Richard PlattWritten by leading children's authors and compiled by leading experts in the field, DK Readers are one of the most delightful ways to capture children's interest and help children...

Thomas L Friedman   "The World Is Flat" is Thomas L. Friedman's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put...

Kevin NelsonWhy do people have near-death experiences? Are there physical explanations for those out-of-body sensations and tunnels of light? And what about moments of spiritual ecstasy? If Buddha had been...

Alice OutwaterAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource.Water:...

Caleb Pirtle IIIThis volume celebrates the can-do, risk-taking, creative pioneers of Texas Instruments from its inception in the 1930s as a tiny geophysical exploration company working out of the back...

StevenCaseyA disturbing share of technological disasters are caused by incompatibilities between the way things are designed and the way people actually perceive, think, and act. Structurally sound aircraft plummet to...

Dr Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine KetchamThe Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual AbuseAccording to many clinical psychologists, when the mind is forced to endure a horrifying...

Dietrich DornerWhy do we make mistakes? Are there certain errors common to failure, whether in a complex enterprise or daily life? In this truly indispensable book, Dietrich Dörner identifies what...

Kristine C HarperWeather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern MeteorologyThe history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.For...

David BeatyInvestigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for decades focused on what happened and who did it - very rarely 'Why'? It is the question 'Why' that David...

Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st CenturyWilliam J MitchellChristopher E Borroni-BirdLawrence D BurnsThis book provides a long-overdue vision for a new automobile era. The cars we drive...

Ian HorrocksTeaches the reader how to design, implement and test high quality user interface software. The text describes a single, simple and generic technique using Statecharts that can be used...