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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Edward R. Tufte · 1983 · ★ 4.2 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise, effective, quick analysis. Design of the high-resolution displays, small multiples. Editing and improving graphics. The data-ink ratio. Time-series,… Shares Statistics, Science
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Advances in imaging and electron physics Peter W. Hawkes · 1995 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Science with this book.
Discovery Education Elementary School Science Techbook, National
Discovery Education Elementary School Science Techbook, National Discovery Education · 2023 Shares Science with this book.
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Advanced Signal Processing and Noise Reduction Saeed V. Vaseghi · 1975 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Signal processing plays an increasingly central role in the development of modern telecommunication and information processing systems, with a wide range of applications in areas such as multimedia technology, audio-visual signal processing, cellular mobile communication, radar systems and financial data forecasting. The theory and application of signal processing deals with the identification,… Shares Science
Cover of Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art
Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art David Ames Wells · 1850 · ★ 5.0 · 423p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Science with this book.
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Exploring Science Mark Levesley · 2001 · ★ 5.0 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Covering all of the Sc1 to Sc4 requirements, this series incorporates the ideas and evidence statements of the revised National Curriculum. The copymaster CD Rom includes worksheets that can be adapted to meet the exact needs of your pupils. Shares Science
Co-Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick · 2024 · ★ 3.9 Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. After millions of years on our own, humans had developed a kind of co-intelligence that could augment, or even replace, human thinking. Through his writing, speaking, and teaching, Mollick has become one… Shares Science
Sciences
Sciences James Trefil · 2000 Shares Science with this book.
PE Civil Exam Review Guide
PE Civil Exam Review Guide School of PE · 2022 Shares Science with this book.
Cover of Decline of Science in England
Decline of Science in England Charles Babbage · 1830 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Challenging xvi, 228 p. 22 cm Shares Science
Cover of Time for Kids Almanac 2004
Time for Kids Almanac 2004 Beth Rowen · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A revised-format latest edition of a favorite annual reference incorporates new features, photos and interactive digital content covering subjects ranging from the 2016 presidential election and award winners to sports stats and space exploration. Shares Statistics, Science
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Houghton Mifflin Science California Houghton Mifflin Company Staff · 2006 Shares Reading, Science with this book.
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Longitude Dava Sobel · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude,… Shares Science
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What If? Randall Munroe · 1980 · ★ 4.2 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a… Shares Statistics, Science
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Novel Cure Susan Elderkin · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A novel is a story transmitted from the novelist to the reader. It offers distraction, entertainment, and an opportunity to unwind or focus. But it can also be something more powerful—a way to learn about how to live. Read at the right moment in your life, a novel can—quite literally—change it. The Novel Cure is a reminder of that power. To create this apothecary, the authors have trawled two… Shares Reading
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Tenebrae -tome1- Mantax · 2010 · 395p · ≈ 13h · Moderate L'intrigue se déroule dans un futur proche et se centre autour d'un général de l'armée des Nations Unies nommé Thomas Loengard. Loengard est un scientifique célèbre pour de nombreuses découvertes, mais cela ne lui suffit pas, il recherche la gloire. Depuis plusieurs années, il travaille sur un projet secret dont il refuse de parler si ce n'est pour affirmer que lorsqu'il aura achevé son… Shares Science
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The common sense of science Jacob Bronowski · 1951 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Discusses science as a characteristic part of human activity and as an effort to render the world predictable. Shares Science
Zhongguo zao qi ke ji qi kan hui bian
Zhongguo zao qi ke ji qi kan hui bian Yasha Jiang · 2008 · 739p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Shares Science with this book.

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