Book Description
The unforgettable and heartbreaking true story of the firemen who bravely fought "the perfect fire".
Author : Sean Flynn
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 2008-12-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0446555037
The unforgettable and heartbreaking true story of the firemen who bravely fought "the perfect fire".
Author : Sean Flynn
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 13,32 MB
Release : 2008-12-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0446555037
The unforgettable and heartbreaking true story of the firemen who bravely fought "the perfect fire".
Author : Mark Lynas
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 27,83 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781426202131
In astonishing and unflinching detail, a noted science journalist explains how Earth's climate will be impacted with every degree of increase in global warming--and what can be done about it now.
Author : Sean Flynn
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 2002-12-05
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ISBN : 9780316859134
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Publisher :
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Factory management
ISBN :
Author : Richard H. Hersh
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 1466893389
What is actually happening on college campuses in the years between admission and graduation? Not enough to keep America competitive, and not enough to provide our citizens with fulfilling lives. When A Nation at Risk called attention to the problems of our public schools in 1983, that landmark report provided a convenient "cover" for higher education, inadvertently implying that all was well on America's campuses. Declining by Degrees blows higher education's cover. It asks tough--and long overdue--questions about our colleges and universities. In candid, coherent, and ultimately provocative ways, Declining by Degrees reveals: - how students are being short-changed by lowered academic expectations and standards; -why many universities focus on research instead of teaching and spend more on recruiting and athletics than on salaries for professors; -why students are disillusioned; -how administrations are obsessed with rankings in news magazines rather than the quality of learning; -why the media ignore the often catastrophic results; and -how many professors and students have an unspoken "non-aggression pact" when it comes to academic effort. Declining by Degrees argues persuasively that the multi-billion dollar enterprise of higher education has gone astray. At the same time, these essays offer specific prescriptions for change, warning that our nation is in fact at greater risk if we do nothing.
Author : Gino Segre
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 014200278X
In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6°? How do geologists use temperature to track the history of our planet? Why is the quest for absolute zero and its quantum mechanical significance the key to understanding superconductivity? And what can we learn from neutrinos, the subatomic "messages from the sun" that may hold the key to understanding the birth-and death-of our solar system? In answering these and hundreds of other temperature-sensitive questions, Segrè presents an uncanny view of the world around us.
Author : American Society for Metals
Publisher :
Page : 1140 pages
File Size : 31,79 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Metals
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Page : 1256 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Jeff Revell
Publisher : Peachpit Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 2010-05-12
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0131385178
Nikon's new D3000 is a perfect entry-level DSLR. This book is for anyone who upgrades from their point-and-shoot, or for anyone who wants to jump into photography with the control and capabilities of a DSLR but without the high price. There's the manual, of course, as well as competing books, and while they all explain, often in 400+ pages, what the camera can do, none of them shows exactly how to use the camera to create great images! This book has one goal: to teach D3000 owners how to make great shots using their Nikon camera. It teaches how to use the D3000 to create the type of photos that inspired users to buy the camera in the first place. Everything in the book is in service of creating a great image. Starting with the top ten things needed to know about the camera, photographer Jeff Revell then carefully guides readers through the modes of the camera. Users get practical advice from a pro on which settings to use when, great shooting tips, and even end-of-chapter assignments.