February 15, 2006
Prepare to engage:
technica q&a: roger penrose (the road to reality)
technica q&a: lance berelowitz (dream city)
technica q&a: stephen and chris daubert (threads from the web of life)
linus pauling memorial lectures: roger penrose
calendar of events
discounted duo
fup's favorites
history of science
ebooks
doug brown's space factoid
bestsellers
"Elementary chaos theory tells us that all robots will eventually turn against their masters and run amok in an orgy of blood and the kicking and the biting with the metal teeth and the hurting and shoving."
—Professor Frink, The Simpsons
Roger Penrose, author of The Road to Reality, took some time off from charting the laws of the universe to answer our Q&A. You'll learn what inspires him to write (or, rather, doesn't), that he prefers Douglas Adams to Scott Adams, and why he would choose to be reincarnated as Galileo. Read the Q&A and save 30% on The Road to Reality, for a limited time.
Lance Berelowitz, the author of Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination, takes a turn on our Tech Q&A. Discover Lance's surprising answers to questions like, "If you could be reincarnated for one day to live the life of any scientist or writer, who would you choose and why?" Plus, you save 30% when you buy Dream City today!
The authors of Threads from the Web of Life take the Technica Q&A, offering such fodder for future car-ride trivia as what drives them to create, their favorite childhood books, and what they do to relax (sadly, answering Technica Q&A questions didn't make the list). Read all about it and save 30% on Threads from the Web of Life for a limited time.
Roger Penrose, the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, will speak about a wealth of issues, controversies, and phenomena, among them the roles of various kinds of numbers in physics, ideas of calculus and modern geometry, visions of infinity, the big bang, black holes, the profound challenge of the second law of thermodynamics, string and M theory, and more! Click here and use the password "Discovery" to get tickets at 25% off.
Coming to Powell's Technical Books on February 22nd: Myron Ferguson. His latest book, Better Houses, Better Living, helps home owners and home buyers by explaining the basics of home design and building from a user's perspective, and includes nearly 500 photographs that clearly show each element that is explained.
Holy scientific shenanigans! Evil microbes grip the city in terror! Chimpanzees overrun the human race! But, wait — here comes the Discounted Duo, speeding to our rescue with great reads at unbeatable prices! This month's selections are Microterrors by Tony Hart, which investigates the hidden terrors around us, and The Third Chimpanzee, in which Jared Diamond, author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel, explores the differences between humans and chimps. Pick up both for 30% off.
"And these [books] should give you the grounding you'll need in thermodynamics, hypermathematics and of course, microcalifragalistics."
—Professor Frink, The Simpsons
Here are some of Fup's personal favorite titles from our new medical and life science books. Often imitated, never duplicated, third edition of The Anatomy Coloring Book is the fun, Crayola-riffic way to learn the human body. Other titles include Phlebotomy Essentials (3rd ed.), Photographic Atlas of the Body, and the Clinician's Pocket Reference. Browse more of Fup's picks here.
Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England. He was a British naturalist who proposed the theory of evolution. Darwin's observations from his five-year voyage on the HMS "Beagle" helped lead him to study the transmutation of species and, in 1838, develop his theory of natural selection. His 1859 book The Origin of Species established evolution as the dominant scientific theory.
Because one cannot survive on pure science and technology alone, our eBook pick is Dating for Dummies by Dr. Joy Browne. Revised with new and updated content, America's favorite radio psychologist demystifies the whole dating process, from getting a date, plotting the place, and having a great time to moving beyond a first date.
In movies, the moon is usually portrayed as orbiting closely around the Earth, as if they were dancing around each other. In reality, the moon's average distance from Earth is 384,000 km (around 230,000 miles). Seeing as the Earth's diameter is around 12,700 km, and the Moon's diameter is 3,400 km, the correct proportions are closer to a tennis ball orbiting a basketball — at a distance of 7 meters (23 feet). Try it, to see how far apart they are. Space is a big, mostly empty, place.
1. Make, Volume 4 by Mark Frauenfelder (Electricity)
2. The Codes Guidebook for Interiors by Sharon Koomen Harmon (Architecture)
3. All Weather Memo Book Woodland Green by Rite in the Rain (Featured)
4. National Electric Code 2005 by NFPA (Construction)
5. Mac OS X Tiger: The Missing Manual by David Pogue (Macintosh)
6. 2005 Oregon Residential Specialty Code by ICC (Construction)
7. Learning the Bash Shell by Cameron Newham (Unix)
8. IPTS Crane and Rigging Handbook by Ronald Garby (Construction)
9. Chapter 11 Oregon Amendments by ICC (Construction)
10. Circuit-Bending by Reed Ghazala (Electricity)
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