The Prime Number Conspiracy, says Quanta editor-in-chief Thomas Lin, are headed on "breathtaking intellectual journeys to the bleeding edge of discovery strapped
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Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire

The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts, and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate ... Read more

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Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts, and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate
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The Copernicus Complex

Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities

by Caleb Scharf ...

Narrated by Caleb Scharf ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

The Sunday Times (UK) Best Science Book of 2014A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2014An NBC News Top Science and Tech Book of 2014A Politics & Prose 2014 Staff PickIn the sixteenth century, Nicolaus Copernicus dared to go against the establishment by proposing that Earth rotates around the Sun. Having demoted Earth from its unique position in the cosmos to one of mediocrity, Cope... ... Read more

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The Sunday Times (UK) Best Science Book of 2014A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2014An NBC News Top Science and Tech Book of 2014A Politics & Prose 2014 Staff PickIn the sixteenth century, Nicolaus Copernicus dared to go against the establishment by proposing that Earth rotates around the Sun. Having demoted Earth from its unique position in the cosmos to one of mediocrity, Cope...
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Six Impossible Things

The Mystery of the Quantum World

by John Gribbin ...

Narrated by Matthew Waterson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

Rules of the quantum world seem to say that a cat can be both alive and dead at the same time and a particle can be in two places at once. And that particle is also a wave; everything in the quantum world can described in terms of waves—or entirely in terms of particles. These interpretations were all established by the end of the 1920s, by Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, and ... Read more

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Rules of the quantum world seem to say that a cat can be both alive and dead at the same time and a particle can be in two places at once. And that particle is also a wave; everything in the quantum world can described in terms of waves—or entirely in terms of particles. These interpretations were all established by the end of the 1920s, by Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, and
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Wayfinding

The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World

by M. R. O'Connor ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way makes us human.In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision―especially since our ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way makes us human.In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision―especially since our
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Weird Earth

Debunking Strange Ideas about Our Planet

by Donald R. Prothero ...

Narrated by Neil Hellegers ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Aliens. Ley lines. Water dowsing. Conspiracies and myths captivate imaginations and promise mystery and magic. Whether it's arguing about the moon landing hoax or a Frisbee-like Earth drifting through space, when held up to science and critical thinking, these ideas fall flat.In Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet, Donald R. Prothero demystifies these conspiracies and offers ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Aliens. Ley lines. Water dowsing. Conspiracies and myths captivate imaginations and promise mystery and magic. Whether it's arguing about the moon landing hoax or a Frisbee-like Earth drifting through space, when held up to science and critical thinking, these ideas fall flat.In Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet, Donald R. Prothero demystifies these conspiracies and offers
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