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308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamt would fundamentally change the way we see the world. Framing this history is the life story of the nineteenth-century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who fell asleep at his desk and awoke after conceiving the periodic table in a dream-the template upon which...
3) The pH scale
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is, ranging from 0 to 14. Readers will learn how certain substances rank on the pH scale, what happens when acids and bases are mixed, and how water can make a substance either acidic or basic. These significant science concepts are discussed in clear and approachable text and supported by motivating fact boxes, charts, and images and photographs."--
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245 pages ; 22 cm
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High school senior Maya, soon to be an MIT student, continues her deceased mother's work on pheromones and attraction, using a stranger, a platonic friend, and her ex-boyfriend as subjects.
For Maya, the equation for happiness is simple: a dream internship at MIT + two new science nerd friends + a perfect boyfriend = one amazing summer. Then Whit dumps her out of the blue. Maya discovers that before her death, her scientist mother was conducting...
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"In an era called The Chemystral Age, magically augmented alchemy and chemistry have thrust an alternate version of eighteenth-century colonial America forward into industrialization. Thirteen-year-old Ruby is a smuggler's daughter and picklock prodigy, and she and her mostly faithful servant, Cram, navigate a world filled with cobalt gearbeasts, alchemical automatons, and devilish secret societies"--
6) The body toxic: how the hazardous chemistry of everyday things threatens our health and well-being
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Almost everything we encounter--from soap to soup cans and computers to clothing--contributes to a chemical load unique to each of us. Scientists studying the phenomenon refer to it as "chemical body burden," and in The Body Toxic, the investigative journalist Nena Baker explores the many factors that have given rise to this condition--from manufacturing breakthroughs to policy decisions to political pressure to the demands of popular culture. While...
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After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who's ten years younger than she is and as casual as they come--the complete opposite of sophisticated city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable. While her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis...
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Every day in chemistry class, high school student and aspiring songwriter Lily Abbott is finding notes left to her by a mystery boy, love letters really, and she hopes they are from Lucas, a boy she is attracted to -- so when she finds out whom they are really from, she is shocked and unsure about how to respond.
10) Just once
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"In 1941, beautiful Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret to take much notice in the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his brother, Hank, and Irvel has no idea how to break the news when the unthinkable happens-Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted, and Hank wants to enlist. But Sam insists Hank stay home, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights...
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211 pages ; 22 cm
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"When two cars collide at an intersection in a leafy Chicago suburb, Hartley Nolan is not the person police expect to find behind the wheel. After all, he barely drinks; everyone knows it's his wife who's the alcoholic. But the bigger question on people's minds is what brought Sonia Senn, dead at the scene, back to her hometown in such a hurry that night? In eleven tightly linked stories, Red Light Run pulls us into the inner lives of Hartley, Sonia,...
12) Drunk on love
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"Margot Noble needs some relief from the stress of running the family winery with her brother. Enter Luke: sexy, charming, and best of all in the too-small world of Napa, a stranger. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and Margot is delighted that she lucked into the perfect one-night stand she'll never have to see again. That is, until the winery's newest hire, Luke, walks in the next morning. Margot is determined to keep things purely professional,...
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342 pages ; 22 cm
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"Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship. Until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them. More than a decade later, Kit thinks she's put Diane behind her forever, and she's begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. But the past...
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460 pages ; 22 cm
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"Elizabeth Zott es madre soltera y renuente estrella del programa de cocina de televisi̤n m̀s seguido de Estados Unidos. El enfoque inusual de Elizabeth para cocinar, combinar una cucharada de c̀ido ačtico con una pizca de cloruro de sodio, resulta revolucionario. Sin embargo, a medida que su x̌ito aumenta lo hacen tambǐn sus enemigos, porque Elizabeth no s̤lo est̀ ensęando a las mujeres a cocinar sino tambǐn desafìndolas a alterar el orden...
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xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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A revised edition of a best-selling guide builds on the original work's theories about sugar sensitivities and how to overcome a range of health challenges by making alternative food choices, in a reference that draws on new scientific information while sharing reader success stories.
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"The renowned Nobel Prize-winning scientist's elegant and concise explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today. Hailed by Philip Pullman as "a great communicator" who is also "as distinguished a scientist as there could be," Paul Nurse writes with delight at life's richness and a sense of the urgent role of biology in our time. With What Is Life? he delivers a brief but powerful work of popular science in the vein of Carlo...
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"Daphne Marriott strolls into Clover Ridge and informs librarian Carrie Singleton that she's a psychic. But had she foreseen what fate awaited her, Daphne would have steered clear of the quaint Connecticut town. Evelyn, the library ghost, tells Carrie that there's more to Daphne than she lets on. The mysterious woman grew up in Clover Ridge with her no-good dad, who apparently met his end at the hands of Daphne's brother, Billy. Still, Daphne proves...
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229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"A young readers adaptation of the bestselling book The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary human history of the periodic table."--
Kean explores the elements of the periodic table. He shares their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, evil, love, the arts, and the lives of the colorful scientists who discovered them.
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252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Here you'll find entertaining and expansive answers to 121 questions you didn't even know you had, such as: Why can't you tickle yourself? Why are cooking directions different at high altitude? Why does the full moon look really big on the horizon but smaller when it's high in the sky? Where does the light go when you turn off the switch? The answers may surprise you, and they'll leave young readers eager for more.
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