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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1386
Book Description
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Author: The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science
Author: Adam RutherfordPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039388158X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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 the true nature of reality. Written with wit and humor, this brief book tells the story of science—tales of fumbles and missteps, errors and egos, hard work, accidents, and some really bad decisions—all of which have created the sum total of human knowledge. Geneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry guide readers through time and space, through our bodies and brains, showing how emotions shape our view of reality, how our minds tell us lies, and why a mostly bald and curious ape decided to begin poking at the fabric of the universe. Rutherford and Fry shine as science sleuths, wrestling with some truly head-scratching questions: Where did time come from? Do we have free will? Does my dog love me? Hilarious sidebars present memorable scientific oddities: for example, hypnotized snails, human-sized ants, and the average time it takes most animals to evacuate their bladders. (A surprisingly consistent twenty-one seconds, if you must know.) Both rigorous and playful, The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans, and the joys and follies of scientific discovery.
The Railway Times for 1938 [-1945].
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Author: Little Book Cliff Railway
Author: Lyndon J. LampertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Annual Index to the Times
Author: The Railway Engineer
Author: Lawrence SaundersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Train
Author: Tom ZoellnerPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698151399
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world In his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner—coauthor of the New York Times–bestselling An Ordinary Man—travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world—and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.
Bradshaw's monthly railway and steam navigation guide
Author: George BradshawPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
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