Science Friction

Author : Michael Shermer
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429900881
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Friction written by Michael Shermer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Michael Shermer delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek's lessons about chance and time A scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day-and fools everyone. An athlete discovers that good-luck rituals and getting into "the zone" may, or may not, improve his performance. A historian decides to analyze the data to see who was truly responsible for the Bounty mutiny. A son explores the possiblities of alternative and experimental medicine for his cancer-ravaged mother. And a skeptic realizes that it is time to turn the skeptical lens onto science itself. In each of the fourteen essays in Science Friction, psychologist and science historian Michael Shermer explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. What do we know and what do we not know? How does science respond to controversy, attack, and uncertainty? When does theory become accepted fact? As always, Shermer delivers a thought-provoking, fascinating, and entertaining view of life in the scientific age.

Author : Salvatore Tocci
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516293639
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experiments with Friction written by Salvatore Tocci and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the force of friction through ten simple experiments using everyday objects.

Author : Peter J. Blau
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420054104
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friction Science and Technology written by Peter J. Blau and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Should have broad appeal in many kinds of industry, ranging from automotive to computers-basically any organization concerned with products having moving parts!"-David A. Rigney, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, USAIn-Depth Coverage of Frictional ConceptsFriction affects so many aspects of daily l

Author : Kyell Gold
Publisher : FurPlanet Productions
ISBN 13 : 9781614500278
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Friction written by Kyell Gold and published by FurPlanet Productions. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Vaxy the pine marten. He's a graduate student at sunny Hoffridge U., where he helps Dr. Forrest with teaching, lab work, and getting his pants off whenever things are slow. Meet Mike the rabbit. He's Vaxy's roommate and not-boyfriend, and he certainly wouldn't have any reason to be jealous of Vaxy sleeping with someone else. If he found out. Meet Grace the fennec. He's a student, a friend of Vaxy and Mike who holds the firm belief that sex is just sex and shouldn't be mistaken for a relationship. Yes, it's just another semester at "Hot Fudge U.," where the sex is as hot and easy as a day at the beach. Vaxy and his friends have most of another year to go before they have to worry about that "real world" thing they've heard about. Now meet Mrs. Forrest. She's Dr. Forrest's wife. Written by Kyell Gold Cover art and interior illustrations by Cirrus

Author : Lisa Trumbauer
Publisher : C. Press/F. Watts Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780516258430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What is Friction? written by Lisa Trumbauer and published by C. Press/F. Watts Trade. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what friction is and gives some examples of how it causes moving things to stop.

Author : Bo N.J. Persson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401587051
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics of Sliding Friction written by Bo N.J. Persson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of sliding friction is one of the oldest problems in physics, and certainly one of the most important from a practical point of view. Low-friction surfaces are in increasingly high demand for high-tech components such as computer storage systems, miniature motors, and aerospace devices. It has been estimated that about 5% of the gross national product in the developed countries is "wasted" on friction and the related wear. In spite of this, remarkable little is understood about the fundamental, microscopic processes responsible for friction and wear. The topic of interfacial sliding has experienced a major burst of in terest and activity since 1987, much of which has developed quite independently and spontaneously. This volume contains contributions from leading scientists on fundamental aspects of sliding friction. Some problems considered are: What is the origin of stick-and-slip motion? What is the origin of the rapid processes taking place within a lub at low sliding velocities? On a metallic surface, is the rication layer electronic or phononic friction the dominating energy dissipation pro cess? What is the role (if any) of self-organized criticality in sliding friction? How thick is the water layer during sliding on ice and snow? These and other questions raised in this book are of course only part ly answered: the topic of sliding friction is still in an early state of development.

Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN 13 : 1541504224
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do Moving Objects Slow Down? written by Jennifer Boothroyd and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A baseball player slides on the ground to tag a base. A toy car's wheels rub against the floor and slow the toy car down. Friction is at work all around you. But what exactly is friction? And how does it affect different objects? Read this book to find out! Learn all about matter, energy, and forces in the Exploring Physical Science series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Author : Joanne Mattern
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1635174767
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus on Friction written by Joanne Mattern and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides readers with an engaging introduction to friction. With colorful spreads, clear text, helpful diagrams, and a "Science in Action" activity, this book offers an exciting look at physics in the real world.

Author : Frank Philip Bowden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friction written by Frank Philip Bowden and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T.C. Boyle
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140882616X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When the Killing's Done written by T.C. Boyle and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'How can you talk about being civil when innocent animals are being tortured to death? Civil? I'll be civil when the killing's done.' The island of Anacapa, off the coast of California, is overrun with black rats which are threatening the ancient population of ground-nesting birds. Alma Boyd Takesue of the National Park Service is the spokesperson for a campaign to exterminate these man-introduced rodents once and for all. Alma, highly self-disciplined with a stubborn streak, speaks as a conservationist, though the fact that her grandmother was once stranded on Anacapa for three weeks with nothing but thousands of crawling rats for company might explain some of her zeal. With days to go before the aerial rat-poisoning, Alma's plan is in danger of sabotage. Dave LaJoy and Anise Reed, a pair of notorious environmental activists, are recognisable from a distance by his knotted dreadlocks and her flame-red cyclone of hair. Dave is an electronics salesman with barely-controlled rages, for whom the plight of the rats is yet another of life's many injustices, along with lazy tramps and second-rate wine. Anise is a struggling folk singer with her own, terrible reasons for getting involved in 'the cause'. From the outset, Alma, Dave and Anise are at ideological loggerheads. But when Alma's sights turn to the infestation of non-native pigs on Santa Cruz - where Anise was brought up by her single mother and a clan of ranchers - the stakes are raised, and the debate threatens to boil over into something much more real... When the Killing's Done is T.C. Boyle's blistering new novel, a sweeping epic of family, ecology and the right to life - no matter what the fallout.