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The World Factbook 2003: CIA's 2002 Edition
The Central Intelligence Agency · Brassey's Inc.
Pages: 658
Format: Print book
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Topics addressed include the political climate, natural resources, environment, population, ethnic groups, GDP, agriculture, industries, defense expenditures, literacy rate, religion, legal system, and much more. Key data are grouped under the headings of geography, people, government,... |
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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
Jeffrey Bennett · Columbia University Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining... |
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Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights
Steven M. Wise · Basic Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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One of those rare books that can change the reader's view of our position in the world and within the animal kingdom, Unlocking the Cage is a landmark both in its scientific insight and in its challenge to the law. As Steven Wise continues his exploration of animal cognition along the evolutionary... |
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A Very Short Tour of the Mind: 21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain
Michael Corballis · Overlook Hardcover
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
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Publishers WeeklyCorballis (The Recursive Mind) goes for a long shot but falls far short: in attempting to pack nearly half a century of research on the human mind into just over a hundred pages, he gives each subject short shrift. The author, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University... |
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Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy
Kathryn Miles · Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded—a hurricane like no otherThe sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storms... |
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