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A book by the bestselling, American Book Award-winning author.
In Lies Across America, James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning Lies My Teacher Told Me, of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. This is a one-of-a-kind examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses,...
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The writer of the New York Times Magazine' s popular Who Made That? column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled ah-a moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone can apply to solve the problems we encounter in everyday life. The writer of the New York Times Magazine's popular Who Made That? column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled aha moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone...
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W. W. Norton & Company
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"Extraordinary.... A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest." —Jennifer Carson, New York Times Book Review
In this far-reaching foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-author Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. Spanning
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"Materials science, wedged as it is between the ... fields of chemistry and physics, teaches us that everything in our world is due to the interactions of atoms. If you can find out how they interact to make up the physical world, then you can also change the way that atoms act to make them do new things and, as we develop new materials, we discover that materials and humans are constantly being molded by each other. [This book] shows how materials...
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Printers Row
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Discover strange gadgets you never knew existed in this volume from the nation’s top collector of curious and interesting information!
The writers behind Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos—devilish devices you never knew existed, created by people who thought the world absolutely needed what they had to offer and sell.
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The writers behind Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos—devilish devices you never knew existed, created by people who thought the world absolutely needed what they had to offer and sell.
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Viking
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[2023]
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xvii, 286 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy -- and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word...
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"On his regular walk one morning, Spike Carlsen realized there was an entire world outside his front door that he knew nothing about. How does that fire hydrant work, he wondered? Why are street lights shining more brightly than ever before? And, on a more personal level, why does an easy stroll around the neighborhood always leave him feeling more creative and spry, better able to take on the day? A simple walk around the block set Carlsen off on...
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In this entertaining eBooklet, renowned deep thinkers Jimmy Russell and Jack Goldstein discuss the ten greatest inventions they believe humankind has ever seen, using their own unique perspectives on the world in which we live. The result is an entertaining read, and - being careful to distinguish between inventions and discoveries - many readers may be surprised at what appears on the list and what does not. Informative, fun and vaguely educational,...
12) Brand Names
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From the bestselling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for my Salad, 9/11 Conspiracy, New World Order and many more...
This is a wonderful collection of stories revealing the origins of some of the world's best-known brand names and how, they became a part of our language and the world we live in today.
Landislas Biro
Charles Goodyear
Willis Carrier
The Earl of Sandwich
King C Gillette
Henry Ford
Walt...
13) Collected Works
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My Inventions — Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
Lectures:
A New System of Alternate Current Motors and Transformers
Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination
Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
On Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena
On Electricity
My Submarine Destroyer
High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-Therapeutic and Other...
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Deeply insightful, sensitive and passionate. An inspiring, meticulous picture of the innovations that have made us the world's oldest living culture.' - Larissa Behrendt
'Another fascinating volume in this landmark Australian publishing series.' - Richard Flanagan
What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians.
First...
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How do you actually turn a million-dollar idea into a million dollars? From scribble-on-the-napkin to product-on-the market, The Independent Inventor's Handbook explains everything a potential inventor needs to know and the tools he or she needs to use to take a raw concept and turn it into reality.
Written by Louis J. Foreman, creator of the PBS series Everyday Edisons and a holder of multiple patents, together with patent attorney Jill Gilbert...
16) Tecnologías de la cuarta revolución industrial: Y su aplicación en la Armada Nacional de Colombia
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Español
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Este libro es un aporte a la comprensión de los fenómenos propios de la revolución 4.0 en la Armada Nacional, su uso, su impacto, sus retos y sus potencialidades. Los autores, miembros de la Reserva, académicos y profesionales de diferentes áreas del conocimiento, describen de manera sencilla y rigurosa campos como la inteligencia artificial, la robótica, el blockchain, la realidad virtual, la nanotecnología, la computación en la nube, la...
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From the bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel and What Caesar did for My Salad.
A humorous account of great inventors and their critics who predicted failure. They Laughed at Galileo takes a humorous and reflective look at one thousand years of the development of humankind: those who dreamt, those who taught, those who opposed, and those who, ultimately, did. At some point in modern history, each and every one...
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Introduction
Curiosity will eventually lead to innovation. Fortunately, we are an imaginative species, who does a lot of wondering.
Way back to when man first learned to walk upright and began communicating with each other, by pointing and shouting, we can find the earliest examples. Somebody once thought, 'I know, we can move that heavy rock, or dead buffalo, by rolling it along on tree trunks because it is easier than dragging it over the ground.'
This,...
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Books on Tape
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2012
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English
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WHAT IS IT THAT DRIVES THE SUCCESS OF AMERICA AND THE IDENTITY OF ITS PEOPLE? ACCLAIMED WRITER AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TO THIS AMERICAN LIFE JACK HITT THINKS IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE ALL A BUNCH OF AMATEURS.
America’s self-invented tinkerers are back at it in their metaphorical garages—fiddling with everything from solar-powered cars to space elevators. In Bunch of Amateurs, Jack Hitt visits a number of different...
America’s self-invented tinkerers are back at it in their metaphorical garages—fiddling with everything from solar-powered cars to space elevators. In Bunch of Amateurs, Jack Hitt visits a number of different...
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Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine from the rocket belt to the jet belt to the flying platform and all the way to Yves Rossy's 21st-century free flights using a jet-powered wing this historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. These individual lift devices, as they were blandly labeled by the government men...
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