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• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Urbanization
  Severe Weather
  Transportation Issues
  Consumer Behavior
  Anthropology
   
  

  Patron Saints: How the Saints Gave New Orleans a Reason to Believe

  In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, devastating not only buildings and homes, but the hope, spirit and faith of its people. The Saints were cast out on the road, not knowing when ...  > read more
• Geology
  Earth Science
  Origin of Life
  Healthy Aging
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Zoology
   
  

  Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

  "Do you feel lucky? Well do ya?" asked Dirty Harry. Paleontologist Peter Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee think all of us should feel lucky. Their rare Earth hypothesis predicts that while simple, ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Environmental Policies
  Environmental Issues
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Early Climate
   
  

  Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future

  University of Washington paleontologist Peter D. Ward demonstrates in UNDER A GREEN SKY that the ancient past is not just of academic concern. Everyone has heard about how an asteroid did in the ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Solar System
  Galaxies
   
  

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective Media Update with Astronomy Place website, Skygazer Planetarium Software, eBook CDROM and Astronomy media workbook (3rd Edition)

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition Media Update features a new an effective learning program that uses chapter openers, headers, callouts in the text, and highly-visual chapter ...  > read more
• Physics
  Cosmology
  Chemistry
  Earth Science
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
   
  

  The Physical Universe

  This is an outstanding text with a long history that has been updated and given a fresh look, including worked examples pulled out of the text into numbered boxes. The text is now also accompanied by ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Geochemistry
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth Lab: Exploring the Earth Sciences

  Filled with simple experiments, EARTH LAB: EXPLORING THE EARTH SCIENCES covers a variety of topics in physical geology, environmental geology, and earth science course. Hands-on activities help you ...  > read more
• Geochemistry
  Chemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Organic
  Biochemistry
  Thermodynamics
   
  

  Study Guide to accompany Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition

  Work more effectively and gauge your progress along the way! The Study Guide for Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition contains explained solutions to all of the problems in the text. The Study Guide also ...  > read more
• Veterinary Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
  Health Policy
  Asthma
  Caregiving
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Professional Guide to Diseases (Professional Guide Series)

  Professional Guide to Diseases, Eighth Edition is the newest edition of the health care professional's guide to disease management and patient care. This complete yet concise reference covers over ...  > read more
• Acoustics
  Perception
  Popular Culture
  Nature
  Language Acquisition
  Intelligence
   
  

  This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

  In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, ...  > read more
• Physics
  Quantum Physics
  Educational Policy
  Astrophysics
  Atmosphere
  Nuclear Energy
   
  

  College Physics, Volume 2 (with PhysicsNOW) (College Physics)

  Open the door to the fascinating world of physics! The most fundamental of all natural sciences, physics will reveal to you the basic principles of the Universe. And while physics can seem ...  > read more

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