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Oliver Sacks [videorecording] : his own life / by Burns, Ric,film director.; Sacks, Oliver,1933-2015,on-screen participant.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.; Zeitgeist Films,production company.;
Oliver Sacks, Atul Gawande, Temple Grandin, Christof Koch, Anil Seth.A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natural world, and the place of human beings within it. Drawing on these deeply personal reflections, as well as nearly two dozen interviews with close friends, family members, colleagues, and patients, and archival material from every point in his life.Rating: Not rated.Closed captioned ; audio description.DVD, wide screen, 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo; region 1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Filmed interviews.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015.; Historians of science; Neurologists; Physicians as authors.; Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015;
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The omega theory : a novel / by Alpert, Mark,1961-(CARDINAL)488413;
When their autistic son Michael--a genius descended from Albert Einstein--is abducted by a cult bent on the destruction of the world, science historian David Swift and quantum physicist Monique Reynolds must stop the cult members from recreating the Big Bang and destroying mankind.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Historians of science; Nuclear terrorism; Physics teachers; Women intelligence officers; Women physicists;
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Historian and scientist; an essay on the nature of history and the social sciences. by Salvemini, Gaetano,1873-1957.(CARDINAL)125299;
Subjects: Historiography.; Social sciences.;
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James Phinney Baxter, historian, Portland, Maine, 1831-1921; a short biography written for the Maine writers' research club. A lifelong opponent of vivisection, written for the Christian science monitor. / by Baxter, Percival Proctor,1876-1969.(CARDINAL)211151;
Subjects: Biographies.; Baxter, James Phinney, 1831-1921.; Old State Library Collection.;
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Telling our way to the sea : a voyage of discovery in the Sea of Cortez / by Hirsh, Aaron,1971-(CARDINAL)404202;
In a fishing village on the Sea of Cortez, two biologists, a historian of science, and twelve undergraduates investigate the bay's decline through ecological and evolutionary studies, villagers' stories, and journals of explorers.
Subjects: Ecology; Evolution (Biology); Experiential learning.;
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Space craze : America's enduring fascination with real and imagined spaceflight / by Weitekamp, Margaret A.,1971-author.(CARDINAL)464209;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Buck Rogers, ray guns, and the space frontier -- Space forts, television, and the Cold War mindset -- John Glenn, the Apollo Program, and fluctuating spaceflight enthusiasm -- Star trek, Star wars, and burgeoning fandoms -- Generation X, the Space Shuttle, and promoting education -- Space stations, spaceflight enthusiasm, and online fandom -- Streaming services, battling billionaires, and accelerated change."A space historian's tour through astounding spaceflight history and the Smithsonian's collection of space and science fiction memorabilia"--
Subjects: Voyages, Imaginary.; Astronautics; Manned space flight; Popular culture;
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Somewhere east of life / by Aldiss, Brian W.(Brian Wilson),1925-2017.(CARDINAL)345287;
Subjects: Black humor.; Science fiction.; Architectural historians; Memory disorders; Men; Men.;
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Timelines of science / by Allen, Tony(Historian),author.; Challoner, Jack,author.(CARDINAL)316020; Emsley, Julian,author.(CARDINAL)868460; Lamb, Hilary,author.; Palmer, Douglas,author.(CARDINAL)318798; Parker, Philip,1965-author.(CARDINAL)343809; Perks, Bea,author.(CARDINAL)856603; Sparrow, Giles,1970-author.(CARDINAL)341377; Walters, Martin,author.(CARDINAL)332533; Weeks, Marcus,author.(CARDINAL)705445;
"The history of humankind has been driven by scientific discovery. From our distant ancestors learning to use tools and fire for the first time, to the modern breakthroughs that have shaped the world we live in today, science has defined the story of humans for thousands of years. Using beautiful illustrations and clear, easy-to-read text, SI Timelines of Science explains the history of science as it unfolded across the globe, and delves into the story of scientific ideas, practice, and progress one step at a time"--3.3 MYA-1 BCE -- 1 CE-1499 -- 1500-1699 -- 1700-1799 -- 1800-1869 -- 1870-1899 -- 1900-1929 -- 1930-1959 -- 1960-1979 -- 1980-2022.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Science; Science; Discoveries in science;
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American masters of social science; an approach to the study of the social sciences through a neglected field of biography / by Odum, Howard Washington,1884-1954.(CARDINAL)127715;
Pioneers and masters of social science, by H. W. Odum.--John William Burgess, by W. R. Shepherd.--Lester Frank Ward, by J. Q. Dealey .--Herbert B. Adams, by J. M. Vincent.--William Archibald Dunning, by C. E. Merriam.--Albion Woodbury Small, by E. C. Hayes.--Franklin Henry Giddings, by J. L. Gillin.--Thornstein Veblen, by P. T. Homan.--Frederick Jackson Turner, by C. Becker.--James Harvey Robinson, by H. E. Barnes.
Subjects: Sociologists.; Historians; Educators; North Caroliniana.;
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The U.S. Army and irregular warfare, 1775-2007 : selected papers from the 2007 Conference of Army Historians / by Conference of Army Historians(16th :2007)(CARDINAL)290079; Davis, Richard G.; Center of Military History.(CARDINAL)162684;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Special forces (Military science);
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