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The Seven Measures of the World

by Piero Martin ...

The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world"Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are."—Kirkus ReviewsFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure ... Read more

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The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world"Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are."—Kirkus ReviewsFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure
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Community Data

Creative Approaches to Empowering People with Information

by Rahul Bhargava ...

Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains it was designed for - community organizing, education, journalism, civic governance, and more. The dominant computational methods and processes, which have not changed in response, are ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains it was designed for - community organizing, education, journalism, civic governance, and more. The dominant computational methods and processes, which have not changed in response, are
... Read more
World in the Balance

The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement

by Robert P. Crease ...

“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”—The EconomistMillions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system ... Read more

$12.99 USD

“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”—The EconomistMillions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system
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Head First Physics

A learner's companion to mechanics and practical physics (AP Physics B - Advanced Placement)

by Heather Lang ...

Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it."Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it."Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and
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Not Even Trying

The Corruption of Real Science

by Bruce Charlton ...

Real science is dead.Researchers are no longer trying to seek and speak the truth. Scientists no longer believe in the truth. They no longer believe that there is an eternal unchanging reality beyond our human organisation which they have a duty to discover and disseminate. Hence, the vast structures of personnel and resources that constitute modern science are not real science but merely a ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Real science is dead.Researchers are no longer trying to seek and speak the truth. Scientists no longer believe in the truth. They no longer believe that there is an eternal unchanging reality beyond our human organisation which they have a duty to discover and disseminate. Hence, the vast structures of personnel and resources that constitute modern science are not real science but merely a
... Read more
Standards

by Jeffrey Pomerantz, Jason Griffey ...

Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
An engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearly all objects that surround us in the modern world. In Standards, Jeffrey Pomerantz and Jason Griffey provide an essential introduction to this invisible but critical form of infrastructure—the rules ... Read more

$14.99 USD

An engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearly all objects that surround us in the modern world. In Standards, Jeffrey Pomerantz and Jason Griffey provide an essential introduction to this invisible but critical form of infrastructure—the rules
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The Perfect Fitness Routine

Push, Pull, and Legs Split (Push Edition)

by Cameron Ballard ...

The Perfect Routine to get the Dream Body you have always desired. This ebook just incorporates the Push Day exercises. We all have potential in term of our physique, but very few will ever reach it. ... Read more

$10.99 USD

The Perfect Routine to get the Dream Body you have always desired. This ebook just incorporates the Push Day exercises. We all have potential in term of our physique, but very few will ever reach it.
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The New ABCs of Research

Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations

by Ben Shneiderman ...

The problems we face in the 21st century require innovative thinking from all of us. Be it students, academics, business researchers of government policy makers. Hopes for improving our healthcare, food supply, community safety and environmental sustainability depend on the pervasive application of research solutions. The research heroes who take on the immense problems of our time face bigger ... Read more

$23.79 USD

The problems we face in the 21st century require innovative thinking from all of us. Be it students, academics, business researchers of government policy makers. Hopes for improving our healthcare, food supply, community safety and environmental sustainability depend on the pervasive application of research solutions. The research heroes who take on the immense problems of our time face bigger
... Read more
¡No más Comer por Comer!: Destruye el hambre emocional y pasajero y cambia por completo la manera que ves la comida para bajar de peso de manera saludable y permanente

by Shaun Aguilar ...

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado porqué la mayoría de las personas no obtienen los resultados que después de intentar una dieta tras otra? ¿Porqué algunas personas tienen facilidad para perder peso, mientras que otras luchan con ello constantemente? ¿Acaso existe una manera de perder peso permanentemente para aquellas personas que lo han intentado todo? Entonces necesitas seguir leyendo."No importa ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado porqué la mayoría de las personas no obtienen los resultados que después de intentar una dieta tras otra? ¿Porqué algunas personas tienen facilidad para perder peso, mientras que otras luchan con ello constantemente? ¿Acaso existe una manera de perder peso permanentemente para aquellas personas que lo han intentado todo? Entonces necesitas seguir leyendo."No importa
... Read more
Rahasia Langsing Tanpa Drama: Jurus Ampuh Menurunkan Berat Badan

by Ciara Dananjaya ...

Anda mungkin sudah mencoba berbagai cara untuk mengurangi kelebihan berat badan, mungkin sudah merasa lelah dengan janji-janji instan yang tidak bertahan lama, atau mungkin Anda menyadari bahwa upaya kesehatan ini butuh pendekatan yang lebih dari sekadar diet ketat atau olahraga intensif sesaat.Anda mendambakan hasil yang nyata, berkelanjutan, dan yang terpenting, membawa pada kualitas hidup yang ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Anda mungkin sudah mencoba berbagai cara untuk mengurangi kelebihan berat badan, mungkin sudah merasa lelah dengan janji-janji instan yang tidak bertahan lama, atau mungkin Anda menyadari bahwa upaya kesehatan ini butuh pendekatan yang lebih dari sekadar diet ketat atau olahraga intensif sesaat.Anda mendambakan hasil yang nyata, berkelanjutan, dan yang terpenting, membawa pada kualitas hidup yang
... Read more
RAPID WEIGHT LOSS HYPNOSIS

Increase Your Motivation, Self Esteem, And Heal Your Body and Soul (2023 Guide for Beginners)

by Chase Covington ...

Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis is a practical guidebook for those who want to use hypnosis to lose weight and keep it off for good. The book offers a step-by-step program that combines the power of hypnosis with healthy eating and exercise habits, enabling readers to achieve their weight loss goals quickly and effectively.Inside this book, you will learn:• How hypnosis works to... ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis is a practical guidebook for those who want to use hypnosis to lose weight and keep it off for good. The book offers a step-by-step program that combines the power of hypnosis with healthy eating and exercise habits, enabling readers to achieve their weight loss goals quickly and effectively.Inside this book, you will learn:• How hypnosis works to...
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بشقاب دوپامین

by دکتر مهشید گنجوری ...

از زندان هلههوله تا آزادی غذایی: کلید در بشقاب دوپامین شماست!در دنیای فستفودها و شیرینیهای بیپایان، آیا احساس میکنید مغزتان توسط غذا ربوده شده است؟ چرخه ولع، پرخوری و پشیمانی شما را خسته کرده؟«بشقاب دوپامین»، بر اساس یافتههای تکاندهنده دکتر آنا لمکی و با راهکارهای عملی دکتر مهشید گنجوری، پرده از راز نبرد مغز با غذاهای مدرن برمیدارد. این کتاب به شما نشان میدهد که چگونه سیستم پاداش دوپامین شما را به ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

از زندان هلههوله تا آزادی غذایی: کلید در بشقاب دوپامین شماست!در دنیای فستفودها و شیرینیهای بیپایان، آیا احساس میکنید مغزتان توسط غذا ربوده شده است؟ چرخه ولع، پرخوری و پشیمانی شما را خسته کرده؟«بشقاب دوپامین»، بر اساس یافتههای تکاندهنده دکتر آنا لمکی و با راهکارهای عملی دکتر مهشید گنجوری، پرده از راز نبرد مغز با غذاهای مدرن برمیدارد. این کتاب به شما نشان میدهد که چگونه سیستم پاداش دوپامین شما را به
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A Review of Algebra

by Rivenburg ...

A Review of Algebra, authored by Romeyn Henry Rivenburg and published in 1914, is a comprehensive and systematic guide designed to reinforce and deepen the reader’s understanding of elementary and intermediate algebraic concepts. The book serves as both a refresher and a detailed reference, making it ideal for students preparing for examinations, teachers seeking a reliable classroom resource, or ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A Review of Algebra, authored by Romeyn Henry Rivenburg and published in 1914, is a comprehensive and systematic guide designed to reinforce and deepen the reader’s understanding of elementary and intermediate algebraic concepts. The book serves as both a refresher and a detailed reference, making it ideal for students preparing for examinations, teachers seeking a reliable classroom resource, or
... Read more
Science Basic Facts

by Collins ...

A completely new full-colour edition of the popular guide to scienceFirst published in 1989, this is the third edition of the popular Gem Basic Facts Science. The Basic Facts series is a series of illustrated gem dictionaries in important school subjects. ... Read more

$1.49 USD

A completely new full-colour edition of the popular guide to scienceFirst published in 1989, this is the third edition of the popular Gem Basic Facts Science. The Basic Facts series is a series of illustrated gem dictionaries in important school subjects.
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Consejos Para Perder hasta 10 kilos

by Ricardo Ripoll ...

Hubo un tiempo en este mundo cuando la necesidad de bajar de peso era completamente desconocida. La gente comía bien, sin embargo, el trabajo que realizaban les permitía comer sin excederse de peso.Se despertaban temprano en la mañana y luego participaban en sus respectivos trabajos durante todo un día. Este trabajo era básicamente.La gente trabajaba en la excavación de los campos, siembra, ... Read more

$4.97 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hubo un tiempo en este mundo cuando la necesidad de bajar de peso era completamente desconocida. La gente comía bien, sin embargo, el trabajo que realizaban les permitía comer sin excederse de peso.Se despertaban temprano en la mañana y luego participaban en sus respectivos trabajos durante todo un día. Este trabajo era básicamente.La gente trabajaba en la excavación de los campos, siembra,
... Read more
Aircraft Weight and Balance for the Professional Pilot

Aviation Books Series, #15

by Stephen Walmsley ...

Series Book 15 - Aviation Books Series
Despite aircraft coming in many shapes and sizes, they all have weight and balance limitations that pilots must carefully check before every flight. Operating outside of these limits can be very dangerous, and in some cases, an aircraft might not even leave the ground. Fortunately, pilots have a range of tools available to ensure their aircraft is fit for flight.From the author of the popular ... Read more

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Despite aircraft coming in many shapes and sizes, they all have weight and balance limitations that pilots must carefully check before every flight. Operating outside of these limits can be very dangerous, and in some cases, an aircraft might not even leave the ground. Fortunately, pilots have a range of tools available to ensure their aircraft is fit for flight.From the author of the popular
... Read more
Pierda 16 Libras en 12 Dias con Una Dieta de Limpieza Smoothie

by Stephanie Quiñones ...

Pierda 16 libras en 12 días con una dieta de limpieza con batidos: pierda peso rápidamente, combata las enfermedades cancerosas y luzca más joven mientras bebe un delicioso batido verdeEn esta dieta de limpieza de licuados de 12 días, incorporará en su régimen diario deliciosos licuados compuestos de supernutrientes de verduras de hoja verde y frutas, así como cómo vencer los antojos con ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Pierda 16 libras en 12 días con una dieta de limpieza con batidos: pierda peso rápidamente, combata las enfermedades cancerosas y luzca más joven mientras bebe un delicioso batido verdeEn esta dieta de limpieza de licuados de 12 días, incorporará en su régimen diario deliciosos licuados compuestos de supernutrientes de verduras de hoja verde y frutas, así como cómo vencer los antojos con
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The Scientific Method

A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge

by J. Scott Armstrong, Kesten C. Green ...

The scientific method delivers prosperity, yet scientific practice has become subject to corrupting influences from within and without the scientific community. This essential reference is intended to help remedy those threats. The authors identify eight essential criteria for the practice of science and provide checklists to help avoid costly failures in scientific practice. Not only for ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The scientific method delivers prosperity, yet scientific practice has become subject to corrupting influences from within and without the scientific community. This essential reference is intended to help remedy those threats. The authors identify eight essential criteria for the practice of science and provide checklists to help avoid costly failures in scientific practice. Not only for
... Read more
Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology

by Michael Grabe ...

Series series IOP Concise Physics
Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. For about two centuries, regular or constant errors were not the focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random errors were. To address this here, Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology discusses a new error concept that dispenses with the common practice to randomize unknown ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. For about two centuries, regular or constant errors were not the focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random errors were. To address this here, Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology discusses a new error concept that dispenses with the common practice to randomize unknown
... Read more
Defining and Measuring Nature (Second Edition)

The make of all things

by Jeffrey H Williams ...

Series series IOP ebooks
Measurement forms an essential part of our view of the world. Our world is measured and calibrated, and we are all subject to the tyranny of these numbers. In this updated and extended edition, Jeffrey Huw Williams outlines the history of measurement; particularly of the International System of units (SI). Since the previous edition, the base units of the SI have been redefined; realizing a 150 ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Measurement forms an essential part of our view of the world. Our world is measured and calibrated, and we are all subject to the tyranny of these numbers. In this updated and extended edition, Jeffrey Huw Williams outlines the history of measurement; particularly of the International System of units (SI). Since the previous edition, the base units of the SI have been redefined; realizing a 150
... Read more
Photodetectors

Materials, Devices and Applications

Edited by Bahram Nabet ...

Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
Every bit of information that circulates the internet across the globe is a pulse of light, that at some point will need to be converted to an electric signal in order to be processed by the electronic circuitry in our data centers, computers, and cell phones. Photodetectors (PD's) perform this conversion with ultra high speed and efficiency, in addition to being ubiquitously present in many other ... Read more

$256.99 USD

Every bit of information that circulates the internet across the globe is a pulse of light, that at some point will need to be converted to an electric signal in order to be processed by the electronic circuitry in our data centers, computers, and cell phones. Photodetectors (PD's) perform this conversion with ultra high speed and efficiency, in addition to being ubiquitously present in many other
... Read more
La ciencia en la encrucijada

Entre pasión intelectual y mercado

by Gianfranco Pacchioni ...

Translated by Flavia Andrea Galmarini Saavedra ...

Series series El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias
La vertiginosa aceleración que en la vida del hombre ha supuesto la generalización de las nuevas formas de comunicación global, especialmente internet, no ha podido dejar de verse reflejada también en el ámbito de la ciencia. Pero si este cambio ha supuesto ventajas innegables, también es cierto que ha llevado aparejada en el mundo de la investigación científica una distorsión preocupante y ... Read more

$7.55 USD

La vertiginosa aceleración que en la vida del hombre ha supuesto la generalización de las nuevas formas de comunicación global, especialmente internet, no ha podido dejar de verse reflejada también en el ámbito de la ciencia. Pero si este cambio ha supuesto ventajas innegables, también es cierto que ha llevado aparejada en el mundo de la investigación científica una distorsión preocupante y
... Read more
Data Integrity and Data Governance

Practical Implementation in Regulated Laboratories

by Robert D McDowall ...

Data integrity is the hottest topic in the pharmaceutical industry. Global regulatory agencies have issued guidance, after guidance after guidance in the past few years, most of which does not offer practical advice on how to implement policies, procedures and processes to ensure integrity. These guidances state what but not how. Additionally, key stages of analysis that impact data integrity are ... Read more

$157.99 USD

Data integrity is the hottest topic in the pharmaceutical industry. Global regulatory agencies have issued guidance, after guidance after guidance in the past few years, most of which does not offer practical advice on how to implement policies, procedures and processes to ensure integrity. These guidances state what but not how. Additionally, key stages of analysis that impact data integrity are
... Read more
Fundamental Principles of Engineering Nanometrology

by Richard Leach ...

Series series Micro and Nano Technologies
Fundamental Principles of Engineering Nanometrology provides a comprehensive overview of engineering metrology and how it relates to micro and nanotechnology (MNT) research and manufacturing. By combining established knowledge with the latest advances from the field, it presents a comprehensive single volume that can be used for professional reference and academic study. - Provides a basic ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Fundamental Principles of Engineering Nanometrology provides a comprehensive overview of engineering metrology and how it relates to micro and nanotechnology (MNT) research and manufacturing. By combining established knowledge with the latest advances from the field, it presents a comprehensive single volume that can be used for professional reference and academic study. - Provides a basic
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