Download or read book Silica Stories written by Christina De La Rocha and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know silica, the tetrahedra of silicon and oxygen constituting the crystals of New Agers and the desiccant in a box of new shoes? It's no mere mundane mineral. As chemically reacting silicate rocks, silica set off the chain of events known as the origin of life. As biomineralized opal, it is the cell wall, skeleton, spicules, and scales of organisms ornamenting numerous lobes of the tree of life. Cryptocrystalline silica made into stone tools helped drive the evolution of our hands and our capability for complex grammar, music, and mathematics. As quartz crystals, silica is impressively electric and ubiquitous in modern technology (think sonar, radios, telephones, ultrasound, and cheap but precise watches). Silica is inescapable when we take a drink or mow the lawn and it has already started to save the Earth from the carbon dioxide we're spewing into the atmosphere. This book tells these scientific tales and more, to give dear, modest silica its due.
Download or read book Silica in Sediments written by Hubert Andrew Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of John Ruskin Deucalion and other stories in Rocks and stones written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Short Story Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 1562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quinquennial supplements,1950/1954-1979/1983, compiled by Estelle A. Fidell, and others, published 1956-1984.
Download or read book The Properties of Silica written by Robert Browning Sosman and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Silicon Snake Oil written by Clifford Stoll and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll, the best-selling author of The Cuckoo's Egg and one of the pioneers of the Internet, turns his attention to the much-heralded information highway, revealing that it is not all it's cracked up to be. Yes, the Internet provides access to plenty of services, but useful information is virtually impossible to find and difficult to access. Is being on-line truly useful? "Few aspects of daily life require computers...They're irrelevant to cooking, driving, visiting, negotiating, eating, hiking, dancing, speaking, and gossiping. You don't need a computer to...recite a poem or say a prayer." Computers can't, Stoll claims, provide a richer or better life. A cautionary tale about today's media darling, Silicon Snake Oil has sparked intense debate across the country about the merits--and foibles--of what's been touted as the entranceway to our future.
Download or read book Stories in Stone written by Willis Thomas Lee and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supplement 1953 written by Isabel S. Monro and published by H. W. Wilson. This book was released on 1953-12 with total page 1576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 7 best short stories by Stanley G Weinbaum written by Stanley G. Weinbaum and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s, when Stanley G. Weinbaum began writing science fiction, the genre was considered immature, of little artistic value. The stories so far were full of adventures and heroism, but there was little commitment to the depth of the characters and the treatment of science in the narratives. Weinbaum has brought the exact opposite of this to the genre: his stories are rich in scientific content, his characters are realistic and women are not relegated to the role of hero objects. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories from this author for you to enjoy the best of science fiction. This book contains: - A Martian Odyssey - The Adaptative Ultimate - Parasite Planet - Pygmalion's Spectacles - The Mad Moon - Redemption Cairn - The Lotus Eaters
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Download or read book From Edison To Leds The Science And Story Of Light Sources written by Faiz Rahman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visible light has an inescapable presence all around us. We have generated light from prehistoric times using a variety of techniques. In modern times, we mainly produce illumination through electrical means. There are interesting historic anecdotes and fascinating scientific facts behind the various modern techniques for generating light.This book attempts to describe the stories and technologies related to many light sources — some common, some less so. Described in a more-or-less chronological fashion, the book looks at developments from Edison and Swan's invention of the incandescent lamp, through lasers, to LEDs, and more. While the main focus is on sources of visible light, a number of devices that produce invisible radiation are also covered for the sake of completeness.The book provides a holistic view of common and uncommon light sources from both historic and technical perspectives, to help readers place more modern developments in the context of what came before, and how. This book will be of benefit to all who are interested in optical sciences, especially in the generation, detection or use of electromagnetic radiation.
Download or read book The Geological Story of the Isle of Wright written by John Cecil Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ocean Volume 4 written by Hervé Claustre and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ocean allowed life to develop on earth billions of years ago, it is vital for all of us and it will guarantee the future of humanity. The ocean is vast, deep, harsh and somehow “rebellious” to reveal its secrets and hence, there is much that is unexplored and not yet understood. Scientists need to study the ocean to better understand its functioning, its properties, as well as how it shapes our environment and impacts us. For example, do you know what the role of the ocean is on weather and climate? There also remains so much to explore and investigate as diverse oceanic resources (fish stocks, bio-molecules, renewable energies but also minerals, oil and gas…). How can we make sure that our use of these resources is respectfully done and sustainable and how can we minimize our impacts (e.g. pollution, acidification, deoxygenation) on the ocean as our human population increases? In this Collection of Frontiers for Young Minds, ocean scientists from various disciplines explain recent discoveries or fundamental concepts. They share their knowledge and motivations and give insights into innovative tools and methods used to better understand our ocean. The Collection targets a large range of oceanic environments from the open ocean to the shores, the surface to the abysses including specific areas like coral reefs. It also targets the connections of the ocean with its interfaces (atmosphere, ice, coast). It seeks to cover marine disciplines that range from physics to chemistry, from biology and genomics to biodiversity and ecology, and from economy to conservation and policies. Finally, it encompasses a great variety of scales, ranging from the diel to geological time-scales, from loco-regional to global scales and also from the tiniest cells to the biggest living animals on our planet. The United Nations have declared the 2021-2030 period as the “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development”, stressing the urgent need to approach fundamental issues related to the ocean and the future of humanity on well sounded scientific grounds and knowledge. The oceanic sciences are indeed undertaking a revolution thanks, in particular, to robotization and the massive intrusion of big data and artificial intelligence. This Ocean Collection aims to accompany this evolution to provide information to young readers that will help them to increase their understanding of the ocean and its central role in nature and our lives. We hope to empower them to make informed decisions in these challenging times and to engage to protect, study and enjoy its richness.
Download or read book The Geologic Story of Isle Royale National Park written by Norman King Huber and published by Avery Color Studios. This book was released on 1975 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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