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Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence Social aspects Artificial satellites Artificial satellites, Russian Political aspects Astronautics and state United States Public opinion Exploration of outer space International Space Station. Outer space Sputnik satellites History United States Politics and government 20th centuryParcak, Sarah H
Summary: "A down-and-out so-and-so gets more than she bargained for when new technologies developed for use in space allow an anthropologist a new perspective on earth's ancient histories and new ways of coping with those"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 PARRankin, Ian
Summary: In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide of isolationism. Britain, torn between loyalties to America and the continent, is caught in the middle. Across the pond, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on board: A British citizen named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become vilified by the US press and protesters. Halfway across the world, at English...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RANHarts, Shannon H.
Summary: "Can flying robots help save entire ecosystems? Find out in this book, which brings together two major issues of modern times: the growing use of drones and ways to protect and restore natural environments. As drones become more advanced, they are revolutionizing conservation research and efforts in exciting ways--from planting over a hundred trees a minute to capturing vital information about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 HARGrant, Benjamin
Summary: A collection of satellite images of Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 778.3 GRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 778.3 GRACheshire, James
Summary: For thousands of years, tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera traps, cellphone networks, and accelerometers reveal the natural world as never before. Where the Animals Go is the first book to offer a comprehensive, data-driven portrait of how creatures like ants, otters, owls, turtles, and sharks navigate the world. Based on pioneering research by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 590 CHECoulter, Catherine
Summary: "Galactus, France's answer to SpaceX, has just launched a communications satellite into orbit, but the payload actually harbors a frightening weapon: a nuclear-triggered electromagnetic pulse (EMP). When the satellite is in position, Galactus's second-in-command, Dr. Nevaeh Patel, will have the power to lay waste to the world with the EMP. A former astronaut, Patel believes she is following the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COUAnderson, AnnMarie
Summary: "In another installment of The Magic School Bus Rides Again Branches series, Keesha will do whatever it takes to nail her space camp application. In her efforts to get the perfect picture on the class outer space field trip, she accidentally disrupts satellites in orbit!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Provides maps and satellite photography that reflect the most recent political, economic, and demographic statistics, and presents articles addressing the environment and population matters in major cities of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2013
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1 available in Reference, Call number: REF 912 OxfNational Geographic Society (U.S.)
Summary: The sixth edition of the award-winning atlas--the ultimate resource for knowing everything about our changing world--features photos, fascinating facts, graphics, and full-color political, physical, and thematic maps on important topics.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Dickson, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 629.46 DICSummary: Cutting-edge spy cameras called Spy Creatures take us deep into the ocean and reveal the surprising and hidden lives of its extraordinary creatures. The Spy Creatures are taking on their most exciting challenge yet, exploring one of the most magical and dynamic environments on Earth the ocean. A brand-new cast of camera-toting Spy Creatures takes us to places no spy camera has ever gone before...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SPYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPYD'Antonio, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.43 DANHirsch, Rebecca E
Summary: "Find out the latest discoveries in space vehicles with animated 3D models that bring space alive in augmented reality."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.44 HIRBuolamwini, Joy
Summary: "Dr. Joy Buolamwini is the self-described "Poet of Code" who has had a lifelong passion for computer science, engineering, and art-disciplines that, she felt, pushed the boundaries of reality. After tinkering with robotics as a high school student in Tennessee, to developing mobile apps in Zambia as a Fulbright fellow, Buolamwini eventually found herself at MIT. As a graduate student at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.46 DICGeorge Philip & Son
Summary: Provides maps and satellite photography that reflect the most recent political, economic, and demographic statistics, and presents articles addressing the environment and population matters in major cities of the world.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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Summary: "From the cartographic experts at National Geographic comes the latest edition of its award-winning student atlas, with everything kids want and need to know about our changing world. Dynamic, user-friendly content includes photos, facts, charts, graphics, and full-color political, physical, and thematic maps on important topics. Completely updated maps and statistics ensure that kids have all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Felix, Rebecca
Summary: Readers will examine the history of artificial intelligence, leading scientists in the field, the Three Laws of robots, the singularity, Sophia the robot, and more before deciding for themselves!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 006.3 FELSummary: Examines America's reaction to humankind's first space satellite 50 years ago and how it brought us closer to nuclear annihilation. Americans feared that the rocket that had launched Sputnik could deliver a nuclear bomb to our shores. Near panic resulted. Using recently declassified footage, this film uncovers how President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev averted global disaster. Includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Varied Directions International 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FEVDeVorkin, David H.
Summary: "To celebrate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and its 25 years of accomplishments, let The Hubble Cosmos fill your mind with big ideas, brilliant imagery, and a new understanding of the universe in which we live. Relive key moments in the monumental Hubble story, from launch through major new instrumentation to the promise of discoveries to come. With more than 150 photographs including Hubble...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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Summary: Home is a long way from home! There are no refrigerators in space - think about it! Life on the International Space Station is well, another, way of life: you wake up in a sleeping bag tied to the wall; open a food package which keeps your meals from floating away, and then maybe go to work...walking in space! (And the toilet? That's a story!) A lively reader about the daily life on the ISS. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED BUCSummary: Steve attemps to relocate a hugh crocodile to save him from poachers. But what Steve doesn't know is that the big croc has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon... making them both targets of the U.S. special agents assigned to retrieve the beacon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: DVD Family Crocodile 2002Anthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTSummary: Horror of Dracula (1958): "Christopher Lee as the centuries-old vampire Dracula and Peter Cushing as his implacable foe Van Helsing battle for the souls of Londoners in this retelling of Bram Stoker's novel."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010