Summary: Errol Morris (The Fog of War) turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. An adroitly crafted tale of personal adversity, professional triumph, and cosmological inquiry, Morris's documentary examines the way the collapse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BRIHawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)
Summary: "In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1998
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Summary: "Sharp and engaging, A Brief History of Timekeeping is a story not just about the science of sundials, sandglasses, and mechanical clocks, but also the politics of calendars and time zones, the philosophy of measurement, and the nature of space and time itself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 681.1 ORZRutherford, Adam
Summary: "The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 RUTPfaff, John F.
Summary: "Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 PFABernstein, William J.
Contents: A brief history of financial time -- The nature of the beast -- The nature of the portfolio -- The enemy in the mirror -- Muggers and worse -- Building your portfolio -- The name of the game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 332.6 BERHawking, Stephen
Summary: The famous physicist details the events of his life and career, including attending Oxford and Cambridge, his ALS diagnosis, his study of black holes, and his penning of the bestselling "A Brief History of Time."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAWKING, STEPHEN HAWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HAWKING HAWCox, Brian
Summary: At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes. Join Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw in exploring our universe's most mysterious inhabitants, how they are formed, why they are essential components of every galaxy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.8 COXHawking, Stephen (Stephen W.)
Summary: Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard's Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?-- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 530.142 HAWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.142 HAWScheunemann, Pam
Summary: Describes how coins are made, introduces the different types of coins created, and explains the markings on coins, how to tell their condition, and how to add to and care for a coin collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 737.4 SCHLippincott, Kristen
Contents: Times / by Umberto Eco -- From observation to record : astronomy in prehistory and the early civilizations / by John North -- Principles and uses of calendars / by Silke Ackermann -- Mesoamerican and Andean timekeeping and calendars / by Anthony Aveni -- Time and space in Islam / by David A. King -- Cyclical and linear concepts of time in China / by Michael Loewe -- Cycles, seasons and stages...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Merrell Holberton 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 529 LIPSummary: This beautifully filmed program by Richard L. Harrison explores the work, creative process, and philosophical perspective of award-winning ceramist Paul Mathieu, whose multilayered works in porcelain defy conventional boundaries of craft, sculpture, and representation. Different stages of the ceramics-making process are spotlighted as Mathieu creates an intricate stacking dinner service called...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Gigliotti, Jim
Summary: "Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019
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Summary: Envisioning a future in which the Christian church plays a viable and transformative role in shaping society, Gretta Vosper argues that if the church is to survive at all, the heart of faith must undergo a radical change. Vosper, founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity and a minister in Toronto, believes that what will save the church is an emphasis on just and compassionate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270.83 VOSTegmark, Max
Summary: "What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business--and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark. What has A.I. brought us? Where will it lead us? The story of A.I. is the story of intelligence--of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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Summary: "A richly illustrated portrait of the Founding Father and first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury describes his experiences as an illegitimate orphan, soldier, friend, philanderer, political firebrand and financial whiz whose groundbreaking policies continue to shape today's American government"--Publisher Born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2017
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Summary: "History of England..." is an (20 p.) historical satire produced by 16-year-old Jane Austen. It is a spoof on the history of the British monarchy from 1399 to 1649. What you find are brief, opinionated pieces, ranging from two sentences on Edward V who "lived so little a while that nobody had time to draw his picture" to 19 sentences on Elizabeth, of whom "It was the peculiar misfortune . . ....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 AUSLessing, Doris May
Summary: "This is a tale of love--and of the ancient war between men and women--that beguiles and charms like a true fable. It follows Shikasta, which Time magazine hailed as "Dazzling. . . .At once a brief history of the world, a tract against human destructiveness, an ode to the natural beauties of this earth, and a hymn to the music of the spheres." This second book brings us into the territory of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLahey, Jessica
Summary: Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015