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What do you know about rocks and fossils? / by Claybourne, Anna,author.(CARDINAL)218739;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Rocks, minerals, and fossils -- Science of rocks and fossils -- Working scientifically -- Types of rocks -- Rocks and water -- Minerals and crystals -- How hard? -- Weathering and erosion -- Expanding ice -- Making mountains -- Volcanoes and earthquakes -- How fossils form -- Fossil puzzles -- Reading your results."Get ready to dig into excellent experiments with rocks and fossils. Readers will learn about the scientific method through boxes that provoke them to Ask, Test, Observe, and Measure. They'll develop Next Generation Science Standards skills, such as asking testable questions. 'What's Next?' sections give readers the chance to further explore these important topics. A 'What You'll Need Box' clearly lays out the necessary materials for each experiment. Photographs illustrate key points and helpful hints keep readers on track. Accessible and fun, this interactive book is a perfect tool for any science curriculum."-- From publisher's website.4-8.9-13.

Subjects: Rocks; Minerals; Fossils;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Ten lessons to transform your marriage : America's love lab experts share their strategies for strengthening your relationship / by Gottman, John Mordechai.(CARDINAL)515770; DeClaire, Joan.(CARDINAL)349365; Gottman, Julie Schwartz.(CARDINAL)468456;

"All you ever do is work!" -- "Will we ever get over your affair?" -- "After all the crises in our lives, we don't feel close anymore" -- "You never talk to me" -- "You don't care about my dreams" -- "You're so distant and irritable all the time" -- "I shouldn't have to nag!" -- "There's no passion, there's no fun" -- "We only have time for the kids now" -- "You're not satisfied unless there's some drama".In 1994, Dr. Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washington announced that, through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict--with more than 90 percent accuracy--whether a marriage would succeed or fail. But they did not yet know how to turn a failing marriage into a successful one, so Gottman teamed up with his clinical psychologist wife to develop intervention methods. Here they share this information so that couples can develop the skills to create strong, lasting unions. What emerged from decades of research is a body of advice based on two simple truths: Happily married couples behave like good friends, and they handle their conflicts in gentle, positive ways. The authors offer an intimate look at ten couples who have learned to work through potentially destructive problems, and examine what they've done to get their marriages back on track.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Marital conflict.; Marriage.; Married people; Marriage.; Married people.;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4

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It started with Copernicus : vital questions about science / by Parsons, Keith M.,1952-(CARDINAL)334079;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Copernican questions, 2006 ; It started with Copernicus, 2014 -- Copernican questions. What was Copernicus's revolution? ; What happens when your world changes? ; Copernican questions : rationality and realism ; The plan of the book -- Is science really rational? : the problem of incommensurability. Incommensurability of standards ; Incommensurability of values ; Incommensurability of meaning ; Evaluating meaning incommensurability ; Conversion : a concluding case study -- A walk on the wild side : social constructivism, postmodernism, feminism, and that old-time religion. The constructivist challenge ; Postmodernism attacks! ; Is "objectivity" what a man calls his subjectivity? ; Is science godless? -- Ascending the slippery slope : scientific progress and truth. The evils of Whig history ; Social-constructivist history ; Does science converge toward truth? ; Assessing Laudan's Critique of Convergent Realism ; Scientists' own realism ; Could we be wrong about everything? -- Truth of consequences? Electrons : real particles or convenient fictions? ; Van Fraassen's constrictive empiricism ; Do we observe through microscopes? ; But what about things that are really unobservable? ; So what really is the goal of science? -- Mysteries of methods. Induction and deduction ; Aristotle : the first methodologist ; Bacon : scientific method renovated? ; The hypothetico-deductive method ; Hume on induction ; Popper and the rejection of induction ; Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) to the rescue? -- If you have science, who needs philosophy? The limits of science? ; The breakdown of philosophy ; Naturalizing epistemology ; Naturalizing ethics ; Philosophy in an age of science -- Science, scientism, and being human. Mind : physical or spiritual? ; Science and the human image ; Ape, angel, or neither?

Subjects: Science; Science; Constructive realism.;

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The complete idiot's guide to science fair projects / by O'Leary, Nancy K.(CARDINAL)544754; Shelly McGovern, Susan.(CARDINAL)651503;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-334) and index.

Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Exhibition catalogs.; Science projects; Science; Science projects.; Science projects; Science;

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Lost in math : how beauty leads physics astray / by Hossenfelder, Sabine,1976-author.(CARDINAL)677946;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and index.The hidden rules of physics: in which I realize I don't understand physics anymore. I talk to friends and colleagues, see I'm not the only one confused, and set out to bring reason back to Earth -- What a wonderful world: in which I read a lot of books about dead people and find that everyone likes pretty ideas but that pretty ideas sometimes work badly. On a conference I begin to worry that physicists are about to discard the scientific method -- The state of the union: in which I sum up 10 years of education in 30 pages and chat about the glory days of particle physics -- Cracks in the foundations: in which I meet with Nima Arkani-Hamed and do my best to accept that nature isn't natural, everything we learn is awesome, and that nobody gives a fuck what I think -- Ideal theories: in which I search for the end of science but find that the imagination of theoretical physicists is endless. I fly to Austin, I let Steven Weinberg talk at me, and realize how much we do just to avoid boredom -- The incomprehensible comprehensibility of quantum mechanics: in which I ponder the difference between math and magic -- One to rule them all: in which I try to find out if anyone would care about the laws of nature if they weren't beautiful. I stop off in Arizona, where Frank Wilczek tells me his little Theory of Something, then I fly to Maui and listen to Garrett Lisi. I learn some ugly facts and count physicists -- Space, the final frontier: in which I try to understand a string theorist and almost succeed -- The universe, all there is, and the rest: in which I admire the many ways to explain why nobody sees the particles we invent -- Knowledge is power: in which I conclude the world were a better place if everyone listened to me -- Appendix A: The standard model particles -- Appendix B: The trouble with naturalness -- Appendix C: What you can do to help."Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria. Worse, these "too good to not be true" theories are actually untestable and they have left the field in a cul-de-sac. To escape, physicists must rethink their methods. Only by embracing reality as it is can science discover the truth"--

Subjects: Mathematical physics.; Cosmology.; Quantum theory.; Aesthetics.;

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Flowers of the Renaissance / by Fisher, Celia.(CARDINAL)214877; J. Paul Getty Museum.(CARDINAL)140825;

The Renaissance garden -- Roses -- Lilies -- Irises -- Columbines -- Pinks and carnations -- Tulips -- Poppies and peonies -- Wallflowers and stocks -- Something blue -- The flower-strewn grass -- The daisy family -- Daffodils and narcissi -- Violas and violets -- Strawberries -- Thistles.Artists made conscious choices about the flowers they included in their work, for flowers and plants were still usually not the subject of a painting, but elements of a larger religious story. Influenced by the revival of classical ideals, artists frequently married religious symbolism with that from contemporary romances or classical mythology. For example, the hortus conclusus or closed garden, traditionally a reference to the Virgin Mary, also became a symbol for the popular Romance of the Rose. Venus, in her purest aspect the goddess of love, was aligned with the Virgin Mary and, like her, often surrounded by roses or daisies. Garden pinks and carnations, meanwhile, did not figure in earlier traditions; during the Renaissance they became part of the folklore of romance, and when held in a sitter's hands, they generally signified a marriage.Focusing on twenty popular flowers, including roses, lilies, irises, tulips, daisies, and poppies, the author discusses the history of cultivation of each variety before examining its symbolic meanings. This delightful and beautifully illustrated book uncovers hidden treasures in the grass at a saint's feet, on the sleeve of an Elizabethan lady, and inside the lid of a Florentine wedding chest, allowing the reader to appreciate another facet of many of the Renaissance's great artworks. --Book Jacket.From the sunflower in Van Dyck's self-portrait to roses scattered around Botticelli's Venus to columbines in the borders of fifteenth-century manuscripts, flowers grace many Renaissance artworks. Their symbolic meanings, however, may be lost on the modern viewer. This is the first book to untangle the richly layered botanical messages in many of the world's great masterpieces.Many favorite flowers, such as roses, irises, and lilies had long been endowed with a wealth of symbolic meanings. Renaissance artists, by embracing new methods of scientific observation, were able to portray them for the first time with an accuracy that made each species easily identifiable.

Subjects: Art, European; Art, European; Art, Renaissance.; Flowers in art.; Flowers;

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The story of science ; from the writings of Aristotle to the big bang theory / by Bauer, Susan Wise.(CARDINAL)347134;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index.Part I. The beginnings. The first science texts: The first written attempt to explain the physical world in physical terms -- Beyond man: The first big-picture accounts of the universe -- Change: The first theory of evolution -- Grains of sand: The first use of mathematics to measure the universe -- The void: The first treatise on nature to dispense entirely with the divine -- The Earth-centered universe: The most influential science book in history -- The last ancient astronomer: An alternate explanation for the universe, with better mathematics, but no more proof -- Part II. The birth of the method. A new proposal: A challenge to Aristotle, and the earliest articulation of the scientific method -- Demonstration: The refutation of one of the greatest ancient authorities through observation and experimentation -- The death of Aristotle: The overthrow of ancient authority in favor of observations and proofs -- Instruments and helps: Improving the experimental method by distorting nature and extending the senses -- Rules of reasoning: Extending the experimental method across the entire universe -- Part III. Reading the earth. The genesis of geology: The creation of the science of the earth -- The laws of the new science: Two different theories are proposed as explanations for the Earth's present form -- A long and steady history: Uniformitarianism becomes the norm -- The unanswered question: Calculating the age of the Earth -- The return of the grand theory: Continental drift -- Catastrophe, redux: Bringing extraordinary events back into Earth's history -- Part IV. Reading life (with special reference to us). -- Biology: The first systematic attempt to describe the history of life -- Natural selection: The first naturalistic explanation for the origin of species -- Inheritance: The laws, and mechanisms, of heredity revealed -- Synthesis: Bringing cell-level discoveries and the grand story of evolution together -- The secret of life: Biochemistry tackles the mystery of inheritance -- Biology and destiny: The rise of neo-Darwinist reductionism, and the resistance to it -- Part V. Reading the cosmos (reality). Relativity: The limits of Newtonian physics -- Damn quantum jumps: The discovery of subatomic random swerves -- The triumph of the Big Bang: Returning to the question of beginnings, and contemplating the end -- The butterfly effect: Complex systems, and the (present) limits of our understanding.Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves. Able to be referenced individually, or read together as the narrative of Western scientific development, the book leads readers from the first science texts by the Greeks through 20th-century classics in biology, physics, and cosmology. The Story of Science illuminates everything from mankind's earliest inquiries to the butterfly effect. Each chapter recommends one or more classic books and provides accounts of crucial contributions to science, sketches of the scientist-writers, and explanations of the mechanics underlying each concept. The Story of Science reveals science to be a dramatic undertaking practiced by some of history's most memorable characters. It reminds us that scientific inquiry is a human pursuit -- an essential, often deeply personal, sometimes flawed, frequently brilliant way of understanding the world.

Subjects: Science;

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A brief history of creation : science and the search for the origin of life / by Mesler, Bill,author.(CARDINAL)846207; Cleaves, H. James,II,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index.1. By the action of your sun. Ancients ask where life comes from ; Anaximander explains the natural world ; Aristotle writes of "spontaneous generation" -- 2. Provando e riprovando. Francesco Redi and the scientific method ; Van Helmont's recipe for mice ; "All life comes from an egg" -- 3. The eye of a gnat. The Enlightenment transforms science ; Hooke pens Micrographia ; Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers the microscopic world -- 4. The laboratory of the atheists. Voltaire subscribes to intelligent design ; Atheists seize upon the origin of life ; Buffon observes "reproduction" -- 5. A vital force. Andrew Crosse's "extraordinary experiment" ; Vitalism and "imponderable fluids" ; Vestiges of the natural history of creation captivates Britain -- 6. Breathed by the creator into a few forms or one. The Beagle sets sail for the Galápagos ; The Origin of species wins converts ; Charles Darwin imagines a "warm little pond" -- 7. Pleasant, though they be deceitful dreams. Pasteur dispels the notion of a "useless God" ; Thomas Huxley grooms a new generation ; The germ theory of disease versus spontaneous generation -- 8. No vestige of a beginning. The earth grows ever older ; J.B.S. Haldane imagines a "half-living" thing ; Alexander Oparin reimagines an ancient planet -- 9. A laboratory earth. Stanley Miller creates the precursors for life ; Scientists flock to exobiology ; NASA enters the origin-of-life game -- 10. The nucleic acid monopoly. Apollo 11 looks for clues on the moon ; Sidney Fox and his proteinoid microspheres ; Crick and Watson discover "the secret of life" -- 11. Life everywhere. An enigmatic Martian rock ; Panspermia recisited ; Life in meteorites? -- 12. One primordial form. The last universal common ancestor ; The Woesian revolution ; Scientists look to undersea vents -- 13. A cell is born. The birth of the RNA world ; Genetic engineering opens doors ; A new gensis? -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Recipes for life.An essential history of Western scientific studies into the origins of life examines historical discoveries in the contexts of philosophical debates, political change, and evolving understandings about the complexities of biology.

Subjects: Life; Life; Biology; Science;

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Leon and the champion chip / by Kurzweil, Allen.(CARDINAL)363338; Bertholf, Bret,illustrator.(CARDINAL)460787; Bertholf, Bret.(CARDINAL)460787;

Employing scientific methods learned in Mr. Sparks's class, fifth-grader Leon competes in a potato chip tasting contest and takes revenge against Lumpkin the bully.670LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Potato chips; Science; Teachers; Schools; Bullies; Humorous stories;

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Introduction to the study of dinosaurs / by Martin, Anthony J.,1960-(CARDINAL)316813;

Subjects: Dinosaurs.;

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