The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide

The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide

by Allan Bedford
What exactly is a slope? What's the difference between a tile and a plate? Why is it bad to simply stack bricks in columns to make a wall? The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide is here to answer your questions. Focusing on building actual models with real bricks, The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide comes with complete instructions to build several cool models but also encourages you to use your imagination to create your own fantastic creations. Inside, you'll learn:

• The best ways to connect bricks and creative uses for those patterns
• Tricks for calculating and using scale (it's not as hard as you think)
• The step-by-step plans to create a train station on the scale of LEGO people (a.k.a. "minifigs")
• How to build spheres, jumbo-sized LEGO bricks, micro-scaled models, and a mini space shuttle
• Tips for sorting and storing all of your LEGO pieces

The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide also includes the Brickoped...

Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

Water:
The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

by Steven Solomon
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Chemistry of the First-row Transition Metals (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 71)

Chemistry of the First-row Transition Metals
(Oxford Chemistry Primers, 71)

by Jon McCleverty
The reactivity and structural properties of first row transition metals and their compounds depend on the electronic configuration of the d electrons of the metal. The book, intended for students with one year of inorganic chemistry, describes the most significant structures, reactions, and other important properties of co-ordination, organometallic, and solid state compounds.

Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest

Food, Inc.:
Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest

by Peter Pringle
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Photochemistry and Photophysics of Metal Complexes (Modern Inorganic Chemistry)

Photochemistry and Photophysics of Metal Complexes
(Modern Inorganic Chemistry)

by D.M. Roundhill
'Presents a good summary of the literature and will be invaluable to those actively engaged in this field and to those who seek an entre to the critical literature.' --Journal of the American Chemical Society Focusing on practical applications, the author provides a balanced introduction to the many possible technological uses of metal complexes. Coverage includes the transition metals, lanthanide and actinide complexes, metal porphyrins, and many other complexes. This volume meets the needs of students and scientists in inorganic chemistry, chemical physics, and solid-state physics.

Secrets of Plant Propagation: Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants

Secrets of Plant Propagation:
Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants

by Lewis Hill
Techniques for those who want to discover the satisfaction of propagating. 103,000 copies in print.

Physics of Transition Metal Oxides (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) (v. 144)

Physics of Transition Metal Oxides
(Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)
(v. 144)

by S. Maekawa
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Soil Science Simplified

Soil Science Simplified

by Helmut Kohnke
This useful handbook was written for those who want to become acquainted with the basic concepts and principles of soils but are not ready for an extensive study. Includes an assortment of helpful tables, maps and line drawings.

Adsorption on Metal Surfaces: An Integrated Approach : Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis

Adsorption on Metal Surfaces:
An Integrated Approach :
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis

by J. Benard

PERMACULTURE: A Designers' Manual

PERMACULTURE:
A Designers' Manual

by Bill Mollison

The Defect Chemistry of Metal Oxides (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials)

The Defect Chemistry of Metal Oxides
(Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials)

by D. M. Smyth
The Defect Chemistry of Metal Oxides is a unique introduction to the equilibrium chemistry of solid inorganic compounds with a focus on metal oxides. Accessible to students with little or no background in defect chemistry, it explains how to apply basic principles and interpret the related behavior of materials. Topics discussed include lattice and electronic defects, doping effects, nonstoichiometry, and mass and charge transport. The text distinctly emphasizes the correlation between the general chemical properties of the constituent elements and the defect chemistry and transport properties of their compounds. It covers the types of defects formed, the effects of dopants, the amount and direction of nonstoichiometry, the depths of acceptor and donor levels, and more. Concluding chapters present up-to-date and detailed analyses of three systems: titanium dioxide, cobalt oxide and nickel oxide, and barium titanate. The Defect Chemistry of Metal Oxides is the only bo...

Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply

Stolen Harvest:
The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply

by Vandana Shiva
In her latest book, "the South's best known environmentalist" (New Internationalist) and 1993 Right Livelihood Award winner, Vandana Shiva, continues her path-breaking work on uncovering the devastating human and environmental impacts of corporate-engineered international trade agreements. In Stolen Harvest, she charts the impacts of industrial agriculture and what they mean for small farmers, the environment, and the quality and healthfulness of the foods we eat. A short, impassioned, and inspiring book that will shape the debate about genetic engineering and commercial agriculture for years to come.

Water Circulation in Rocks

Water Circulation in Rocks

by Laura Scesi
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Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World

Uranium:
War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World

by Tom Zoellner
The fascinating story of the most powerful source of energy the earth can yield

Uranium is a common element in the earthโ€�s crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global orderโ€”whoever could master uranium could master the world.

Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse. Slave labor camps in Africa and Eastern Europe were built around mine shafts and America would knowingly send more than six hundred uranium miners to their graves in the name of national security.

Fortunes have been made from this yellow dirt; massive energy grids have been run from it. Fear of it panicked the American people into supporting a questionable war with Iraq and its specter threatens to create another conflict in Iran. Now, some are hoping it can help avoid a global w...

Rapid Bioassessment of Stream Health

Rapid Bioassessment of Stream Health

by Duncan L. Hughes
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Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World

Uranium:
War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World

by Tom Zoellner
The astonishing biography of a mineral that can sustain our world- or destroy it

Uranium occurs naturally in the earth's crust-yet holds the power to end all life on the planet. This is its fundamental paradox, and its story is a fascinating window into the valor, greed, genius, and folly of humanity. A problem for miners in the Middle Ages, an inspiration to novelists and a boon to medicine, a devastatยญing weapon at the end of World War II, and eventually a polluter, killer, excuse for war with Iraq, potential deliverer of Armageddon and a possible last defense against global warming-Uranium is the riveting story of the most powerful element on earth, and one which will shape our future, for better or worse.

Field Guide to Rivers of North America

Field Guide to Rivers of North America

Based on the comprehensive, award-winning book Rivers of North America, the new Field Guide to Rivers of North America describes 200 of North America's most significant rivers in a reader-friendly, compact format. Each featured river is accompanied by a color topographic basin map, a beautiful color photograph and vital physical and biological statistics compiled by regional river experts. This guide is a handy companion for serious nature enthusiasts and anyone interested in our most valuable natural resource.