Product Description: Collection of the nationally syndicated Rock Doc newspaper colunms.

Product Description: This indispensable companion is a ready reference for commonly required formulae and data, for use in coursework and examinations (where permitted) and in professional practice.  It is not a textbook – the user is expected to know when to use a particular formula, and just as important, when not to use it...read more

Covers such areas as zoology, chemistry, computers, physics, earth sciences, and medicine

Gathers little known and unusual facts in the areas of technology, medicine, biology, botany, the earth sciences, chemistry, astronomy, physics, and mathematics

A survey of the scientific frontier from the serious to the bizarre--such as research on enclosing the solar system, dismantling the sun, and head freezing

Essays explore the concept of the impossible in mountaineering, biology, medicine, chemistry, computer science, technology, physics, mathematics, law, politics, economics, education, music, and philosophy