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Physics Of The Impossible : A Scientific Exploration Into The World Of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, And Time Travel

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Hands-on Science Mysteries For Grades 3-6 : Standards- Based Inquiry Investigations

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Science & Technology Firsts

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Science Friction : Where The Known Meets The Unknown

  • Science Friction : Where The Known Meets The Unknown

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    Michael Shermer

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    Book, 1st ed, Times Books, 2005

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    Bestselling author Michael Shermer delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek’s lessons about chance and time A scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day-and fools everyone. In each of the fourteen essays in Science Friction, psychologist and science historian Michael Shermer explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q175 .S53437 2005  AVAILABLE

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The Five Biggest Unsolved Problems In Science

  • The Five Biggest Unsolved Problems In Science

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    Arthur W. Wiggins, Charles M. Wynn ; with cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris

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    Book, J. Wiley & Sons, 2003

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    An in-depth look at the theories behind the most intriguing puzzles in physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and astronomy In The Five Biggest Ideas in Science, authors Arthur W. Featuring cartoons by Sidney Harris, the book includes discussions of recent theories such as the God particle, string theory, “brane” theories, and the Theory of Everything and also explores other science questions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q173 .W65 2003  AVAILABLE

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Sneaking A Look At God’s Cards : Unraveling The Mysteries Of Quantum Mechanics

  • Sneaking A Look At God's Cards : Unraveling The Mysteries Of Quantum Mechanics

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    GianCarlo Ghirardi ; translated from the Italian by Gerald Malsbary

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    Book, Rev. ed, Princeton University Press, 2005

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    Quantum mechanics, which describes the behavior of subatomic particles, seems to challenge common sense. Sneaking a Look at God’s Cards offers the general reader a deep and real understanding of the problems inherent to the interpretation of quantum mechanics, from its inception to the present. Sneaking a Look at God’s Cards sets out what we know about the endlessly fascinating quantum world, how we came to this understanding, where we disagree, and where we are heading in our quest to comprehend the seemingly incomprehensible. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q173 .G4813 2005  AVAILABLE

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Science Verse

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The World’s 20 Greatest Unsolved Problems

  • The World's 20 Greatest Unsolved Problems

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    John R. Vacca

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    Book, Prentice Hall PTR, 2005

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    Featuring Original Contributions from Dr. Stephen Hawking Unfold the mysteries that vex the greatest minds in science Gain extensive knowledge of the most challenging scientific problems and learn from more than 60 of the world?s foremost scientists?among them, 40 Nobel laureates! You?ll find Complex topics made intelligible, as only experts in their fields can Coverage of the key problems expected to dominate the next 40 years of scientific research The World?s 20 Greatest Unsolved Problems is must reading for anyone teaching science or performing scientific research. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q173 .V23 2005  AVAILABLE

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Night Science For Kids : Exploring The World After Dark

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What Einstein Told His Barber : More Scientific Answers To Everyday Questions

  • What Einstein Told His Barber : More Scientific Answers To Everyday Questions

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    Robert L. Wolke

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    Book, Dell Pub, 2000

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    Now he provides more amusing explanations of such everyday phenomena as gravity (If you’re in a falling elevator, will jumping at the last instant save your life?) and acoustics (Why does a whip make such a loud cracking noise?), along with amazing facts, belly-up-to-the-bar bets, and mind-blowing reality bites all with his trademark wit and wisdom. Arranged in a question-and-answer format and grouped by subject for browsing ease, WHAT EINSTEIN TOLD HIS BARBER is for anyone who ever pondered such things as why colors fade in sunlight, what happens to the rubber from worn-out tires, what makes red-hot objects glow red, and other scientific curiosities. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q173 .W7875 2000  AVAILABLE

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Scientific American’s Ask The Experts : Answers To The Most Puzzling And Mind-blowing Science Questions

  • Scientific American's Ask The Experts : Answers To The Most Puzzling And Mind-blowing Science Questions

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    by the editors of Scientific American

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    Book, 1st ed, HarperResource, 2003

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    Even if you haven’t picked up a science book since your school days, these tantalizing Q & A’s will shed new light on the world around you, inside you, below you, above you, and beyond! (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q173 .S428 2003  AVAILABLE

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The Barmaid’s Brain And Other Strange Tales From Science

  • The Barmaid's Brain And Other Strange Tales From Science

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    Jay Ingram

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    Book, W.H. Freeman, 2000

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    Here are twenty-one unexpected and fascinating tales of science’s stranger facts and episodes-from why we laugh, to why moths fly to the light, to how slinging drinks affects both memory and perception in a barmaid’s brain (for the better!). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q173 .I54 2000  AVAILABLE

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Where Fish Go In Winter : And Other Great Mysteries

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Did Adam And Eve Have Navels? : Discourses On Reflexology, Numerology, Urine Therapy, And Other Dubious Subjects

  • Did Adam And Eve Have Navels? : Discourses On Reflexology, Numerology, Urine Therapy, And Other Dubious Subjects

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    Martin Gardner

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    Book, W.W. Norton, 2000

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    A hilariously skeptical work that ranks with Harold Bloom’s Omens of the Millennium and Carl Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World. In Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?, Gardner muses on topics as diverse as numerology, the late Senator Claiborne Pell’s paranormal passions, Freud’s flawed dream theory, the Heaven’s Gate suicides, William F. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q173 .G34 2000  AVAILABLE

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The Sky’s The Limit : Stories Of Discovery By Women And Girls

  • The Sky's The Limit : Stories Of Discovery By Women And Girls

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    Catherine Thimmesh ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet

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    Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2002

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    Young and old, they are women and girls who discover seventy-million-year-old sea lizards, the very origins of counting and writing, Stone Age cave art, mysterious matter in the universe, and how a puddle of water can be sanitized when heated by the sun. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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