Stewart, Ian
Summary: Bestselling author Professor Ian Stewart explores the history and mathematics of uncertainty. Touching on gambling, probability, statistics, financial and weather forecasts, censuses, medical studies, chaos, quantum physics, and climate, he makes one thing clear: a reasonable probability is the only certainty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 519.2 STEWiesel, Elie
Summary: Set in a Ukranian village in the year 1649, this haunting play takes place in the aftermath of a pogrom. Only two Jews, Berish the innkeeper and his daughter Hannah, have survived the brutal Cossack raids. When three itinerant actors arrive in town to perform a Purim play, Berish demands that they stage a mock trial of God instead, indicting Him for His silence in the face of evil. Berish, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 842 WIEOhanian, Hans C.
Summary: Ohanian offers insights into aspects of Albert Einstein that many don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they played in the discovery of his theories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.09 OHANine Inch Nails (Musical group)
Contents: Shit mirror -- Ahead of ourselves -- Play the goddamned part -- God break down the door -- I'm not from this world -- Over and out.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NINRockmore, Daniel N. (Daniel Nahum)
Summary: For 150 years the Riemann hypothesis has been the holy grail of mathematics. Now, at a moment when mathematicians are finally moving in on a proof, Dartmouth professor Dan Rockmore tells the riveting history of the hunt for a solution.In 1859 German professor Bernhard Riemann postulated a law capable of describing with an amazing degree of accuracy the occurrence of the prime numbers. Rockmore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2006
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Summary: Examines the Stuart dynasty during a turbulent seventeenth century marked by civil war, the execution of Charles I, the rule of Oliver Cromwell, and the deposition and exile of James II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941 ACKSummary: An atmospheric physicist and a leading expert on global warming, Sir John Houghton speaks as a scientist and evangelical Christian. The author of Does God Play Dice? A Look at the Story of the Universe and The Search for God: Can Science Help? talks with Bill Moyers, explaining his belief that science and religion, rather than dividing society, can both work towards improving the human condition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Is the new genetics running ahead of society's ability to supervise it, or does genetic science bring huge benefits that humanity should willingly embrace? In this thought-provoking program, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams asserts the need for religious belief in the modern world to Sir John Sulston, Nobel Prize winner and the guiding spirit behind the Human Genome Project, and to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Will human cloning provide a panacea for ailments and diseases or usher in a nightmarish world of eugenics and designer people? This program presents an in-depth exploration of the ethical concerns regarding human cloning, a technology that has already prompted heated debate over its potential uses and abuses. A variety of perspectives are canvassed from the theological, legal, and scientific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Bitoun, Julien
Summary: "The complete story of the Gibson Les Paul. Produced in collaboration with Gibson, this is the ultimate history of rock's greatest guitar -- with unprecedented access to behind-the-scenes stories and unseen photography."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Welbeck 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.612 BITCallahan, Tom
Summary: "A beautifully observed narrative of American sport: character, grit, tragedy, unremarked heroism, and, always, the illuminating story behind the story. As a columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Washington Post, and Time magazine, Tom Callahan witnessed an extraordinary number of defining moments in American sport over four decades. He takes us from Roberto Clemente clinching his 3,000th, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.0973 CALSummary: The second season of Borgia "is a cauldron of intrigue, violence, murder, lust, politics, faith, incest, betrayal and redemption, a story as compelling and enlightening as the age in which it takes place"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BORSummary: Twenty years after the discovery of DNA's structure, another revolution swept biology when scientists began learning how to manipulate genes outright. The controversy continues. This program tells the story of genetic engineering's pioneers, focusing on the race to synthesize insulin and the development of genetically modified crops. Spectacular computer animations of molecular processes are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Flora, Kate
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLORader, Peter
Summary: Traces the infamous rivalry between two renowned nineteenth-century actresses, sharing insights into their personalities, ambitions, and relationships with each others' lovers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RADSuper Furry Animals (Musical group)
Contents: Something 4 the weekend -- It's not the end of the world -- Northern lites -- Juxtapozed with u -- Slow life -- Fire in my heart -- The man don't give a fuck -- Hermann loves Pauline -- Play it cool -- Ice hockey hair -- Do or die -- (Drawing) Rings around the world -- God! Show me magic -- Ysbeidiau heulog -- Demons -- Golden retriever -- The international language of screaming -- Hello...
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Publisher / Publication Date: XL Recordings 2004
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Contents: Glowing crosses -- Bed sores -- The back window's down -- Flies on tape -- Woods -- Play "God only knows" at my funeral -- One more creature dizzy with love -- The only thing that haunts this house is me -- The sound of young America -- Run, brother, run-- The hotbed of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FIRInce, Robin
Summary: "In this warm and witty celebration of the written word, the popular comedian and presenter takes the reader on a journey across Britain as he explores his lifelong love of books and bookshops. Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided he would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 INCE, ROBIN INCSummary: Tyson looks at the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human. He attempts to answer all of your most pressing questions, from how the brain works to the physics of comic book superheroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 STAOdenkirk, Bob
Summary: Bob Odenkirk is a legend in the comedy-writing world, winning Emmys and acclaim for his work on Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and many other seminal TV shows. This book, his first, is a spleen-bruisingly funny omnibus that ranges from absurdist monologues (“Martin Luther King, Jr’s Worst Speech Ever”) to intentionally bad theater (“Hitler Dinner Party: A Play”); from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McSweeney's 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ODEM Beam H Jones
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Joe Morris Music 1912
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Summary: Klein uncovers the real story behind Hillary Clinton's email scandals and the dirty political games that have kept her one step ahead of the law-- for now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.973 KLESummary: Revolted by quantum theory, Einstein spent his final decades trying to create an all-encompassing mathematical model of the universe in which God indeed does not play dice. In this program, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku and experts from Cambridge, MIT, and elsewhere discuss Einstein's revolutionary time/space theories of 1905, the ascendancy of quantum mechanics and string theory, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Wilder-Taylor, Stefanie
Summary: "From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay, a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest account of Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's journey to breaking up with alcohol for good. When Stefanie Wilder-Taylor became a mother, being able to connect with other moms over drinks or enjoy a glass of wine at the end of a stressful day felt life-affirming. From liquor cabinet concoctions in high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024