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61. Ordinary Jack; Absolute Zero; Bagthorpes Unlimited; Bagthorpes v The World; Bagthorpes Abroad; Bagthorpes Haunted; Bagthorpes Liberated (Bagthorpe Saga, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7) by Helen Cresswell | |
Paperback:
Pages
(2001)
Asin: B000WFBH82 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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62. Absolute Zero Japanese Language Book by class | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(2002)
Asin: B001ECKCPG Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
63. History of cold and the absolute zero (Smithsonian Institution. Annual report) by James Dewar | |
Unknown Binding:
Pages
(1903)
Asin: B0008B1HOO Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
64. Zero Infinity Becoming: The Absolute No. 27 (Loebertas Series of Philosophical Monographs) by Beverley Tasker | |
Paperback: 29
Pages
(1998-09)
Isbn: 1874316295 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
65. Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence by George M Foy | |
Hardcover: 208
Pages
(2010-05-18)
list price: US$24.00 -- used & new: US$6.51 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1416599592 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description “ I don’t know at what point noise became intolerable for me,” George Michelsen Foy writes as he recalls standing on a subway platform in Manhattan, hands clamped firmly over his ears, face contorted in pain. But only then does Foy realize how overwhelmed he is by the city’s noise and vow to seek out absolute silence, if such an absence of sound can be discovered.Foy begins his quest by carrying a pocket-sized decibel meter to measure sound levels in the areas he frequents most—the subway, the local café, different rooms of his apartment—as well as the places he visits that inform his search, including the Parisian catacombs, Joseph Pulitzer’s “silent vault,” the snowy expanses of the Berkshires, and a giant nickel mine in Canada, where he travels more than a mile underground to escape all human-made sound. Along the way, Foy experiments with noise-canceling headphones, floatation tanks, and silent meditation before he finally tackles a Minnesota laboratory’s anechoic chamber that the Guinness Book of World Records calls “the quietest place on earth,” and where no one has ever endured even forty-five minutes alone in its pitch-black interior before finding the silence intolerable.Drawing on history, science, journalistic reportage, philosophy, religion, and personal memory, as well as conversations with experts in various fields whom he meets during his odyssey, Foy finds answers to his questions: How does one define silence? Did human beings ever experience silence in their early history? What is the relationship between noise and space? What are the implications of silence and our need for it—physically, mentally, emotionally, politically? Does absolute silenceactually exist? If so, do we really want to hear it? And if we do hear it, what does it mean to us?According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 30 million Americans suffer from environment-related deafness in today’s digital age of pervasive sound and sensory overload. Roughly the same number suffer from tinnitus, a condition, also environmentally related, that makes silence impossible in even the quietest places. In this respect, Foy’s quest for silence represents more than a simple psychological inquiry; both his queries and his findings help to answer the question “How can we live saner, healthier lives today?” Innovative, perceptive, and delightfully written, Zero Decibels will surely change how we perceive and appreciate the soundscape of our lives. Customer Reviews (2)
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66. Cryogenics: An entry from UXL's <i>UXL Encyclopedia of Science</i> | |
Digital: 8
Pages
(2002)
list price: US$6.90 -- used & new: US$6.90 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B002BKHRZI Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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67. HEAT: An entry from Gale's <i>Science of Everyday Things</i> | |
Digital: 9
Pages
(2002)
list price: US$7.90 -- used & new: US$7.90 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B000M59UK4 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description The four-volume “Science of Everyday Things” set illustrates the importance of scientific and mathematical principles through their use in everyday life. Each volume focuses on a specific scientific discipline — biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics — offering an in-depth understanding of each discipline and its theories, creating a sense of real-life relevance for students and those not scientifically-inclined, and including interesting facts and details relating to each principle. The fascinating entries offer explanations of concepts using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, and present theories in their everyday applications. Some examples of the entries covered include how osmosis is used in dehydrating fruit; Charles' law and the chemical reaction that sets off an airbag; and how algorithms are used to figure out the NCAA playoff tournaments. |
68. ENERGY AND EARTH: An entry from Gale's <i>Science of Everyday Things</i> | |
Digital: 15
Pages
(2002)
list price: US$10.90 -- used & new: US$10.90 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B000M59V58 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description The four-volume “Science of Everyday Things” set illustrates the importance of scientific and mathematical principles through their use in everyday life. Each volume focuses on a specific scientific discipline — biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics — offering an in-depth understanding of each discipline and its theories, creating a sense of real-life relevance for students and those not scientifically-inclined, and including interesting facts and details relating to each principle. The fascinating entries offer explanations of concepts using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, and present theories in their everyday applications. Some examples of the entries covered include how osmosis is used in dehydrating fruit; Charles' law and the chemical reaction that sets off an airbag; and how algorithms are used to figure out the NCAA playoff tournaments. |
69. MOLECULAR DYNAMICS: An entry from Gale's <i>Science of Everyday Things</i> | |
Digital: 11
Pages
(2002)
list price: US$8.90 -- used & new: US$8.90 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B000M59UJA Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description The four-volume “Science of Everyday Things” set illustrates the importance of scientific and mathematical principles through their use in everyday life. Each volume focuses on a specific scientific discipline — biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics — offering an in-depth understanding of each discipline and its theories, creating a sense of real-life relevance for students and those not scientifically-inclined, and including interesting facts and details relating to each principle. The fascinating entries offer explanations of concepts using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, and present theories in their everyday applications. Some examples of the entries covered include how osmosis is used in dehydrating fruit; Charles' law and the chemical reaction that sets off an airbag; and how algorithms are used to figure out the NCAA playoff tournaments. |
70. THERMODYNAMICS: An entry from Gale's <i>Science of Everyday Things</i> | |
Digital: 11
Pages
(2002)
list price: US$8.90 -- used & new: US$8.90 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B000M59UJU Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description The four-volume “Science of Everyday Things” set illustrates the importance of scientific and mathematical principles through their use in everyday life. Each volume focuses on a specific scientific discipline — biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics — offering an in-depth understanding of each discipline and its theories, creating a sense of real-life relevance for students and those not scientifically-inclined, and including interesting facts and details relating to each principle. The fascinating entries offer explanations of concepts using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, and present theories in their everyday applications. Some examples of the entries covered include how osmosis is used in dehydrating fruit; Charles' law and the chemical reaction that sets off an airbag; and how algorithms are used to figure out the NCAA playoff tournaments. |
71. "The Coldest Spot on Earth": Low Temperature Physics, Superfluidity, and the Discovery of Superconductivity: An entry from Gale's <i>Science and Its Times</i> by Jean-FranÇois Gauvin | |
Digital: 3
Pages
(2000)
list price: US$5.90 -- used & new: US$5.90 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B0027UWX10 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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72. The zero point of the period-luminosity relation of Cepheids and the absolute magnitude of the RR Lyrae variables (Mitteilungen der Sternwarte der Ungarischen ... der Wissenschaften Budapest-SzabadsaÌghegy) by S. M Kung | |
Unknown Binding: 25
Pages
(1960)
Asin: B0007K40HW Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
73. Valuation (Algebra): Commutative Algebra, Analytic Variety, Algebraic Variety, Contact, Multiplicative Group, Absolute Value, Triangle Inequality, Metric Space, Group Theory, Zero Element | |
Paperback: 76
Pages
(2010-02-03)
list price: US$47.00 Isbn: 6130353243 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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74. For Stanley Heilbrun, Who Fled from Freedom. by d.a.]. [levy | |
Pamphlet:
Pages
(1968)
Asin: B000U90C0Y Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
75. The Museum of Minimal Art presents recent works by Peter Fingesten by Peter Fingesten | |
Unknown Binding: 6
Pages
(1976)
Asin: B0007ATEG4 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
76. Football nostalgia by William E Spears | |
Unknown Binding: 4
Pages
(1973)
Asin: B0006Y8N7M Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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