Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)
Contents: Introduction -- Ideas about the universe -- The expanding universe -- Black holes -- Black holes ain't so black -- The origin and fate of the universe -- The direction of time -- The theory of everything -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Millennium Press 2002
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Summary: Presents seven lectures by physicist Stephen Hawking on such topics as black holes, string theory, space-time, and a "unified theory of everything," accompanied by images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Millennium Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 HAWLane, Nick.
Summary: A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result of a single event.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 LANMeyer, Stephen C.
Summary: Charles Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. In what is known today as the "Cambrian explosion," 530 million years ago many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock. In Darwin's Doubt Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 MEYHankin, Rebecca
Summary: "An introduction to unusual objects and phenomena in the universe. Includes diagrams, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2017
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Summary: Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2017
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Summary: Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the likely way it formed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.2 CHAAtkins, P. W. (Peter William)
Summary: The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics? Peter Atkins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 ATKSummary: "An overview of the structure and nature of objects that make up the universe. Includes diagrams, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523 UNISummary: Adam and his heroic squad of misfits discover the legendary power of Grayskull and their destiny to defend Eternia from sinister Skeletor. This animated CG series reimagines the '80s cartoon classic with fresh storylines and a modern spin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HE-MSummary: Beginning at the Gargas Caves, France-humankind's first house of worship?-this program seeks to understand why our ancestors began to believe in one or more divinities and how, through the ages, different cultures have expressed that belief. Great mysteries such as death and nature are considered as factors in the evolution of religious faith as Robert Winston, archaeologist Jean Clottes, The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Lubar, David
Summary: When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy. Before it's...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUBSummary: This video examines THC and the cannabinoids marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. Expert commentary is presented by former NFL player Charles Hunt, a pharmacist, a police officer, addiction counselors, a historian, a pastor, recovering addicts, and others. Together, they explain the history and biological effects of THC, investigating its use, abuse, and hazards, and its reputation as a gateway drug.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Meyer, Stephen C.
Summary: "The anticipated third book from New York Times bestselling author and respected Intelligent Design scholar Stephen C. Meyer makes a compelling argument for the existence of God based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "An introduction to galaxies and the universe for primary and intermediate grade students, with information about their formation and features. Includes a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.1 GALStille, Darlene R.
Summary: "An overview of the structure and nature of objects that make up the universe. Includes diagrams, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.1 STISummary: "[This film] charts the devastating ecological impact of overfishing by interweaving both local and global stories of sharply declining fish populations, including the imminent extinction of the bluefin tuna, and illuminates how our modern fishing capacities far outstrip the survival abilities of any ocean species. Scientists explain how this depletion has slipped under the public radar and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2009
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Green Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chemist Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells" in his lab, blobs of chemicals that he hopes will behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth ... and how it may occur elsewhere in the universe, too. In this fascinating TEDTalk, Hanczyc describes the experiments that mix nonliving ingredients to make new structures that might have the characteristics of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Gorka, John.
Contents: Land of the bottom line (3:35) -- Armed with a broken heart (3:30) -- Raven in the storm (3:16) -- The one that got away (3:45) -- Full of life (3:16) -- Stranger in my driver's seat (3:35) -- The sentinel (3:59) -- Dream street (3:15) -- Mean streak (2:35) -- Italian girls (5:46) -- Jailbirds in the bighouse (3:52) -- Promnight in Pigtown (3:22) -- I saw a stranger with your hair (4:01) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windham Hill 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GORSummary: This program opens with a whimsical scene in a movie theater in which the history of the universe trails backwards to the big bang, the moment at which general relativity and quantum mechanics both come into play, and therefore the point at which our conventional model of reality breaks down. Then it’s string theory to the rescue as physicist Bryan Greene describes the serendipitous steps that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Likening the beauty and complexity of DNA to an epic poem, this program revolves around the idea that we all carry the story of life on Earth in our genes, and that the similarities between species may play a more significant role in that story than previously thought. A visit to Iceland's hot springs reveals heat-, acid-, and salt-resistant organisms called Archaea-primordial versions of which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Livio, Mario
Summary: "Drawing on the lives of five great scientists -- Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein -- scientist/author Mario Livio shows how even the greatest scientists made major mistakes and how science built on these errors to achieve breakthroughs, especially into the evolution of life and the universe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 LIVSummary: This program introduces string theory and shows how modern physics—composed of two theories that are ferociously incompatible—reached its schizophrenic impasse. One theory, general relativity, successfully describes the stars and galaxies, while another, quantum mechanics, is equally successful at explaining small things like atoms and subatomic particles. Albert Einstein, the inventor of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003