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5521) Which Seed Is This?
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Seeds come in many shapes and sizes. Some seeds grow into trees. Other seeds grow into plants or flowers. Can you figure out what each seed will become? Fun clues and multiple choice photos will you have puzzling to learn more!
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In this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power density - the rate of energy flux per unit of area - is an important but largely overlooked measure. Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of the power...
5523) Living in Data
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In the fall of 2009, the data artist Jer Thorp wrote a pair of algorithms to inscribe names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan. The project involved designing a layout that allowed for "meaningful adjacencies" — family members, business partners, coworkers — to be etched into the bronze in close proximity. Thorp presented his results in competition against another team, a group of financial analysts who had also been working on the problem. The...
5524) Hyenas: On the Hunt
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Many people believe hyenas are only scavengers, eating food that other predators leave behind. But more often, hyenas use their sharp teeth and powerful jaws to hunt live prey. Learn how this fast, clever animal finds its next meal.
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In 2015, a group of twenty-one young people sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe, depriving them of life, liberty, and property without due process of law. They Knew offers evidence for their claims, presenting a devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's role in bringing about today's climate crisis. James Speth, tapped by the plaintiffs as an expert on climate,...
5526) Using Our Whole Brain
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The two sides of the brain have different perspectives of the world and they lead us to make very different choices. Olson's research shows that we need to blend these two for three-dimensional thinking. He discusses how we can tell when we are functioning from our right brain or our left brain.
5528) The YouTube Formula
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The YouTube Formula: Discover How to Crack the Code and Become a Big YouTube Celebrity! Learn All About Managing Your Channel, Creating Content and Many More!
There are plenty of ways to make money online but none quite like becoming a YouTube celebrity. Making money through YouTube means not only that you have a very stable source of large income without putting in that much work — but it also means accomplishing some measure of actual fame. If...
5529) Thirteen
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On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in incomparably grave danger. Faced with below-freezing temperatures, a seriously ill crewmember, and a dwindling water supply, a safe...
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Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others? Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover everything there is to know about flight from Ada Twist, Scientist - from information about creatures that fly to the history of aircrafts to modern technology that allows us to soar through the air...
5531) Bitcoin en Español
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Bitcoin nos propone nuevas formas de libertad financiera, tener el control de tu dinero por sobre entidades gubernamentales y bancarias. Nos ofrece un control sobre nuestros activos que no existía antes de su creación en 2009. Bitcoin es sinónimo de libertad. Le devuelve el control a las personas comunes y corrientes como tu y yo.
Bitcoin es al mismo tiempo una moneda y un sistema monetario cuyo buen funcionamiento no depende de la benevolencia...
5532) Earth
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Discover the most important facts about Earth. Simple text and fantastic photographs unlock an early reader's love of science and learning.
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Info We Trust celebrates data storytelling, as explained by one of the field's most talented creators. Both engineer and artist, RJ Andrews draws on disciplines from across the human experience to show how to create new ways of seeing the world. And most importantly, to build powerful data-driven information that is worthy of trust.
Maps, charts, and diagrams are the artifacts we use to picture information. But the lively exchanges these objects...
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Is There a Six-Figure Freelance Developer in You? Leaving the Rat Race with Python shows you how to nurture, grow, and harness your work-from-home coding business online - and live the good life! It's an insider's guide to freelance developing. Start your new thriving coding business now! Do you want to learn about becoming a Python freelancer and start your thriving coding business online? Do you want to regain control of your life? Are you committed...
5535) Coaching Effect: The Ultimate Guide on How to Earn Money as a Personal Coach, Discover Proven Str
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Coaching Effect: The Ultimate Guide on How to Earn Money as a Personal Coach, Discover Proven Strategies on How to Earn Massive Profits as a Personal Coach
There are few experiences more rewarding than teaching what you know to someone else. The mentor - protégé relationship is perhaps the ultimate teaching experience: a one-on-one transfer of accumulated knowledge and wisdom designed to benefit both parties involved. Protégés are a common occurrence...
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The mission of the CIA has always been intelligence. Seventy-five years ago, in the year of its creation, the National Security Act gave the agency, uniquely in world history up to that point, a democratic mandate to pursue that mission of intelligence. It gave the CIA a special standing in the conduct of United States foreign relations. That standing diminished when successive American presidents ordered the CIA to exceed its original mission. When...
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This collection of provocations from the think tank Cybersalon brings together a blend of near-future speculative fiction and non-fiction commentary from leading experts in the fields of health, community, retail, and money. Together, they shine a light behind the cornerstones of our lives to reveal the unexpected and invite you to cast your critical eye on technology and its effect on society. Be prepared for warnings and inspirations from those...
5538) Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future
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An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy
Professor of environmental engineering Daniel Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization globally. Combining his own expertise along with insights from more than a hundred interviews...
5539) Living the Wild Life
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At a meeting in 1962, a young woman turned the scientific community upside down with the announcement that chimpanzees make tools in the wild. Jane Goodall's discovery was the beginning of thirty years of patient and intimate primate observation in the wilds of Kenya, years that redefined what it is to be a human being.
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Rockets over the Iron Curtain: How the Space Race Defined the Cold War
Do you often find yourself asking:
What were the key events and decisions that fueled the Space Race and intensified Cold War tensions?
How did the race to conquer space become a battleground for ideological supremacy between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Is there a comprehensive guide that delves into the political maneuvers and strategies that unfolded during this...
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