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In "Concerning the Spiritual in Art," Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract art, invites you to embark on a profound exploration of the spiritual dimension of artistic expression. With his deep understanding of the intersection between art and spirituality, Kandinsky uncovers the veiled secrets that lie beneath the surface of every stroke and every hue.
Through a series of captivating essays, Kandinsky delves into the importance of inner necessity,...
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As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physics were developed out of this need and have provided us with phenomenal, mind-twisting insights into the strange and exciting reality show of our universe....
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The science of information is the most influential, yet perhaps least appreciated field in science today. Never before in history have we been able to acquire, record, communicate, and use information in so many different forms. Never before have we had access to such vast quantities of data of every kind. This revolution goes far beyond the limitless content that fills our lives, because information also underlies our understanding of ourselves,...
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Kanopy Streaming
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DNA, RNA, and the protein molecules they assemble are so interdependent that it's hard to picture how life got started in the first place. Survey a selection of intriguing theories, including the view that genetic information in living cells results from eons of natural computation.
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Viking
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Of all the terrific books on quantum physics - from Stephen Hawking to Brian Greene - the questions they never seem to satisfy are the implications of the science. We know that quantum physics is real, but what does it all mean? The most basic encounter with quantum physics leads us to a dizzying array of incredible implications. This book is a smart, entertaining adventure through the complex and beautiful world mapped out by modern physics. Written...
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Oxford University Press
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"This book examines the patterns and beauty of positive integers by using elementary methods. It discusses some of the outstanding problems which have not been resolved even after hundreds of years of trying. A challenging problem, even for powerful computers, is factorizing integers and the book highlights some methods that are used to simplify this. We factorize integers of the type and solve the equivalent non - linear Diophantine equation where...
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"Stephen Hawking's closest collaborator offers the intellectual superstar's final thoughts on the cosmos-a dramatic revision of the theory that made him the heir to Einstein's legacy. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this mystery led Hawking to study the big bang origin of the universe, but his early work...
9) Seaweed soup
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HarperCollins
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IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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As he asks more and more friends to join him for lunch, Turtle must make up sets of dishes to accommodate them.
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"Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and author of Hyperspace and The Future of Humanity, tells the story of the greatest quest in science. When Newton discovered the laws of motion and gravity, he unified the rules of heaven and earth. From then on, physicists have been discovering new forces and incorporating them into ever-greater theories. But the major breakthroughs of the 20th century--relativity and quantum mechanics--are incompatible,...
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Teen life is hard enough, but for teens who are LGBTQ, it can be even harder. When do you decide to come out? Will your friends accept you? And how do you meet people to date? Queer is a humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBTQ teens come out to friends and family, navigate their social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and challenge bigotry and homophobia. Personal stories from the authors and sidebars on queer history provide...
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Crabtree Pub
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IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Explains that chemistry has had a hand in almost every product used in your home and that accidents and luck have a hand to play in scientific research. Easy experiments allow budding scientists to test theories.
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Kanopy Streaming
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In this video, Howard Gardner brings us up to date on the current state of MI theory. From evolutionary psychology and genetics, to anthropology and the study of special populations, he reveals the 8 intelligences identified by MI theory--and the empirical criteria used to identify them. Using a computational model, Gardner illustrates how we all possess varying combinations of these "8 computers" and what this means for individuation and pluralization...
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Though not a graphic novel, this illustrated nonfiction book explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do. Barker and Scheele show how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged. Each page focuses on a specific aspect of the subject.
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