Tag search:science

Windows on nature : the great habitat dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History

by Stephen C. Quinn
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
American Museum of Natural History, museums, science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Checked out
Call number
570.74 QU

Sea Shells of the World: A Guide to the Better-Known Species

by R Tucker Abbott
Paperback, 1962
Tags
science, marine biology, seashells, field guides
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Golden Guides (Nature), A Little Guide in Colour
Status
Available
Call number
594.0471 AB

The Theory of Island Biogeography

by Robert H. MacArthur
Paperback, 1967
Tags
13067, 15015, 16082, biology, evolution, imperialism and colonization, natural history, science, islands, demographics, geography
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
574.91 MA

Climates of the United States

by Department of Commerce
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Tags
climate, science, United States, meteorology, ecology
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
551 DC

Robots: Machines in Man's Image

by Isaac Asimov
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
machines, science, technology, robotics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, human body
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
629.892 AS

Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists

by Robert Jungk
Paperback, 1970
Tags
history of science, science, physics, innovation
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
623.45 JU

The how and why of mechanical movements; exactly how machines work: engines, turbines, transmissions, brakes, clutches, rockets, atomic generators, gyroscopes, guidance systems.

by Harry Walton
Hardcover, 1968
Tags
engineering, mechanics, technology, machines, science, motion
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
621.8 HA

Nano : the emerging science of nanotechnology

by Edward Regis
Paper Book, 1995
Tags
nanotechnology, technology, science, physics, molecular biology, science and society, innovation
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
620.4 RE

The double helix

by James D. Watson
Paper Book, 2001
Tags
science, biology, DNA, innovation, history of science, molecular biology
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Pearson English Readers (formerly Penguin Readers) (Level 6)
Status
Available
Call number
547.596 WA

Geology Underfoot in Illinois

by Raymond Wiggers
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Illinois, geology, field guides, natural history, science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Geology Underfoot Series
Status
Available
Call number
977.3055 WI

Landprints: On the Magnificent American Landscape

by Walter Sullivan
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
geography, geology, nature, natural history, science, tectonics, landscapes
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
557.3 SU

1001 Questions Answered About: Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Other Natural Air Disasters

by Barbara Tufty
Paperback, 2011
Tags
weather, disasters, earthquakes, geography, geology, nature, science, meteorology, avalanches, extreme weather, hailstorms — 3 more, hurricanes, tornadoes, wind
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
551.55 TU

The Weather Machine: How Our Weather Works and Why It Is Changing

by Nigel Calder
Paperback, 1976
Tags
climate change, climate, weather, meteorology, science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
551.6 CA

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

by Brian Greene
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
astronomy, cosmology, physics, science, quantum physics, space and time, time, theory of everything
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
539.7 GR

Understanding physics: The electron, proton, and neutron

by Isaac Asimov
Paper Book, 1966
Tags
physics, science, electricity, radioactivity, space and time
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Understanding Physics (3)
Status
Available
Call number
530.1 AS

Understanding Physics: Light, Magnetism and Electricity

by Isaac Asimov
Paperback, 1969
Tags
science, physics, relativity, light, magnetism, electricity
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Signet Science Library, Understanding Physics (2)
Status
Available
Call number
530.1 AS

The New scientist guide to chaos

by Nina Hall
Paper Book, 1991
Tags
chaos, science, physics, chaotic behavior in systems
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
530.1 HA

Chaos: The Making of a New Science

by James Gleick
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
chaos, chaotic behavior in systems, science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
003 GL

Why Things Break: Understanding the World by the Way It Comes Apart

by Mark Eberhart
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
chemistry, engineering, materials, technology, mechanics, fracture mechanics, physics, science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
620.112 EB

Understanding Physics: Motion, Sound and Heat

by Isaac Asimov
Paperback, 1969
Tags
physics, science, thermodynamics, heat
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Signet Science Library, Understanding Physics (1)
Status
Available
Call number
530.1 AS

A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes

by Stephen Hawking
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
space and time, physics, astronomy, astrophysics, science, history of science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
523.1 HA

The fabric of the cosmos : space, time, and the texture of reality

by B. Greene
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
astronomy, physics, astrophysics, science, space and time, string theory, relativity
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
523.1 GR

Cosmos

by Carl Sagan
Paperback, 1983
Tags
astronomy, science, civilization, history, history of science, space and time, 22013
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
520 SA

Asimov on Astronomy

by Isaac Asimov
Paperback, 1976
Tags
astronomy, cosmology, science, technology, physics
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Essay Collections, Science essays for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (10)
Status
Available
Call number
520.8 AS

Violent Universe: An Eyewitness Account of the New Astronomy

by Nigel Calder
Paperback, 1972
Tags
astronomy, cosmology, science, space and time
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
520 CA

The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar

by Issac Asimov
Paperback, 1971
Tags
astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, history of science, science, space and time
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
530.1 AS

The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes

by Rudolf Rucker
Paperback, 1985
Tags
space and time, topology, physics, science, math, geometry, form, spirituality, reality
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
530.11 RU

Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

by Jan Gullberg
Paperback, 1997
Tags
math, history, science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
510.9 GU

Ocean : The World's Last Wilderness Revealed

by Beatty  Richard
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
oceans, science, marine plants and animals, marine biology, photography, ecology
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
American Museum of Natural History
Status
Available
Call number
551.5 RI

The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin
Hardcover, 1972
Tags
evolution, natural history, history of science, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, science, philosophy
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
575.016 DA

Science and the sea

by United States of America
Paper Book, 1967
Tags
oceans, science, bodies of water
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
551.46 USA

The National Museum of Natural History

by Philip Kopper
Hardcover, 1982
Tags
museums, natural history, science, Washington DC, marine plants and animals, fossils, conservation, biology, exhibitions
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Checked out
Call number
508 KO

On the surface of things : images of the extraordinary in science

by Felice Frankel
Paper Book, 1997
Tags
science, physics, art, art and science, microscopy, nature, photography
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
530.417 FR

Words of science and the history behind them

by Isaac Asimov
Paper Book, 1974
Tags
language, linguistics, English, science, biology, anthropology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, natural history
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Words of Science (1)
Status
Available
Call number
501.4 AS

A terrible beauty : the people and ideas that shaped the modern mind : a history

by Peter Watson
Paper Book, 2001
Tags
history, intellectual history, history of ideas, philosophy, science, psychology, innovation
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Status
Available
Call number
909.82 WA

Incorporations

by Jonathan Crary Editor
Paperback, 1992
Tags
human body, Postmodernism, anthropology, science
Collection
Chicago Office Library
Series
Zone (6)
Status
Available
Call number
909.82 CR
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