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  Human Errors - A Panorama of Our...

  Nathan H. Lents

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  We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution's greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often—two hundred times more often than a dog does? How come our wrists have so many useless bones? Why is the vast majority of our genetic code pointless? And are we really supposed to swallow and breathe through the same narrow tube? Surely there's been some kind of mistake. 
  As professor of biology Nathan H. Lents explains in Human Errors, our evolutionary history is nothing if not a litany of mistakes, each more entertaining and enlightening than the last. The human body is one big pile of compromises. But that is also a testament to our greatness: as Lents shows, humans have so many design flaws precisely because we are very, very good at getting around them. 
  A rollicking, deeply informative tour of humans' four billion year long evolutionary saga, Human Errors both celebrates our imperfections and offers an unconventional accounting of the cost of our success.

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  The Relativistic Universe -...

  HENRY ROMANO

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  From a time beyond the dawn of history, humanity has been seeking to explain the universe. At first, the effort did not concern itself further than to make a supposition as to the causes of the various phenomena presented to the senses. As knowledge increased, first by observation and later by experiment also, the ideas as to these causes passed progressively through three stages—the theological (the causes were thought to be spirits or gods); the metaphysical (the causes were thought in this secondary or intermediate stage to be some inherent, animating, energizing principles); and the scientific (the causes were finally thought of as simply mechanical, chemical, and magneto-electrical attractions and repulsions, qualities or characteristics of matter itself, or of the thing of which matter is itself composed.) 
  With an increase of knowledge and the inquiry as to the nature of causes, there arose an inquiry into reality. What was the essential nature of the stuff of which the universe was made, what was the matter, what were things in themselves, what were the noumena (the realities), lying back of the phenomena (the appearances)? Gradually ideas explaining motion, force, and energy were developed. At the same time, an inquiry was made as to the nature of man, the working of his mind, the nature of thought, the relation of his concepts (ideas) to his perceptions (knowledge gained through the sense), and the relations of both to the noumena (realities).

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  Understanding Functional Extinction

  John Rafferty

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  John Rafferty of Encyclopædia Britannica and Dr. Andrew Solow of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discuss the concept of functional extinction. This is the sixth part of the Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction audio series.

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  Decision-Making for the...

  Iain L. C. Chapple, Suzanne L....

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  High-quality dental patient management demands an appropriately skilled team. It is the general dental practitioner's responsibility to co-ordinate the team and to take overall responsibility as the team leader. Your team provides all the specialities necessary to achieve a stable, functional, aesthetic masticatory unit, which not only encompasses the management of periodontal disease, but integrates a treatment plan the patient can maintain.

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  Battleships of the Bismarck...

  Gerhard Koop, Klaus-Peter Schmolke

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  The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed.The first volume, appropriately, is devoted to the Kriesmarine's largest and most powerful units, the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz, whose careers stand in stark contrast to each other one with a glorious but short life, while the other was to spend a hunted existence in Norwegian fjords, all the time posing a threat to Allied sea communications, while attacked by everything from midget submarines to heavy bombers.

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  Day Trading - A Complete...

  Timothy Willink

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  ★☆ What If You Could Produce $2 for Every $1 Which You Put Inside 90% of the Time? How Much Money Would You Put In? ALL! Right? Continue Reading... ☆★ 
  Sure you’ve heard about stocks and trading. But do you know the secrets on how to deal with them? This book “Day Trading” gives inside tips on how to build a passive income online, so you can make money even when you sleep. This is the essential guide to learn everything about trading, and to learn the right skills to strive online. Your income only depends on the choices you make, and this book has all the knowledge you need as a complete beginner. 
  Did you know millionaires usually have 7 sources of passive income? Passive income is a regular profit that, if set correctly, works by itself, even when you’re out having dinner with your friends! 
   “Investing In Yourself Will Be The Best Investment You Make In Your Life - Warren Buffett  
  The world of trading can be very dangerous. The risk involved in each action makes you think every move very carefully. To a person that is just getting started, it can be very scary, and money can disappear as quickly as it shows up. Master the Basic Principles of ETFs, Options, Forex Swing trading, and Futures First Today.

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