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Closer To Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future
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Closer To Truth: Science, Meaning, and the FutureSome of the world's most esteemed experts--Nobel laureates, best-selling authors, and renowned scholars--engage in spontaneous and intimate conversations that combine hard facts with an inspiring--and breathtaking--look into our future.
 
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ABC of Reading
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ABC of ReadingThis small book contains notes for lectures given by the author, and even propositions for student exercises.
Ezra Pound's comments on language, poetry, drama and music are very astute and actual.
Everyone who writes must read this book. Everyone who reads literature or other writings must read this book. This is the owner's manual to any other book, to any attempt at writing, and it helps us greatly and generously at every step.
 
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
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altTaber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary delivers 30% more terms than any other medical dictionary, 700 color illustrations to enrich your understanding, 500 Patient Care sections for clinical knowledge, 600 tables for quick reference, and much more...
 
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100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time
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100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All TimeThroughout history, science has changed lives and dramatically altered the way in which the universe is perceived. Focusing on the 100 most significant scientific events of all time--from Archimedes' discovery of the two fundamental principles underlying physics and engineering (levers and buoyancy) in 260 B.C.E. to human anatomy, Jupiter's moons, electrons, black holes, the human genome, and more--storyteller Kendall Haven has created a ready reference for those seeking information on science discoveries. Brimming with fascinating and fun facts about 100 scientific breakthroughs, this collection presents the real stories behind the history of science, at the same time offering a panoramic overview of the history of science and an introduction to some of the most important scientists in history. Grades 6 and up.
 
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Understanding the Language of Science
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Understanding the Language of Science From astronomy to zoology, the practice of science proceeds from scientific ways of thinking. These patterns of thought, such as defining and classifying, hypothesizing and experimenting, form the building blocks of all scientific endeavor. Understanding how they work is therefore an essential foundation for everyone involved in scientific study or teaching, from elementary school students to classroom teachers and professional scientists.
In this book, Steven Darian examines the language of science in order to analyze the patterns of thinking that underlie scientific endeavor. He draws examples from university science textbooks in a variety of disciplines, since these offer a common, even canonical, language for scientific expression. Darian identifies and focuses in depth on nine patterns—defining, classifying, using figurative language, determining cause and effect, hypothesizing, experimenting, visualizing, quantifying, and comparing—and shows how they interact in practice. He also traces how these thought modes developed historically from Pythagoras through Newton.
 
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