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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Discover true stories about the vast universe, our amazing planet Earth, incredible animals and humans, and astounding feats of engineering. Did you know that the edge of the observable universe is 13.7 billion light-years away? That just 1 percent of Earth's water is liquid and fresh? Or that an elephant's molar weighs up to 9 lb (4 kg)? Astound your friends and family with this collection of fantastic facts and figures from across the world."--...
2) Girl one
Author
Publisher
MCD/Picador
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Josephine Morrow is Girl One, the first of nine "Miracle Babies" conceived without male DNA, raised on an experimental commune known as the Homestead. When a suspicious fire destroys the commune and claims the lives of two of the Homesteaders, the remaining Girls and their Mothers scatter across the United States and lose touch. Years later, Margaret Morrow goes missing, and Josie sets off on a desperate road trip, tracking down her estranged sisters...
3) Hybrid
Author
Series
The hybrid volume 2
Publisher
Enclave Escape
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
After narrowly surviving several attempts on her life, Lee Urban retreats into hiding, seeking refuge with her family for the Lunar New Year. But the relaxing holiday turns into a heist when someone crashes the party with intel on the hybrid’s identity. Driven by desperation, Urban accepts a position within the elite Dragons AI team, a high-stakes gamble that will propel her into the heart of the turbulent West. As she follows the elusive...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An ode to systems engineers--whose invisible work undergirds our life--and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle. Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment? Challenges that tangle personal, public, and planetary aspects--often occurring in health care, infrastructure,...
5) Saving Michelangelo's dome: how three mathematicians and a pope sparked an architectural revolution
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In Saving Michelangelo's Dome, Stanford-trained engineer Wayne Kalayjian illustrates how new ideas in science and mathematics established an entirely new way of looking at the world--as well as solving its complex problems. In the end, readers will appreciate that in saving Michelangelo's Dome from collapse, these three mathematicians and one determined pope unknowingly invented the profession of engineering as we practice it today. With it, they...
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