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STEM eNewsletter Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math October 2015 |
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The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse: Defend Your Base With Simple Circuits, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
by Simon Monk
What will you do on the inevitable day that zombies finally overrun the planet? Grab The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse from under your bed, follow the instructions, and fortify your house!
The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is the manual you need to survive in the land of the walking dead. In this guide, expert hardware hacker and zombie aficionado Simon Monk starts by teaching you to generate electricity with solar and pedal power. From there, you'll craft essential electronic survival tools from scavenged components, an Arduino, and a Raspberry Pi.
Don't end up another brain-hungry zombie! Keep The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse at your side, and even if you're surrounded by hordes of undead, you'll be prepared to outlast them and restart human civilization.
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A beautiful question : finding nature's deep design
by Frank Wilczek
Pondering the question "Does the universe embody beautiful ideas?", a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics takes readers on a profound voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present, that explore just how intertwined our ideas about beauty and art are with our scientific understanding of the cosmos. 30,000 first printing.
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The next species : the future of evolution in the aftermath of man
by Michael Tennesen
Delving into the history of the planet and based on reports and interviews with top scientists, a prominent science writer, traveling to rain forests, canyons, craters and caves all over the world to explore the potential winners and losers of the next era of evolution, describes what life on earth could look like after the next mass extinction. Includes timeline.
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The powerhouse : inside the invention of a battery to save the world
by Steve LeVine
Granted unprecedented access to a secure federal laboratory, a Washington correspondent presents a riveting real-time, two-year account of big invention, big commercialization and big deception as the world races to perfect the next engine of economic growth—the advanced lithium-ion battery. By the author of The Oil and the Glory.
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Elon Musk : Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future
by Ashlee Vance
An authorized portrait of one of Silicon Valley's most dynamic entrepreneurs evaluates his role in the successes of such innovations as Tesla and SpaceX while evaluating America's technological competitiveness in today's world. 75,000 first printing.
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Our robots, ourselves : robotics and the myths of autonomy
by David A Mindell
The MIT professor and award-winning author of Digital Apollo outlines provocative arguments for the crucial role of people in a changing technological landscape, discussing cutting-edge advances and the unintended consequences of a robotics-driven future.
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Swift Programming Guide: Create a Fully Functioning App: Learn in a Day! by Os SwiftDo you have a great idea for an app or a game? Would you like to make your dream a reality? Do you need the tools and skills to start making your own apps? When you purchase Swift Programming Guide, you'll learn how to make your own apps and programs right away! These fun and easy tips transform the dreaded chore of learning programming code into a fun hobby. You'll be proud to show off your creations to your friends, coworkers, and family! Would you like to know more about: Playgrounds? Classes and Methods? Arrays and For Loops? Creating Your First iOS App? Storyboards and Interface Builders? This helpful book explains how to use Xcode and Apple's new coding language, Swift, to create amazing new products. It takes you step-by-step through the process of writing your first app!
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Emojis : The Secret Behind the Smile
by Marty Allen
Emojis - we've all seen then and we've all most likely used them at one time or another, but in reality we know very little about them... until now!
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Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction
by William Addis
This comprehensive and heavily illustrated volume documents the classic texts, instruments, materials, and theories that have propelled modern engineering, and the famous and not-so-famous buildings that have resulted through the ages, from the Parthenon to Chartres Cathedral and the dome of St. Peter's, from eighteenth-century silk and cotton mills in England to the Crystal Palace, and from the first Chicago high-rises to the Sydney Opera House and the "green" skyscrapers of today. Building focuses on the specific innovations and geographic centers of activity that defined each period in engineering history.
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Doing math with Python : use programming to explore algebra, statistics, calculus, and more!
by Amit Saha
"Uses the Python programming language as a tool to explore high school level mathematics like statistics, geometry, probability, and calculus by writing programs to find derivatives, solve equations graphically, manipulate algebraic expressions, and examine projectile motion. Covers programming concepts including using functions, handling user input, and reading and manipulating data"
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Genius at play : the curious mind of John Horton Conway
by Siobhan Roberts
A science and mathematics writer takes readers inside the eccentric world of the inventor of the Game of Life, a beloved teacher at Princeton University since 1987 whose many contributions to game theory, know theory, number theory, coding theory, group theory and geometry are legendary. By the author of King of Infinite Space.
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Single digits : in praise of small numbers
by Marc Chamberland
In a book that will appeal to high school and college students, professional mathematicians and those mesmerized by patterns, the author shows that single digits offer a plethora of possibilities that readers can count on, in a book that looks at digits 1 through 9's history, applications and connections to various areas of mathematics.
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