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  • Einstein's Fridge

    How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe

    by Paul Sen ...
    This entertaining, eye-opening account of how the laws of thermodynamics are essential to understanding the world today—from refrigeration and jet engines to calorie counting and global warming—is “a lesson in how to do popular science right” (Kirkus Reviews).Einstein’s Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Einstein's Fridge

    How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe

    by Paul Sen ...
    Narrated by Malk Williams ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 5 min

    This entertaining, eye-opening account of how the laws of thermodynamics are essential to understanding the world today—from refrigeration and jet engines to calorie counting and global warming—is “a lesson in how to do popular science right” (Kirkus Reviews).Einstein’s Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Ethics of Consumption

    The Good Life, Justice, and Global Stewardship

    by Luis A. Camacho, Colin H. Campbell, David A. Crocker, Eleonora Curlo, Herman E. Daly, Eliezer Diamond, Robert Goodland, Allen L. Hammond, Nathan Keyfitz, Robert E. Lane0, Judith Lichtenberg1, David Luban2, James A. Nash3, Martha C. Nussbaum4, ThomasW Pogge5, Mark Sagoff6, Juliet B. Schor7, Michael Schudson8, Jerome M. Segal9, Amartya Sen0, Alan Strudler1, Paul L. Wachtel2, Paul E. Waggoner3, David Wasserman4, Charles K. Wilber5 ...
    Series series Philosophy and the Global Context
    Scholars in diverse fields now agree on the importance of investigating the impact of consumption practices on the global environment, quality of life, and international justice. In this comprehensive collection of essays, most of which appear for the first time, eminent scholars from many disciplines-philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, demography, theology, history, and social ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Mismeasuring Our Lives

    Why GDP Doesn't Add Up

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi ...
    In February of 2008, amid the looming global financial crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist Jean Paul Fitoussi, to establish a commission of leading economists to study whether Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—the most widely used measure of economic activity—is a reliable ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mismeasuring Our Lives

    Why GDP Doesn't Add Up

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi ...
    "A provocative new study . . . [which] amounts to a treatise on the inadequacy of GDP growth as an indication of overall economic health." — The New York TimesNobel Prize–Winning AuthorsIn February of 2008, amid the looming global financial crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prize–winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care

    by Uwe E. Reinhardt ...
    From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive—and why it doesn't have to beUwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In Priced ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 1

    Breeding improved varieties

    by Dr Jai Gopal, Dr Pim Lindhout, Michiel de Vries, Menno ter Maat, Su Ying, Marcela Viquez-Zamora, Sjaak van Heusden, Dr Ankush Prashar, Filipe de Jesus Colwell, Curtis M. Frederick, Glenn J. Bryan, Dr Prashant G. Kawar, Hemant B. Kardile, S. Raja, Som Dutt, Raj Kumar, P. Manivel, Vinay Bhardwaj, B. P. Singh, P. M. Govindakrishnan, Masahiko Mori, S. K. Chakrabarti, Prof. P. Zhang, Weijuan Fan, Hongxia Wang, Yinliang Wu, Wenzhi Zhou, Jun Yang, Prof. Duroy A. Navarre, Dr M. Moehninsi, Dr Sen Lin, Dr Paul Bethke, Dr Hanjo Hellmann, Dr Putri Ernawati Abidin, Edward Carey, Dr Liping Jin, Dr Moses Nyongesa, Nancy Ng'ang'a, Dr Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Dr Maryanne Wamahiu, Dr Chikondi Chabvuta, Dr Dianah Ngonyama, Prof. Paul C. Struik, Dr Paul Demo, Prof. John Bamberg, Shelley H. Jansky, Alfonso del Rio, Dave Ellis, Dr Csaba Hornyik ...
    Series Book 26 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Reviews latest research on understanding potato plant physiology and genetic varietyDiscusses major advances in conventional and hybrid breeding as well as their application in improved varietiesFocuses on ways of supporting smallholders in key regions such as Africa ... Read more

    $175.99 USD

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    Pathologies of Power

    Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor

    by Paul Farmer ...
    Narrated by Jack Chekijian ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 12 min

    Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life—and death—in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer argues that promoting the social and economic rights of the world's poor is the most important human rights struggle of our times. With passionate eyewitness accounts from the prisons of Russia and the beleaguered villages of Haiti and Chiapas, this book ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Global Optimization Methods in Geophysical Inversion

    by Mrinal K. Sen, Paul L. Stoffa ...
    Providing an up-to-date overview of the most popular global optimization methods used in interpreting geophysical observations, this new edition includes a detailed description of the theoretical development underlying each method and a thorough explanation of the design, implementation and limitations of algorithms. New and expanded chapters provide details of recently developed methods, such as ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences

    Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences (BIOSPECTRUM 2019), August 8-10, 2019, Kolkata, India

    Edited by Ramkrishna Sen, Susmita Mukherjee, Rajashree Paul, Rajiv Narula ...
    The application of Biotechnology dates back to the early era of civilization, when people first started to cultivate food crops. While the early applications are certainly still relevant, modern biotechnology is primarily associated with molecular biology, cloning and genetic engineering not only to increase the yield and to improve the quality of the crop but also its potential impact has touched ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

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    Helgoland

    Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

    by Carlo Rovelli ...
    Narrated by David Rintoul ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 31 min

    **Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times and a Best Science Book of 2021 by The Guardian“Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” ―Neil Gaiman“One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters to the laity of the dazzling enigmas of his discipline...[a] momentous book” ―John Banville, The Wall Street Journal**A startling ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Black Holes

    The Key to Understanding the Universe

    by Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw ...
    Narrated by Jeff Forshaw ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 20 min

    By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook