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Volcanoes : Crucibles of Change
Richard V. Fisher
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Current: 9.7 |
The authors, professional volcanologists all, offer a rigorous geological account of the formation and composition of the many types of volcanoes, among them calderas, domes, and maars. They examine the chemistry of volcanic gases; consider
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Volcanoes : Fire from the Earth (Discoveries)
Maurice Krafft, Paul Bahn (Translator)
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Current: 9.7 |
An illustrated look at volcanoes discusses the efforts of vulcanologists to understand this phenomenon and the eruptions past and future of the world's volcanoes, and presents photographs of volcanoes. Original. more]
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The Measure of a Mountain : Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier
Bruce Barcott
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Current: 9.5 |
Mount Rainier, North America's biggest volcano, looms over Seattle like an invitation to... adventure? Disaster? Discovery? It's all of the above for Bruce Barcott, a Seattle writer who captures the mountain from multiple angles in this lum
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Volcanoes of Northern Arizona: Sleeping Giants of the Grand Canyon Region
Wendell Duffield
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Current: 9.5 |
Just south of the Grand Canyon lies a range of volcanic mountains which includes the highest point in Arizona. For the first time, this book provides a popular look at the fiery origin of these volcanic features. With magnificent aerial pho
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Portrait of Mount Saint Helens
Chuck Williams, Stuart Warren
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Current: 9.5 |
View the grandeur and the intimate detail of this beloved mountain as seen by 19th-century painters and pioneers as well as contemporary photographers. Read more
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Microbe Hunters
Paul De Kruif
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Current: 9.5 |
From the top of today's news, where reoprts of Ebola and HIV loom large, comes the story of microbes, bacteria, and how disease shaoes our everyday lives and society thrives. The superheroes in this scheme are the scientists, bacteriologist
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Lasers, Ray Guns, and Light Cannon : Projects from the Wizrd's Workbench
Gordon McComb
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Current: 9.5 |
If you've ever been fascinated by lasers and wished you could build your own, this is the book for you. Gordon McComb explains how to buy low-power laser tubes on a small budget and use them for a variety of experiments, including long-dist
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How the Weather Works
Michael Allaby
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Current: 9.5 |
Invites curious young readers and their parents to learn about weather with a series of hands-on experiments that explain the principle to be investigated and highlight historical events in the science of weather. 60,000 first printing.
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The Science Explorer Out and About : Fantastic Science Experiments Your Family Can Do Anywhere! (Science Explorer Bk 2)
Pat Murphy
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Current: 9.4 |
From the much-acclaimed team that created The Science Explorer, here are more fun and exciting activities and experiments for families to do together. Kids will learn about light and shadows, mirrors and reflections. With The Science Explor
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When Things Start to Think
Neil A. Gershenfeld
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Current: 9.2 |
A computer in your shoe? Maybe so. Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT's Media Lab, joins the ranks of techno-prognosticators with When Things Start to Think, and his focus is on how the future of computing will fit into our physical r
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Encyclopedia of Volcanoes
Haraldur Sigurdsson
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Current: 9.1 |
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Vulcan's Fury : Man Against the Volcano
Alwyn Scarth
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Current: 9.1 |
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Seismic Wave Propagation and Scattering in the Heterogeneous Earth
Haruo Sato
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Current: 9.1 |
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A Guide to Washington's South Cascades' Volcanic Landscapes
Marge Mueller
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Current: 8.9 |
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Melting the Earth : The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions
Haraldur Sigurdsson
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Current: 8.8 |
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Volcanoes
Robert Decker, Barbara Decker
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Current: 8.7 |
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Fire Mountains of the West : The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes
Stephen L. Harris
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Current: 8.6 |
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Volcano a Memoir of Hawaii (Vintage Departures)
Garrett K. Hongo, Garrett Hango
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Current: 8.6 |
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Fire on the Mountain : The Nature of Volcanoes
Dorian Weisel
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Current: 8.6 |
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Volcanic Plumes
R. S. J. Sparks
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Current: 8.5 |
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Volcanos & Earthquakes (Sequences of Earth and Space)
Andres Llamas Ruiz
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Current: 8.5 |
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The Complete Science Fair Handbook : For Teachers and Parents of Students in Grades 4-8 (Good Year Book)
Anthony D. Fredericks, Isaac Asimov
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Current: 8.4 |
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Seven Experiments That Could Change the World : A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science
Rupert Sheldrake
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Current: 8.3 |
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Underground Bases and Tunnels : What Is the Government Trying to Hide?
Richard Sauder, Richard Saunder
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Current: 8.3 |
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Chemical Magic
Leonard A. Ford, E. Winston Grundmeier (Designer)
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Current: 8.1 |
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Advanced LabVIEW Labs
John Essick
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Current: 8.0 |
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The Science Explorer : Family Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Science Museum
Pat Murphy
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Current: 8.0 |
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| 28
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Making & Enjoying Telescopes : 6 Complete Projects & A Stargazer's Guide
Robert Miller, Kenneth Wilson
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Current: 8.0 |
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| 29
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150 And More Basic Nmr Experiments : A Practical Course
Siegmar Braun
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Current: 7.9 |
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| 30
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Amateur Telescope Making (Practical Astronomy)
Stephen F. Tonkin
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Current: 7.8 |
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| 31
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Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics
Craig F. Bohren, Jearl Walker
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Current: 7.8 |
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| 32
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Molecular Origami : Precision Scale Models from Paper
Robert M. Hanson
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Current: 7.8 |
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Simple Earth Science Experiments With Everday Materials
Louis V. Loeschnig, Frances Zweifel (Illustrator)
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Current: 7.7 |
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| 34
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Landmark Experiments in Twentieth Century Physics
George L. Trigg
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Current: 7.7 |
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| 35
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The Volcanic Eruptions of El Malpais : A Guide to the Volcanic History and Formations of El Malpais National Monument
Richard B. Moore
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Current: 7.6 |
The well documented science of volcanology is based on evidence gleaned from the great eruptions of the past 200 years. It proves that volcanoes are the only significant source of global air pollution. Going backward from the medium size
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When the Earth Explodes : Volcanoes and the Environment
Buck Dawson
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Current: 7.4 |
The well documented science of volcanology is based on evidence gleaned from the great eruptions of the past 200 years. It proves that volcanoes are the only significant source of global air pollution. Going backward from the medium size
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1001 Ideas for Science Projects (3rd)
Marion A. Brisk
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Current: 7.4 |
The ideal resource for science students everywhere.For science students from middle school to college -- and for their teachers -- here are hundreds of practical, original project ideas that are sure to spark the imagination. This one-of-
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Build Your Own Working Fiberoptic Infrared and Laser Space-Age Projects
Robert E. Iannini
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Current: 7.4 |
Now electronics hobbyists can put aside ordinary, everyday electronics projects and start building something really exciting. They can probe the possibilities of high technology-lasers, fibroptics, and high-voltage electrical devices; disco
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Archaeology, Volcanism, and Remote Sensing in the Arenal Region, Costa Rica
Payson D. Sheets, Brian R. McKee
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Current: 7.3 |
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Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America November 13, 1985 (Natural Disaster Studies; Vol. 4)
Dennis S. Mileti, Na Committee On Natural Disa
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Current: 7.3 |
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Agents of Chaos : Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Other Natural Disasters
Stephen L. Harris
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Current: 7.3 |
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| 42
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Santorini and Its Eruptions (Foundations of Natural History)
Ferdinand A. Fouque, Alexander R. McBirney (Translator)
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Current: 7.1 |
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Paricutin : The Volcano Born in a Mexican Cornfield
James F. Luhr
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Current: 7.1 |
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| 44
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Volcanoes : An Introduction (The Louise Lindsey Merrick Environment Series, No. 19)
Alwyn Scarth
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Current: 7.0 |
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| 45
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Hawaii Volcano Watch : A Pictorial History, 1779-1991
Thomas L. Wright
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Current: 6.9 |
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| 46
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Great Experiments in Physics : Firsthand Accounts from Galileo to Einstein
Morris H. Hmorris Herb Shamos(Photographer)
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Current: 6.8 |
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47 Easy-To-Do Classic Science Experiments
Eugene F, Jr. Provenzo, Asterie Baker Provenzo
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Current: 6.7 |
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| 48
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What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks? : More Experiments in Atmospheric Physics (Wiley Science Editions)
Craig F. Bohren
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Current: 6.6 |
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| 49
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Science Brainstretchers : Creative Problem Solving Activities in Science
Frederick, Anthony D. Fredericks
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Current: 6.5 |
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Experimental Designs, 2nd Edition
William G. Cochran
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Current: 6.5 |
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