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Educational and Science Books

As years go by, every hobby develops one or two books that are considered the must have addition to a hobbbyist’s library and for backyard astronomers NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe is that book. Used by thousands of people all over the world, this book has been a guidebook into the heavens and a primer on the fascinating subject of astronomy.

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NightWatch – A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe Review

This is not an ordinary book and extraordinary would still be an understatement. Robert Louis Kemp has built a plateau of quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.) in math, physics and logic; defined as his Super Principia Mathematica…

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Super Principia Mathematica – By Robert Louis Kemp – Book Review

Our modern, scientific age was started by the new physics of Galileo and Newton. It catapulted Western Europe from the constant threat of external invasion to a position of world dominance in under two hundred years.

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Why Science Alone Cannot Save the Environment

It is really a beautiful novel.. A love novel. Naser Banaqeeb, the writer of this novel has talked about love in his novel but he clearly stated that there is nothing like love in some relations…

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IDLE TALK – A Beautiful Novel

Deciding whether to buy your college textbooks new, used, or renting them depends on if you like having new stuff or you don’t mind using something that is used. I just graduated college last year and if your anything like me you don’t care if the textbook is new, used, or whatever as long as it has the information in it that you need for class. I usually bought them used and then offer them to guys who I knew are taking those classes after me for a little cash.

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Should I Buy New, Used, Or Rent the Textbooks I Need For College?

According to James Michael Sayers e-book the world may end on December 21, 2012. This date is the last day of the Mayan calendar and is believed by many to be the last day of time.

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What You Should Know About December 21, 2012 – The Last Day of Time

“Dianetics: The Original Thesis” is a manuscript that pulled no punches and made the professors blush with its definitive and well weighted balance of scientifically clinical demarcation and intentionally educational commentary so even a layman could understand and apply it. It delineated and explained in plain gallant English the fundamentals of life.

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The Manuscript That Demanded Dianetics

What is the state of America’s educational system today? If you guessed dismal, you’re probably not far off the mark. Hank Warren’s book, It Simply Must Be Said, explores many of the views and opinions of our teachers, who see what happens in our schools on a daily basis, from the trenches, as it were.

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Educational Views From the Trenches

“Eats, Shoots & Leaves” by Lynne Truss, a modern English writer, is one of my favorite English books. It was sent to me by my friend, who knows that I’m a great fan of the English language. “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” is a book about English punctuation – the subtle science I longed to know all about.

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"Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss

My personal experience of using this book has been nothing but positive through my years in university and after. Even now I still have it around and I know some engineer friends who refer to it.

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Engineering Mathematics by K A Stroud