Ensure Your Jobs Comply with Important Safety Standards with Ugly’s Electrical Safety and NFPA 70E®, 2015 Edition! Ugly’s Electrical Safety and NFPA 70E®, 2015 Edition is the market leading pocket-sized reference manual for electrical safety. Based on NFPA 70E 2015, this new edition summarizes current OSHA regulations as well as the National Electrical Code®. Designed for electricians, …
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
A major new manifesto for a high-tech future free from workNeoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite. Inventing the Future is a bold new manifest0 for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world …
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm
How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch?If our technological society collapsed tomorrow, perhaps from a viral pandemic or catastrophic asteroid impact, what would be the one book you would want to press into the hands of the postapocalyptic survivors? What crucial knowledge would they need to survive in the immediate aftermath and to rebuild …
Library of Science Book Club selectionDiscover magazine What to Read” selectionA really great book.” IRA FLATOW, Science FridayOne of the finest science writers I’ve ever read.” Los Angeles TimesEllard has a knack for distilling obscure scientific theories into practical wisdom.” New York Times Book Review[Ellard] mak[es] even the most mundane entomological experiment or exegesis of psychological geekspeak feel …
After two years, MAKE has become one of most celebrated new magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you’re just catching on to the MAKE phenomenon and wonder what you’ve missed, this book contains the best DIY projects from the magazine’s first ten volumes — a surefire collection of fun and challenging …
The fun and easy way to get a grip on photovoltaic design and installation Designing and installing solar panel systems is a trend that continues to grow. With ‘green collar’ jobs on the rise and homeowners looking for earth-friendly ways to stretch their dollars and lesson their carbon imprint, understanding photovoltaic design and installation is on the …
How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
To create is human. Technology pioneer Kevin Ashton has experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton demystifies the sacred act, leading us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. From the crystallographer’s …
It has been called “the great destroyer” and “the evil.” The Pentagon refers to it as “the pervasive menace.” It destroys cars, fells bridges, sinks ships, sparks house fires, and nearly brought down the Statue of Liberty. Rust costs America more than $400 billion per year—more than all other natural disasters combined.In a thrilling drama of man versus …
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back!On a most sense-sational trip that takes them through an eye, an ear, a tongue, and even a dog’s nose, Ms. Frizzle’s class learns about the senses. Using their trademark sense …
Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
“A must-read for future presidents.” –?New Scientist? We live in complicated, dangerous times. Barack Obama and his successors will need to know if Iran’s nascent nuclear capability is a genuine threat to the West, if biochemical weapons are likely to be developed by terrorists, if there are viable alternatives to fossil fuels that should be nurtured and supported …