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9780816070855 | 1 edition (Facts on File, April 1, 2009), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Neither an endorsement nor a condemnation of nuclear power, 'Nuclear Energy' provides objective information that is accessible - assuming only a modest knowledge of high school algebra on the part of the reader - and broad in scope.
Product Description: 'Wind and Water' describes conventional hydropower, or wind power, and some of the newer technologies (with less certain futures) that are being introduced to harness the power of ocean currents, ocean waves, and the temperature difference between the upper and lower layers of the ocean...read more
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9780816070879 | 1 edition (Facts on File, April 1, 2009), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: 'Wind and Water' describes conventional hydropower, or wind power, and some of the newer technologies (with less certain futures) that are being introduced to harness the power of ocean currents, ocean waves, and the temperature difference between the upper and lower layers of the ocean.
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9780816070824 | 1 edition (Facts on File, March 1, 2009), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: This text describes the most common types of biofuels and biofuel technologies and seeks to identify both the advantages and disadvantages associated with their use.
Product Description: Coal and oil are two of the world's most important sources of primary energy. A multi-trillion dollar infrastructure has been created to locate, produce, transport, process, and burn coal and oil. This infrastructure has made modern life possible...read more
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9780816070831 | 1 edition (Facts on File, March 1, 2009), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Coal and oil are two of the world's most important sources of primary energy.
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9780816047840 | Facts on File, October 1, 2006, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Explains what lasers are and how they work and examines their various uses.
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9780275989743 | Praeger Pub Text, September 30, 2006, cover price $49.00 | About this edition: Looks at the history and development of American Sign Language.
A comprehensive and up-to-date volume looks at the history of how extremely powerful microscopic invaders have plagued the human race and how humans have responded to these attacks, particularly examining the recent resurgence of diseases that were once thought vanished, such as tuberculosis and staphylococcus.
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9780816046874 | Facts on File, February 1, 2006, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Looks at the history of how powerful microscopic invaders have plagued the human race and how humans have responded to these attacks, and examines the recent resurgence of diseases such as tuberculosis and staphylococcus.
Product Description: Probability deals with measuring the likelihood of a particular outcome or event. Statistics is the collection, tabulation, and systematic classification of data, especially for use in predicting probable future trends. Crude ideas of probability and statistics likely evolved with the earliest humans, helping them decide where to go in search of food, shelter, and safety...read more
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9780816049561 | Facts on File, May 1, 2004, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Presents the historical development of probability and statistics and some of their present-day applications in communications, safety analysis, epidemiology, and actuarial science.
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9780816062317 | Checkmark Books, March 30, 2005, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Probability deals with measuring the likelihood of a particular outcome or event.
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9780531118917 | Franklin Watts, December 30, 2004, cover price $16.01
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9780816049578 | Facts on File, May 1, 2004, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Examines the development of mathematical ideas, works, and applications in relation to applied sciences.
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9780816049530 | Facts on File, May 1, 2004, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Discusses the history, progress, and applications of geometry, as well as its usefulness to science and society, and includes a timeline of notable events.
Product Description: Numbers, Revised Edition deals with numbers from the point of view of computation, beginning with the earliest number concepts from ancient Mesopotamian, Chinese, and Mayan mathematicians. It describes the origin and diffusion of Arabic numerals, and it concludes with a discussion of the way that the number system is represented within computers...read more
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9780816079407 | Revised edition (Facts on File, March 1, 2011), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Numbers, Revised Edition deals with numbers from the point of view of computation, beginning with the earliest number concepts from ancient Mesopotamian, Chinese, and Mayan mathematicians.
9780816049554 | Facts on File, May 1, 2004, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Discusses the invention of numbers, including the daily applications, concepts, and the metric and American systems of measurement.
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9780816049547 | Facts on File, May 1, 2004, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Discusses the history, progress, and applications of algebra, as well as its usefulness to science and society, and includes a timeline of notable events.
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9780531155844 | Franklin Watts, September 1, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes the discovery and observation of the planet Neptune and what has been learned about it, particularly from the Voyager spacecraft mission.
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9780531122679 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 2003, cover price $34.50 | About this edition: Describes the discovery and observation of the planet Neptune and what has been learned about it, particularly from the Voyager spacecraft mission.
Prebinding:
9780613726764, titled "Look At Neptune" | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Describes the discovery and observation of the planet Neptune and what has been learned about it, particularly from the Voyager spacecraft mission.
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9780531155837 | Franklin Watts, September 1, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An in-depth look at the Earth's composition, environment, and biomes.
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9780531122662 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 2003, cover price $34.50 | About this edition: An in-depth look at the Earth's composition, environment, and biomes.
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9780613726757, titled "Look At Earth" | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: An in-depth look at the Earth's composition, environment, and biomes.
Examines the scientific concept of motion and the work of such scientists as Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, and Goddard in this field.
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9780531118900 | Franklin Watts, January 1, 2003, cover price $16.01 | About this edition: Examines the scientific concept of motion and the work of such scientists as Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, and Goddard in this field.
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