Earth Sciences
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New Mexico’s Magnificent Sandia Mountain (Hardcover): The Complete Geological Story
$50.00 Add to cartThe magnificent Sandia Mountain forms an enormous rampart towering over the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Regionally, the feature’s distinctive “whale back” profile utterly dominates the horizon wi
- Author: Van Hart, Dirk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: October 04 2023
- ISBN10: 163293650X
- Language: English
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Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
$22.00 Add to cartRain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive.
It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world’s water. Yet this is the first book to- Author: Barnett, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 05, 2016
- ISBN10: 0804137110
- Language: English
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The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
The early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult a shy young Quaker to the dizzy heights of fame. The- Author: Hamblyn, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0312420013
- Language: English
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Heaven’s Breath: A Natural History of the Wind
$19.95 Read moreA “comprehensive and fascinating study” of how wind has shaped the world as we know it, affecting all aspects of human and natural life—from geography to political history, plant life to psychology, … [more below]
- Author: Watson, Lyall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1681373696
- Language: English
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Top 100 Interesting Earth Facts for Kids – Earth Science for 6 Year Olds Children’s Science Education Books
$17.99 Add to cartBecause kids are exposed to earth science all the time, their knowledge would naturally grow. Along with observations, there will definitely be questions. If mommy or daddy is not around to answer tho… [more below]
- Author: Baby Professor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1541910591
- Language: English
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Origins: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans, and Life
$45.00 Add to cartChanges in climate and sea level are nothing new – over the last 700 million years, the Earth has been slowly but constantly changing from within. We now know that our planet’s surface, far from being
- Author: Redfern, Ron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0806133597
- Language: English
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The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
$29.95 Add to cartUntil a few decades ago, the ocean depths were almost as mysterious and inaccessible as outer space. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth’s surface with an average depth of more than two miles–yet hu
- Series: Princeton Science Library #50
- Author: Ballard, Robert D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0691175624
- Language: English
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Dynamic Programming: Models and Applications
$16.95 Add to cartIntroduction to sequential decision processes covers use of dynamic programming in studying models of resource allocation, methods for approximating solutions of control problems in continuous time, p… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Computer Science
- Author: DeNardo, Eric V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: April 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0486428109
- Language: English
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Geology Underfoot in Illinois
$20.00 Add to cartIllinois–a flat and boring state with nothing but cornfields and crowded expressways, right? Balderdash Geology Underfoot in Illinois scratches the Prairie State’s surface to expose geologic diversi… [more below]
- Series: Yes, Geology Underfoot
- Author: Wiggers, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: June 15 1997
- ISBN10: 087842346X
- Language: English
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Eric Sloane’s Book of Storms: Hurricanes, Twisters and Squalls
$9.95 Add to cartWhat triggers a tornado? What can you see in the eye of a hurricane? What’s the difference between a thunderbolt and a thunderclap? Popular author and artist Eric Sloane proves why weather is somethin… [more below]
- Author: Sloane, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 04 2006
- ISBN10: 0486451003
- Language: English
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Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know
$18.95 Add to cart“This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change.” – New York Magazine
“The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane.” – The Dai- Series: What Everyone Needs to Knowrg
- Author: Romm, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0197647138
- Language: English
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The Climate Demon: Past, Present, and Future of Climate Prediction
$62.33 Add to cartClimate predictions – and the computer models behind them – play a key role in shaping public opinion on climate change. Providing an accessible introduction to the history, science, and philosophy of… [more below]
- Author: Saravanan, R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: October 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1009018043
- Language: English
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The Great Basin Seafloor: Exploring the Ancient Oceans of the Desert West
$34.95 Read moreMany people appreciate the stunning vistas of the Great Basin desert; understanding the region’s geological past can provide a deeper way to know and admire this landscape. In The Great Basin Seafloor… [more below]
- Author: Decourten, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1647690498
- Language: English
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It’s The Sun, Not Us: How Global Warbling and Green Ideology have Hijacked Science
$18.99 Add to cartEarth’s climate is changing-it always has and always will. The cause may be debated, but “man-made global warming” has become the accepted narrative and “Big Oil” the popular villain. Anyone daring to… [more below]
- Author: Den Boer, L. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1525550195
- Language: English
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Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History
$30.00 Read moreA New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species
When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive … [more below]- Author: Dartnell, Lewis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1541617908
- Language: English
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Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences
$38.95 Add to cartMinerals of Georgia presents an illustrated, alphabetized record of every mineral (or mineral group) identified in the state. Under each entry is a county-by-county listing of every occurrence known,
- Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book
- Author: Santamaria, Jose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 082034558X
- Language: English
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
$19.95 Add to cartSixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized de
- Series: Princeton Science Library #39
- Author: Alvarez, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0691169667
- Language: English
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Doppler Radar and Weather Observations: Second Edition
$29.95 Add to cartGeared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this book reviews the principles of Doppler radar and emphasizes the quantitative measurement of meteorological parameters. It illustrat… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Engineering
- Author: Doviak, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0486450600
- Language: English
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The Blue Wonder: Why the Sea Glows, Fish Sing, and Other Astonishing Insights from the Ocean
$26.95 Read moreAn intimate account of the beauty, mystery, and amazing science of the ocean.
In The Blue Wonder, marine biologist and diver Frauke Bagusche brings readers on a fascinating and beautiful deep-sea dive- Author: Bagusche, Frauke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1771646047
- Language: English
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The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet
The wea
- Author: Blum, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 006236863X
- Language: English
