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    Governing the Mobile Symmetries of Animals and Machines

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    The Natural Law of Cycles assembles scientific work from different disciplines to show how research on angular momentum and rotational symmetry can be used to develop a law of energy cycles as a local and global influence. Angular momentum regulates small-scale rotational cycles such as the swimming of fish in water, the running of animals on land, and the flight of birds in air. Also, it ... Leer más

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  • Balancing the Common Core Curriculum in Middle School Education

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    This book examines the idea of ‘good education’ which is thought to include a scientific and technical component, a mathematical component, a writing component, and an ethical and aesthetic component. Bunn proposes a new three-way intersection in these teachings: the basic sciences and mechanics of levering on a seesaw, the basic formulations of patterning an algebraic equation, and the basic ... Leer más

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  • You Are the Universe

    Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters

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  • The Accidental Universe

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  • First You Build a Cloud

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    This clearly written and compelling look at physics and physicists offers "thousands of new ways to see our daily world more richly" (Douglas Hofstadter, author of Gödel, Escher, Bach).For many of us, physics has always been a thing of mystery and complexity. K. C. Cole, an award-winning science writer, specializes in making its wonders accessible to the everyday reader.This book uses lively prose ... Leer más

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  • A Different Universe

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