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"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
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Horrible Harry volume 21
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Horrible Harry must defend his reputation as a detective by cracking the secret code of Mrs. Funderburke's lunch prizes.
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"Build, balance, count - question, estimate, measure - predict, crash, and build again with Elephant and a bucket full of blocks. Follow along as Elephant goes through the ups and downs of creating something new and finally celebrates the job of pride and success." -- Jacket.
7) Basic math
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Whether you're starting from scratch or refreshing your math skills, this accessible guide will help you develop a better understanding of math. Offering concise coverage of all math basics, the book is packed with clear, easy-to-grasp review material. Hundreds of practice exercises increase your grasp of math concepts and help you retain what you have learned. --Publisher
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"From the pyramids of Giza to the proportion of the human face, the golden ratio has an infinite capacity to generate beautiful shapes with exquisite properties...author Gary Meisner examines the presence of this divine proportion in art and architecture, as well as its ubiquity among plants, animals, and even the cosmos." --provided by publisher.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 The role of chance in our lives is not limited to extreme circumstances. The outline of our lives is constantly being influenced by a variety of random events, along with our responses to them, which determines our fate.
#2 The human response to uncertainty is complex, and it is often the case that different parts of the brain come to different conclusions and apparently...
10) My bus
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"A bus driver named Joe heads out on his route, stopping at one bus stop after another to pick up passengers. He picks up five dogs and five cats in all, dropping nine of them off at the plane, train, or boat. The tenth passenger, a dog, Joe takes home"--
12) One plus one
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"One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You. American audiences have fallen in love with Jojo Moyes. Ever since she debuted Stateside she has captivated readers and reviewers alike, and hit the New York Times bestseller list with the word-of-mouth sensation Me Before You. Now, with One Plus One, she's written another contemporary opposites-attract...
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This concise introductory treatment consists of three chapters: The Geometry of Hilbert Space, The Algebra of Operators, and The Analysis of Spectral Measures. Author Paul R. Halmos notes in the Preface that his motivation in writing this text was to make available to a wider audience the results of the third chapter, the so-called multiplicity theory. The theory as he presents it deals with arbitrary spectral measures, including the multiplicity...
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"It was Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him legendary status among students and professors of physics. From 1961 to 1963, Feynman delivered a series of lectures at the California Institute of Technology that revolutionized the teaching of physics around the world. 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces', taken from these famous 'Lectures on Physics' represent some the most stimulating material from the series. In these classic...
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Dear dumb diary year two volume 1
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Jamie's struggles continue with school issues and grades, especially in math, as she ponders life's big questions.
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OBD Cars & Trucks - YOUTH
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Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Preschoolers)
OBD Cars & Trucks - YOUTH
Reading is Out of this World! (Kids)
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"Sisters Usha and Aarti, and cousin Gloria, see different things in the stars - a Big Dipper, a Big Digger, and a Big Kite - in this introduction to geometry and spatial relationships"--
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What does math have to do with Minecraft? Everything! Minecraft fans will learn how they can use math principles and problem-solving skills to help them build and survive in the game world. From constructing an amazing base or trading with villagers for useful items to even fighting monsters, gamers will realize how math, geometry, and other related skills will help them both in the real world and in world of Minecraft.
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"Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life...
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