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  The Carbon Code - How You Can...

  Brett Favaro

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  How citizens can make realistic, climate-friendly lifestyle changes in a carbon-based economy: “Readable, passionate, and rational.” ?Quarterly Review of Biology 
   
  Our world is getting hotter, and it’s our fault—our addiction to fossil fuels is destroying our fragile ecosystems and increasingly wreaking havoc. How can we respond to climate change deniers who mock the fact that environmental activists use fossil fuels? In short, how can an average citizen live a normal, functional life in a carbon-based economy without being justifiably called a hypocrite? In The Carbon Code, conservation biologist Brett Favaro answers these thorny questions, offering simple strategies to help you reduce your carbon footprint—without abandoning common sense. 
   
  The Carbon Code is based on the four Rs: Reduce, Replace, Refine, and Rehabilitate. After outlining the scientific basics of climate change and explaining the logic of the code he prescribes, the author describes carbon-friendly technologies and behaviors we can adopt in our daily lives. However, he acknowledges that individual action, while vital, is insufficient. To achieve global sustainability, he insists we must make the fight against climate change go viral through conspicuous conservation. 
   
  The Carbon Code is a tool of empowerment that shows you how to take ownership of your carbon footprint and adopt a lifestyle of conspicuous conservation that will spur governments and corporations to do the same. Saving the planet is, after all, about saving ourselves. The Carbon Code provides a framework to do this, and helps you become a hero in the fight against climate change. 
   
  “Explains in refreshingly forthright terms how technological advances are making it easier and cheaper to be green.”?Financial Times

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  Erikson Eskimos & Columbus -...

  James Robert Enterline

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  This revealing analysis of Medieval cartography and native American travel upends conventional narratives about discovering the New World. 
   
  For generations, American schools have taught children that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. But evidence shows that Leif Erikson set foot on the continent centuries earlier. As debate continues over which explorer deserves the credit, early maps of North America suggest that we may be asking the wrong questions. How did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered?  
   
  In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe’s discovery of the New World.

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  TouchCode Class 2

  Team Orange

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  An Activity Book to Develop Coding Skills 
  
  KEY FEATURES 
  - National Education Policy 2020 
  - Crack the Code: It includes fun-based adventurous activities. 
  - Time Taken: It lets the child analyse how much time he has taken for the activity. 
  - Active Learning: It is a section that contains hands-on activity for fun. 
  - Coding Fact: It gives an insight to the important and interesting fact of the concept. 
  - Gamification: Scan the QR code to enter the world of games on Computational Thinking. 
  
  DESCRIPTION 
  
  TouchCode, a series for grades 1–8, is a specially designed book to develop Computational Thinking skills and move towards making codes. 
  
  TouchCode books for Grades 1–5 have activities based on various skills that amplifies the CT skills and build a strong foundation for middle school. TouchCode books for Grades 6–8 take a step ahead and let the child enter the world of codes using blockbased coding. 
  
  WHAT WILL YOU LEARN 
  You will learn about: 
  - Reasoning 
  - Critical Thinking & Analysis 
  - Data Processing 
  - Algorithmic Intelligence 
  - Computational Thinking 
  
  WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR 
  Grade - 2 
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  LEVEL 1 REASONING 
  1.1 Counting Objects 
  1.2 Shapes 
  1.3 Number Pattern 
  1.4 Number Grid 
  1.5 Number Pyramid 
  1.6 Word Search 
  1.7 Word Circle 
  CHALLENGE 1 Balance Me! 
  LEVEL 2 CRITICAL THINKING & ANALYSIS 
  2.1 Picture Puzzle 
  2.2 Spot the Difference 
  2.3 Odd One Out 
  2.4 Directions 
  2.5 Map 
  2.6 Rhyming Words 
  2.7 Riddles 
  CHALLENGE 2 Counting Cat 
  Active Learning: Origami 
  LEVEL 3 DATA PROCESSING 
  3.1 Representing Information 
  3.2 Decoding 
  CHALLENGE 3 Code Cracker 
  LEVEL 4 ALGORITHMIC INTELLIGENCE 
  4.1 Stepwise Thinking 
  4.2 Algorithm 
  4.3 Understanding Programs 
  4.4 Decision Making 
  4.5 Loops 
  CHALLENGE 4 Finding the Way 
  Scoreboard 
  Gamification 
  Answers

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  Subliminally Exposed - Shocking...

  Steven Dayan

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  The New York Times bestseller that explores the primitive world of human programming as it pertains to beauty, culture, and evolution. Beauty is raw, powerful, and often dangerous, but when refined, harnessed, and mastered, it can be incredibly influential. Just as there is a good reason why all humans find sugar to be sweet and a growling beast intimidating, there is an evolutionary logic to why our appearances allow us to communicate and manipulate each other at a subconscious level. Who you choose to mate, befriend, or work with often pivots on a few critical yet subliminal decisions made within a fraction of a second. The human brain has been evolving over 3.5 million years, and our thoughts, behaviors, and actions are rooted in a system that is evolutionary, adaptive, and unencumbered by political, social, or religious constraints. Evolution only cares about one thing: survival of our genes.Subliminally Exposed will reveal the how and why behind your actions and empower you to decode and translate others’ subconscious behaviors. Whether it is for political, employment, or relationship purposes, the knowledge and tools gained from the words in this book can be used for betterment or deceit. It is your choice. Regardless, be forewarned. The information you are about to read will affect every one of your relationships for better or worse in one way or another.

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  Higgs - The Invention and...

  Jim Baggott

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  The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. So exactly what is this particle? Why does it matter so much? What does it tell us about the Universe? Did the discovery announced on 4 July 2012 finish the search? And was finding it really worth all the effort? 
  The short answer is yes. The Higgs field is proposed as the way in which particles gain mass—a fundamental property of matter. It's the strongest indicator yet that the Standard Model of physics really does reflect the basic building blocks of our Universe. Little wonder the hunt and discovery of this new particle produced such intense media interest. 
  Here, Jim Baggott explains the science behind the discovery, looking at how the concept of a Higgs field was invented, how the vast experiment was carried out, and its implications on our understanding of all mass in the Universe.

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  Exciting Times for Science -...

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  Special guest Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report talks about the joys of being a science geek. 
  Brilliant scientific discoveries and cutting edge technology have transformed our world, yet many people are turned off by science. Where has the excitement for science gone, and how can we get it back? Stephen Colbert developed an interest in science at a young age, and now he shares that fascination by inviting scientists to appear on his show The Colbert Report. 
  Co-host: Lynne KoplitzGuests: Stephen Colbert: host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report

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