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The universe from flat earth to quasar (Pelican Ser.)
Par Isaac Asimov. 1983
The noted scientist and science fiction author explores the exciting implications of black holes, taking the reader on an engaging…
tour from the atom's innermost core to the outermost reaches of the universe. 1983.The turning point: science, society, and the rising culture
Par Fritjof Capra. 1982
The physicist author contends that the mechanistic world view of Cartesian-Newtonian is outdated and dangerous in the modern world. He…
espouses a new holistic vision of reality more in keeping with our technological and social advances. 1982.A groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity through quantum mechanics…
to the strange and bizarre predictions of string theory, full of unseen dimensions and multiple universes. Lee Smolin not only provides a brilliant layman's overview of current research as we attempt to build a 'theory of everything', but also questions many of the assumptions that lie behind string theory. 2008.The sun climbs slow: the International Criminal Court and the search for justice
Par Erna Paris. 2009
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind, mandated to challenge criminal impunity on the…
part of national leaders and to promote accountability in world affairs. Independent and transnational, its indictments cannot be vetoed in the Security Council. Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.The spirit of Canada: Canada's Story In Legends, Fiction, Poems And Songs
Par Barbara Hehner. 1999
An anthology that celebrates Canada's life and times, filled with stories, songs, poems, and legends. Beginning with native creation myths,…
a cross-section of Canadian history follows, including the discovery of the New World, early settlement, and Confederation, as well as legends, humour, and multiculturalism. Highlights classic pieces, such as "In Flanders Fields" and "The Hockey Sweater", as well as hidden gems. For Grade 2 and up. 1999.The rights of nature: a legal revolution that could save the world
Par David R Boyd. 2017
Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings…
of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been building in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it. Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered species--from birds to lions--have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems--rivers, forests, mountains, and more--have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities. 2017.The quantum labyrinth: how Richard Feynman and John Wheeler revolutionized time and reality
Par Paul Halpern. 2017
In 1939, Richard Feynman, a graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's Princeton office to report for duty as his…
teaching assistant. The soft-spoken Wheeler was a raging nonconformist full of wild ideas about the universe. The boisterous Feynman was a cautious physicist who believed only what could be tested. Yet a lifelong friendship and enormously productive collaboration was born that led to a complete rethinking of the nature of time and reality. 2017.The physics of hockey
Par Alain Haché. 2002
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to play hockey, but consider this: the same universal principles that sent…
men to the moon also go into launching a slapshot, crashing into the boards, accelerating across the blue line, or cutting down a shooter's angle. The author, a physicist, explores and explains the science behind the game, including how a sharpened blade glides on ice, or why Bobby Hull's slapshot zipped through the atmosphere so much faster than his modern counterparts' did. Haché even includes explanations on how a Zamboni works. 2002.The portable Emerson
Par Ralph Waldo Emerson, Malcolm Cowley, Carl Bode. 1981
This selection of poetry and essays by Emerson includes: "The American scholar", his address to the Phi Beta Kappa society…
at Harvard; his controversial 1838 address to the graduating class of the Cambridge Divinity School; and his first published work, "Nature", which contains the essence of his transcendentalist philosophy. 1981.The Portable twentieth-century Russian reader
Par Clarence Brown. 2003
Clarence Brown's collection introduces readers to the most resonant voices of twentieth-century Russia. It includes stories by Chekhov, Gorky, Bunin,…
Zamyatin, Babel, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and Voinovich; excerpts from Andrei Bely's "Petersburg", Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita", Boris Pasternak's "Dr. Zhivago", and Sasha Solokov's "A School for Fools"; the complete text of Yuri Olesha's 1927 masterpiece "Envy"; and poetry by Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova, and Osip Mandelstam. 2003.The Penguin Stephen Leacock
Par Stephen Leacock, Robertson Davies. 1981
This collection from the beginning of the century ranges from observations about the absurdities of everyday life to fantastic stories…
such as that of A, B and C, that famous trio featured in mathematical problems. 1981.Caltech physicist and author Sean Carroll offers listeners this profile of the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the…
mysterious Higgs boson particle, the subatomic building block that imbues elementary particles with mass. Carroll chronicles how such a complex project got off the ground in the first place and explains why this discovery is so important, and what it means for the future of physics. 2013.The Oxford book of Ireland
Par Patricia Craig. 1998
An anthology of Irish writing from Celtic times to the late 1990s. Includes excerpts from novels, poetry, and philosophy by…
peasants and the famous. Many passages lament the occupation of the land by the British. 1998.The origin of the universe (Science masters.)
Par John D Barrow. 1994
Aimed at the non-specialist reader, this book gives the latest account of the status of the Big Bang, looks at…
the enigma of 'dark matter', and considers the possibilities and problems for further investigations. 1994.The mysterious rays: Marie Curie's world (Science Discovery Book Ser.)
Par Victor Juhasz, Nancy Veglahn. 1977
The measure of the universe
Par Isaac Asimov. 1983
Many people have difficulty in grasping the size of our universe. By using examples of various measurements -- length, pressure,…
time and temperature -- Asimov explains how to relate the unimaginable. For example, the tallest man on record was 9 feet tall while the smallest dinosaur was the size of a chicken. 1983.The master spirit of the age: Canadian engineers and the politics of professionalism, 1887-1922
Par J. Rodney Millard. 1988
Explores the issues that shaped engineers' perception of their work and its place in society. Determined to raise their status,…
schools and societies were organized and, eventually, engineers obtained licensing and regulatory powers. c1988.The making of a country lawyer: An Autobiography
Par Gerry Spence. 1996
Chronicles Spence's first forty years, before he gained fame for winning a multimillion-dollar verdict on behalf of the dead plutonium…
worker Karen Silkwood. Tells of his mother's suicide when Spence was ten, his own alcoholism, and his affair with the woman who became his second wife. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1996.The law of the land: a history of the Supreme Court (The modern scholar)
Par Kermit Hall. 2003
Utah State University professor, Kermit L. Hall delivers a course that explores the Supreme Court as a living, breathing institution.…
Listeners will come to know the court through a thorough study of its most significant decisions. 2003.The implosion conspiracy
Par Louis Nizer. 1973