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Life is Short And So Is This...Peter Atkins
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Life is short. You can, if you work hard and are lucky, get more of almost anything, but you can’t get more time. Time only goes one way. The average American has a lifespan of less than 30,000 days. So how you choose to live matters. That… more |
Life is Short And So Is This Book: Brief Thoughts On Making The Most Of Your Life |
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Galileo's Finger:The Ten Gre...Peter Atkins
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Why Galileo’s finger? Galileo, one of whose fingers is preserved in a vessel displayed in Florence, provided much of the impetus for modern science, pointing the way out of medieval ignorance. In this brilliant account of the central ideas … more |
Galileo’s Finger:The Ten Great Ideas of Science |
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ClickersJ. F. Gonzalez, Mark Williams
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Click Click Click Click. Phillipsport, Maine is a quaint and peaceful seaside village. But when hundreds of creatures pour out of the ocean and attack, its residents must take up arms to drive the beasts back. They are the Clickers, giant v… more |
Clickers |
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Four Laws That Drive the UniversePeter AtkinsThe laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the course of life itself—everything is moved or restrai… more |
Four Laws That Drive the Universe |
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POWER and EvilAnthony Green
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Nicholas Ryan is a well respected and well known highly ranked police officer in the Somerset town of Taunton with his jurisdiction covering the villages of Minehead, Burnham on Sea and Bridgewater. Violent and serious crime is almost unhea… more |
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Pseudo-Journalism in the Off...Thos. Kent MillerThos. Kent Miller discusses Arthur Machen’s classic “The Bowman” and his other controversial fictions that read so much like factual journalism that there has been confusion since the First World War.When critics comment on Arthur Machen’s … more |
Pseudo-Journalism in the Office of Irony: Arthur Machen’s 16-Month Passing Phase (As published in Faunus, The Journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen Number 24 Autumn 2011) |
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The Mammoth Book of Best New...Stephen JonesThe year’s darkest tales of terror.Here is the latest edition of the world’s premier annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. It features some of the very best short stories and novellas by today’s masters of the macabre - includ… more |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18 |
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e-Study Guide for: Physical ...Cram101 Textbook ReviewsNever Highlight a Book Again! Just the FACTS101 study guides give the student the textbook outlines, highlights, practice quizzes and optional access to the full practice tests for their textbook. |
e-Study Guide for: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences by Peter Atkins, ISBN 9781429231145 |
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e-Study Guide for: Shriver &...Cram101 Textbook ReviewsNever Highlight a Book Again! Just the FACTS101 study guides give the student the textbook outlines, highlights, practice quizzes and optional access to the full practice tests for their textbook. |
e-Study Guide for: Shriver & Atkins Inorganic Chemistry by Peter Atkins, ISBN 9781429218207 |
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e-Study Guide for: Physical ...Cram101 Textbook ReviewsNever Highlight a Book Again! Just the FACTS101 study guides give the student the textbook outlines, highlights, practice quizzes and optional access to the full practice tests for their textbook. |
e-Study Guide for: Physical Chemistry Volume 1: Thermodynamics and Kinetics by Peter Atkins, ISBN 9781429231275 |
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Reactions:The private life of atomsPeter Atkins
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Through an innovative, closely integrated design of images and text, and his characteristically clear, precise, and economical exposition, Peter Atkins explains the processes involved in chemical reactions. He begins by introducing a ‘tool … more |
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Animal CitiesPeter AtkinsThis book presents a number of valuable case studies that illustrate some of the perspectives that may be adopted in the study of animals in the urban context. It covers areas such as, working and productive animals in the nineteenth centur… more |
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Flash of the Sun (1)Janvier Chando
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Rene Roccard fails to assassinate Underground leader Ruben Um in New York; so he pursues him to Cameroon, trailed by American journalist Clement Coulther.Gavin loses his innocence in a Rene-led campaign by the Franco-Cameroonian army agains… more |
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The Laws of Thermodynamics: ...Peter Atkins
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From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas or the cooling of a hot metal, to the unfolding of a thought in our minds and even the course of life itself, everything is governed by the four Laws of Thermodynamics. These laws specify the natu… more |
The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction |
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Galileo's Finger: The Ten Gr...Peter AtkinsWhy Galileo’s finger? Galileo, one of whose fingers is preserved in a vessel displayed in Florence, provided much of the impetus for modern science, pointing the way out of medieval ignorance. In this brilliant account of the central ideas … more |
Galileo’s Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science |
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Periodic Kingdom (Science Master)Peter AtkinsThe Periodic Kingdom is a journey of imagination in which Peter Atkins treats the periodic table of elements - the 109 chemical elements in the world, from which everything is made - as a country, a periodic kingdom, each region of which co… more |
Periodic Kingdom (Science Master) |
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Liquid Materialities (Critic...Peter AtkinsAs a food, milk has been revered and ignored, respected and feared. This is a history of two centuries of struggle to bring it under control, to manipulate its naturally variable composition and, as a result, to redraw the boundaries betwee… more |
Liquid Materialities (Critical Food Studies) |
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Atkins' Physical ChemistryPeter AtkinsAtkins’ Physical Chemistry remains the benchmark of achievement for a chemistry degree throughout the world. The judicious choice of topics, the clear writing style of both authors, and the careful exposition of maths, reaffirm the book’s p… more |
Atkins’ Physical Chemistry |
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The Laws of Thermodynamics: ...Peter AtkinsThe laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal—everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. Written by Peter Atkins, one of the w… more |
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The Next Fifty Years: Scienc...John BrockmanA brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.Theoretical physicist and bestsellin… more |
The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century (Vintage) |

















