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Making Sense of Weather and Climate
How do meteorologists design forecasts for the next day's, the next week's, or the next month's weather? Are some forecasts more likely to be accurate than others, and why? Making …
Lights On!
Power generation is a relatively recent concern because humans had little need for sustained power until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Today, modern civilization is wholly …
Rocket Science
This is a book about rocket science: what it is and what it does. From the earliest fireworks to nuclear-powered spacecraft, all you would ever want or need to know about the …
Lights On!
Watt's up? A reader-friendly introduction to all things power.Power generation is a relatively recent concern because humans had little need for sustained power until the dawn of …
Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun
The science of ballistics has a long history and starts with one question: How does a projectile move through the air? Even before physicists worked that one out, military …
Air and Water
Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt …
Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun
The science of ballistics has a long history and starts with one question: How does a projectile move through the air? Even before physicists worked that one out, military …
Conversations with Marco Polo
Making the Most of the Anthropocene
Ever since Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen coined the term "Anthropocene" to describe our current era-one in which human impact on the environment has pushed …
Float Your Boat!
An estimated 4.1 million people in the United States participate in recreational sailing. Yet the large library of sailing literature leaves many of them high and dry. On one side …
How the Ocean Works
The world's oceans account for roughly 71 percent of the planet's surface and 99 percent of its livable volume. Any study of this huge habitat requires a solid foundation in the …