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The Rational Universe Evolving for Humans

Exploring the Rational Design of the Universe

by Ding, Zhao ...

What if the development of life, the birth of the earth, and the emergence of humanity were all part of an intricate cosmic design--timed with precision across billions of years? In The Rational Universe Evolving for Humans, the author explores the profound connections between the physical universe and the natural forces that shaped it. From the Big Bang to the emergence of modern civilization, ... Read more

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What if the development of life, the birth of the earth, and the emergence of humanity were all part of an intricate cosmic design--timed with precision across billions of years? In The Rational Universe Evolving for Humans, the author explores the profound connections between the physical universe and the natural forces that shaped it. From the Big Bang to the emergence of modern civilization,
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Nanofabrication

Nanolithography techniques and their applications

by Professor Francesc Perez Murano, Professor José Ignacio Martín, Dr Vito Clericò, Dr Mario Amado, Prof Enrique Diez, Dr Javier Pablo-Navarro, Dr César Magén, Dr Soraya Sangiao, Mr Pablo Orús, Dr. Rosa Córdoba, Professor Ricardo García, Professor Isabel Rodríguez, Dr. Jaime Hernández, Professor Guillermo Villanueva, Dr. Oscar Vázquez Mena, Dr Ding Zhao, Professor Min Qiu, Professor Anpan Han, Dr. Edoardo Albisetti, Prof. Daniela Petti, Prof. Riccardo Bertacco, Prof. Elisa Riedo, Dr Claire Donnelly, Dr Dédalo Sanz-Hernández, Dr Lucas Perez Garcia, Dr Amalio Fernández-Pacheco, Professor Andrei Fedorov, Professor Songkil Kim ...

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A comprehensive edited volume on important and up-to-date nanolithography techniques and applications. The book includes an introduction on the importance of nanolithography in today’s research and technology, providing examples of its applications.The remainder of the book is split into two sections. The first section contains the most important and established nanolithography techniques. As well ... Read more

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A comprehensive edited volume on important and up-to-date nanolithography techniques and applications. The book includes an introduction on the importance of nanolithography in today’s research and technology, providing examples of its applications.The remainder of the book is split into two sections. The first section contains the most important and established nanolithography techniques. As well
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De-Whitening Intersectionality

Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics

by Shadee Abdi, Haneen Alghabra, Shahd Alshammari, Sara Baugh-Harris, Chris Brown, Santhosh Chandrashekar, Yea-Wen Chen, Jaelyn deMaria, Zhao Ding, Aisha Durham0, Raquel Moreira1, Pavithra Prasad2, Anjana Raghavan3, Kamela Rasmussen4, Sachi Sekimoto5, Lore/tta LeMaster6, Amber Johnson7, Michelle A. Holling9, Dawn Marie McIntosh0, Miranda Dottie Olzman1, Justin J. Rudnick2, Bernadette Marie Calafell3, Andy Kai-chun Chuang5, Dr. Shinsuke Eguchi6 ...

De-Whitening Intersectionality: Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics re-evaluates how the logic of color-blindness as whiteness is at play in the current scope of intersectional research on race, intercultural communication, and politics. Calling for a re-centering of difference by exploring the emergence and inception of intersectionality concepts, the coeditors and contributors ... Read more

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De-Whitening Intersectionality: Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics re-evaluates how the logic of color-blindness as whiteness is at play in the current scope of intersectional research on race, intercultural communication, and politics. Calling for a re-centering of difference by exploring the emergence and inception of intersectionality concepts, the coeditors and contributors
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A Brief History of Earth

Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

by Andrew H. Knoll ...

Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet?Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, ... Read more

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Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet?Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean,
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The Story of Earth

The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet

by Robert M. Hazen ...

Hailed by The New York Times for writing “with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along,” nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet’s living and nonliving spheres.With an astrobiologist’s imagination, a historian’s perspective, and a naturalist’s eye, Hazen calls upon ... Read more

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Hailed by The New York Times for writing “with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along,” nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet’s living and nonliving spheres.With an astrobiologist’s imagination, a historian’s perspective, and a naturalist’s eye, Hazen calls upon
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Origins

Cosmos, Earth, and Mankind

by Yves Coppens, Hubert Reeves, Dominique Simonnet, Joel de Rosney ...

In this potent book, three eminent scientists—an astrophysicist, an organic chemist, and an anthropologist—ponder and discuss some of the basic questions that have obsessed humankind through the ages, and offer thoughtful, enlightening answers in terms the layperson can easily understand. Until now, most of these questions were addressed by religion and philosophy. But science has reached a point ... Read more

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In this potent book, three eminent scientists—an astrophysicist, an organic chemist, and an anthropologist—ponder and discuss some of the basic questions that have obsessed humankind through the ages, and offer thoughtful, enlightening answers in terms the layperson can easily understand. Until now, most of these questions were addressed by religion and philosophy. But science has reached a point
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Gaia:A New Look at Life on Earth

A New Look at Life on Earth

by James Lovelock ...

Series series Oxford Landmark Science
In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which to support a new and radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that living matter is passive in the face of ... Read more

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In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which to support a new and radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that living matter is passive in the face of
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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

by David Bercovici ...

Series series More or Less
Covering 13.8 billion years in some 100 pages, a concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.With wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life ... Read more

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Covering 13.8 billion years in some 100 pages, a concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.With wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life
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Wonders of Life

Exploring the Most Extraordinary Phenomenon in the Universe

by Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen ...

Series series Wonders Series
"[A] passionate advocate of science education . . . hailed . . . as the next Carl Sagan. . . . features striking photography and graphics and accessible prose." —Boston GlobeIn Wonders of Life: Exploring the Most Extraordinary Force in the Universe, the definitive companion to the Discovery Science Channel series, Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover the most complex, ... Read more

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"[A] passionate advocate of science education . . . hailed . . . as the next Carl Sagan. . . . features striking photography and graphics and accessible prose." —Boston GlobeIn Wonders of Life: Exploring the Most Extraordinary Force in the Universe, the definitive companion to the Discovery Science Channel series, Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover the most complex,
... Read more
Timefulness

How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World

by Marcia Bjornerud ...

Why an awareness of Earth’s temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet’s long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves. The passage of nine days, which is how long a drop of water typically stays in Earth’s atmosphere, is something we can easily ... Read more

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Why an awareness of Earth’s temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet’s long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves. The passage of nine days, which is how long a drop of water typically stays in Earth’s atmosphere, is something we can easily
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Science Matters

Achieving Scientific Literacy

by Robert M. Hazen, James Trefil ...

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”—The New York Times Book ReviewKnowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to ... Read more

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A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”—The New York Times Book ReviewKnowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to
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H2O

A Biography of Water

by Philip Ball ...

The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water.The extent to which water remains a scientific mystery is extraordinary, despite its prevalence and central importance on Earth. Whether one considers its role in biology, its place in the physical world (where it refuses to obey the usual rules of liquids) or ... Read more

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The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water.The extent to which water remains a scientific mystery is extraordinary, despite its prevalence and central importance on Earth. Whether one considers its role in biology, its place in the physical world (where it refuses to obey the usual rules of liquids) or
... Read more

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