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  How to Build a Hovercraft - Air...

  Stephen Voltz, Fritz Grobe

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  With this fun yet informative guide for all skill levels, create extraordinary science experiments you can do at home using everyday objects.   From the Coke and Mentos fountain makers who found initial fame via Maker Faire and YouTube (more than 150 million views!) comes this collection of DIY science projects guaranteed to inspire a love of experimentation. Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, also known as EepyBird, share their favorite projects: a giant air vortex cannon, a leaf blower hovercraft, a paper airplane that will fly forever, and many more. Each experiment features instructions that will take users from amateur to showman level—there’s something here for all skill levels—alongside illustrations, photographs, and carefully explained science. How to Build a Hovercraft is guaranteed to engage curious minds and create brag-worthy results!  Caution: Many of these experiments require adult supervision, and some of them should not be performed by children at all.  Praise for How to Build a Hovercraft   “Want to create big, splashy projects mostly using household items? This fun book contains detailed step-by-step instructions, well-thought-out scientific explanations, and sensible safety precautions.” —Natural History, Holiday Gift Guide Pick

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  Astrophysics and the Middle Way

  Vic Mansfield

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  The parallels between science and mysticism are explored as Mansfield, a professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University, speaks of how he as a physicist has been influenced by exposure to eastern philosophical systems, especially Buddhism.

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  Theology and the Scientific...

  Amos Funkenstein

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  Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science. Distinguished scholar Amos Funkenstein explores the metaphysical foundations of modern science and shows how, by the 1600s, theological and scientific thinking had become almost one. Major figures like Descartes, Leibniz, Newton, and others developed an unprecedented secular theology whose debt to medieval and scholastic thought shaped the trajectory of the scientific revolution. The book ends with Funkenstein’s influential analysis of the seventeenth century’s “unprecedented fusion” of scientific and religious language. Featuring a new foreword, Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pathbreaking and classic work that remains a fundamental resource for historians and philosophers of science.

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  Emergency Care For Beginners -...

  Branda Nurt

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  How would you handle insect or animal bites in an emergency? Would you do something different than you learned in First Aid-CPR? Have you ever taken one of those classes to learn how to help someone in an emergency? What if you were traveling outside the country to a place that has more dangerous animals or insects? Would you know what to do? 
  Even dogs and cats can deliver a bite that can have lasting effects on a person's health. Understanding what to do in an emergency, whether it is an insect or animal bite is essential to your survival or someone else's. You never know what you might encounter. 
  For example, one person not only faced a bear in the house but was also bitten by a spider that caused a severe reaction. This was all at home, and yet, knowing what to do in an emergency was imperative. 
  The following guide will explain emergency care for beginners should an animal or insect bite be responsible for health concerns. It is divided into three sections:First Aid and CPR tools and knowledgeInsect BitesAnimal Bites 
  Insects can be large or small, such as small spiders and larger scorpions. Even ants can be deadly under the right conditions, so discussing the proper emergency care when you are in a troubling location and need to keep someone alive will ensure you know what to do in a survival situation. 
  Under the animal section you will learn about some of the most dangerous snakes, jellyfish, fish, and even one insect because the book discusses a parasite that is actually the dangerous culprit. 
  By the end, you will understand the current thoughts on how to provide CPR, and the steps to emergency care based on the type of situation you encounter. You will be able to help yourself or someone else in a life-threatening situation. Grab your copy today and feel safer at home and in the wild.

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  The Meaning of Surah 99...

  Jannah Firdaus Mediapro

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  The Meaning of Surah 99 Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) From Holy Quran Bilingual Edition In English and Spanish Languange Standar Version. 
  Surah Al-Zalzalah (The Earthuake") is the 99th chapter (surah) of The Holy Qur'an, composed of 8 verses (ayat). Though it is usually classified as a Medinan surah, the period under which the surah was revealed is not unanimously agreed upon by Qur'anic exegetes. 
  The surah begins by describing how on the Day of Judgment, the Earth will give off a terrible earthquake and "throw up her burdens". Through the inspiration of God, the Earth will bear witness to the actions of men it has witnessed. According to Michael Sells, the earth opening up and bearing forth her secrets in this surah is indicative of a birth metaphor. 
  The earth al-'Ard in the feminine gender bears forth of how her lord revealed the final secret to her. Human beings will then realize that the moment of accountability has arrived. This meticulous accountability will reflect good and evil deeds that might have seemed insignificant at the time. 
  The two concluding verses state that all men will be sorted out into groups according to their deeds, and they will see the consequence of everything they have done; every atom's weight of good or evil: 
  That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds. 
  And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then, 
  And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then. 
  — The Holy Qur'an, verses 99:6-8

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  Candid Creatures - How Camera...

  Roland Kays

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  A riveting collection of photographs capturing wild animals in their native habitats and demonstrating the importance of camera traps. 
   
  In Candid Creatures, the first major book to reveal the secret lives of animals through motion-sensitive game cameras, biologist Roland Kays has assembled over 600remarkable photographs. Drawing from archives of millions of color and night-vision photographs collected by hundreds of researchers, Kays has selected images that show the unique perspectives of wildlife from throughout the world. Using these photos, he tells the stories of scientific discoveries that camera traps have enabled, such as living proof of species thought to have been extinct and details of predator-prey interactions. 
   
  Each image captures a moment frozen in the camera’s flash as animals move through their wild habitats. Kays also discusses how scientists use camera traps to address conservation issues, creating solutions that allow humans and wild animals to coexist. More than just a collection of amazing animal pictures, the book’s text, maps, and illustrations work together to describe the latest findings in the fast-moving field of wildlife research. 
   
  Candid Creatures is a testament to how the explosion of game cameras around the world has revolutionized the study of animal ecology. The powerful combination of pictures and stories of discovery will fascinate anyone interested in science, nature, wildlife biology, or photography. 
   
  “Full of fabulous pictures of weird and wonderful creatures . . . [Candid Creatures is] loaded with information and carries a strong conservation message.” —Conservation Biology

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