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Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident

by William McKeown

When asked to name the world’s first major nuclear accident, most people cite the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster. Revealed in this book is one of American history’s best-kept secrets:...


Dr. Joe & What You Didn't Know: 99 Fascinating Questions about the Chemistry of Everyday Life

by Dr. Joe Schwarcz

From Beethoven’s connection to plumbing to why rotten eggs smell like sulfur, the technical explanations included in this scientific primer tackle 99 chemistry-related questions and provide answers designed...


Let Them Eat Flax: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Food & Life

by Dr. Joe Schwarcz

By asking questions such as Is your orange juice pasteurized? or Did the lady who whipped up the icing on your cake wear false fingernails? this book sorts hokum from genuine science when it comes to food safety....


How We Eat: Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food

by Leon Rappoport

Tracing culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, from the raw to the nuked, this book elucidates the factors and myths shaping Americans' eating habits. The diversity of food habits and rituals...


Cybertraps for the Young

by Frederick S. S. Lane

Approaching the risks for children on the Internet in a thought-provoking and intellectual manner, this study skillfully integrates contemporary news reports and disturbing legal cases to show how Facebook and...


Making Space Happen: Private Space Ventures and the Visionaries Behind Them

by Paula Berinstein & Dr. Fiorella Terenzi

Most Americans equate space exploration with NASA, but the general public is largely unaware that hundreds of passionate individuals and private organizations are working to allow ordinary people the opportunity...


The Modern Energy Matchmaker: Connecting Investors with Entrepreneurs

by Michele Ashby

Explaining the trends and key words in the green energy movement, this book examines the idea of modern energy—a combination of old and new energy resources—and the costs involved in making them operational....


Your Body: The Fish That Evolved

by Dr. Keith Harrison

We know more about our bodies than ever before, but there remain many unanswered questions. Accessible and endlessly fascinating, this discussion of evolution and the human body reveals which features humans...


Mad Like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and their Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy

by Tyler Hamilton

A search for the contemporary Nikola Tesla—considered a mad scientist by his society for predicting global warming more than 100 years ago—fuels this analysis of climate issues, which introduces thinkers and...


Context

by Cory Doctorow

One of the internet’s most celebrated hi-tech culture mavens returns with this second collection of essays and polemics. Discussing complex topics in an accessible manner, Cory Doctorow shares visions of a...


The Way Toys Work: The Science Behind the Magic 8 Ball, Etch A Sketch, Boomerang, and More

by Ed Sobey & Woody Sobey

A Selection of the Scientific American Book Club

Profiling 50 of the world’s most popular playthings—including their history, trivia, and the technology involved—this guide uncovers the hidden science of...


The Way Kitchens Work: The Science Behind the Microwave, Teflon Pan, Garbage Disposal, and More

by Ed Sobey

How does a microwave heat food? Why is only one side of aluminum foil shiny? and Is it better to use cold or hot water in a garbage disposal? are among the questions answered in this guide that reveals the...


A Field Guide to Office Technology

by Ed Sobey

With more than 160 entries detailing everything from the junk buried in desk drawers to that mysterious box blinking away in the coat closet, this practical guide navigates through modern office technology....


A Field Guide to Household Technology

by Ed Sobey

Illustrating how a fire alarm detects smoke and what the “plasma” is in a plasma screen television, this fascinating handbook explains how everyday household devices function and operate. More than 180 different...


A Field Guide to Automotive Technology

by Ed Sobey

Written for mechanical novices who may not know their catalytic converters from their universal joints, this practical guide helps teach a basic understanding of how automobiles function. Devices are grouped...


Transatlantic Industrial Revolution: The Diffusion of Textile Technologies Between Britain and America, 1770-1830s

by David J. Jeremy

Jeremy examines the flow of industrial textile machinery, techniques, and skills from England to America during the early industrial revolution. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's...


Exploring the World of Biology: From Mushrooms to Complex Life Forms

by John Hudson Tiner

For most of history, biologists used the visible appearance of plants or animals to classify them. They grouped plants or animals with similar-looking features into families. Starting in the 1990s, biologists...


Tweet You Tweet Me - eBook [ePub]: A Twitter Startup Guide for Churches

by John Voelz

Jumping into the world of Twitter can be a little frightening at first. It's not that it's difficult to set up an account, but it can seem everyone who is already on Twitter has been given a secret decoder ring....


Super Species: The Creatures That Will Dominate the Planet

by Garry Hamilton

A gripping examination of invasive species' impact.

Super species are the phenomenally successful invasive life-forms that are dominating ecosystems. These animals, plants and microbes have spread far from their...


Arctic Fox: Life at the Top of the World

by Garry Hamilton & Norbert Rosing

Curious, innovative and mysterious survivors of the arctic tundra.

Ever since explorers began venturing north into the harsh lands of the arctic, they have encountered arctic foxes in the unlikeliest of places....