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Einstein’s Violin

The Love Affair Between Science, Music, and History’s Most Creative Thinkers

By: Douglas Wadle

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Einstein’s Violin

The Love Affair Between Science, Music, and History’s Most Creative Thinkers

By: Douglas Wadle

Music brings great joy to many of us. But its other benefits often go underappreciated. Numerous studies and historical anecdotes highlight how powerfully music alters the human mind. Two characteristics drive most of music’s cognitive benefits: It builds a faster highway between the right and left sides of the brain, enabling greater cooperation between the logical and the creative. It also creates a vast mesh of connectivity within the brain, like a microcosm of the World Wide Web. In a fascinating study, Douglas Wadle celebrates the juxtaposition of art and science while examining music’s influence on humanity’s understanding of our place in the universe. Tracing the millennia-old love affair between music and science, Wadle chronicles the surprising ubiquity of musical training among history’s greatest thinkers. He shines a spotlight on the intertwining stories of pattern and form and how they complement one another in our search for creativity and insight. Einstein’s Violin relies on extensive research to tell the story of how music impacts the pattern recognition software in our brains, facilitating more creative problem solving. Without digression into technical treatise, it focuses on the historical stories that best display music’s beautiful interaction with mind and universe.

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184

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Archway Publishing

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1665717807

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9781665717809

The Wheel of Darkness

By: Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child

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The Wheel of Darkness

By: Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child

At a remote Tibetan monastery, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must find a powerful and ancient artifact before it falls into the wrong hands. A luxury ocean liner on its maiden voyage across the North Atlantic, awash in wealth and decadence... An ancient Tibetan box, its contents unknown, sealed with a terrifying warning... An FBI agent destined to confront what he fears most--himself...

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351

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446199087

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9780446199087

Biobased Surfactants

Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

By: Douglas G. Hayes,Daniel K. Solaiman,Richard D. Ashby

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Biobased Surfactants

Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

By: Douglas G. Hayes,Daniel K. Solaiman,Richard D. Ashby

Biobased Surfactants: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications, Second Edition, covers biosurfactant synthesis and applications and demonstrates how to reduce manufacturing and purification costs, impurities, and by-products. Fully updated, this book covers surfactants in biomedical applications, detergents, personal care, food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and nanotechnology. It reflects on the latest developments in biobased surfactant science and provides case scenarios to guide readers in efficient and effective biobased surfactant application, along with strategies for research into new applications. This book is written from a biorefinery-based perspective by an international team of experts and acts as a key text for researchers and practitioners involved in the synthesis, utilization, and development of biobased surfactants. - Describes new and emerging biobased surfactants and their synthesis and development - Showcases an interdisciplinary approach to the topic, featuring applications to chemistry, biotechnology, biomedicine, and other areas - Presents the entire lifecycle of biobased surfactants in detail

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544

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Elsevier

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0128127066

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9780128127063

Refining Used Lubricating Oils

By: James Speight,Douglas I. Exall

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Refining Used Lubricating Oils

By: James Speight,Douglas I. Exall

Used lubricating oil is a valuable resource. However, it must be re-refined mainly due to the accumulation of physical and chemical contaminants in the oil during service. Refining Used Lubricating Oils describes the properties of used lubricating oils and presents ways these materials can be re-refined and converted into useful lubricants as well as other products. It provides an up-to-date review of most of the processes for used lubricating oil refining that have been proposed or implemented in different parts of the world, and addresses feasibility and criteria for selecting a particular process. The book begins with an overview of lubricating oil manufacturing, both petroleum-based and synthetic-based. It reviews the types and properties of lubricating oils and discusses the characteristics and potential of used lubricating oils. The authors describe the basic steps of used oil treatment including dehydration, distillation or solvent extraction, and finishing. They explore the combustion of used oil for use as fuel, covering chemistry and equipment, fuel oil properties, and combustion emissions. The book considers alternative processing options such as refinery processing and re-refining. It also reviews the major refining processes that have been suggested over the years for used oil. These include acid/clay, simple distillation, combinations of distillation and hydrogenation, solvent extraction, filtration, and coking processes. The book addresses economic, life cycle assessment, and other criteria for evaluating the attractiveness of an oil recycling project, examining various costs and presenting an economic evaluation method using an Excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded from the publisher’s website. The book concludes with a chapter offering insights on how to choose the most suitable process technology.

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460

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CRC Press

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1466551496

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9781466551497

One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power

By: Douglas V Smith

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One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power

By: Douglas V Smith

Published to coincide with the centennial celebration of U.S. Navy Aviation, this book chronicles Navy aviation from its earliest days, before the Navy’s first aircraft carrier joined the fleet, through the modern jet era marked by the introduction of the F-18 Hornet. It tells how naval aviation got its start, profiles its pioneers, and explains the early bureaucracy that fostered and sometimes inhibited its growth. The book then turns to the refinement of carrier aviation doctrine and tactics and the rapid development of aircraft and carriers, highlighting the transition from propeller-driven aircraft to swept wing jets in the period after WW II. Land-based Navy aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft and rigid airships, and balloons are also considered in this sweeping tribute.

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394

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Naval Institute Press

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1612514235

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9781612514239

Douglas Fairbanks

In His Own Words

By: Douglas Fa The Douglas Fairbanks Museum,Keri Leigh,The Douglas Fairbanks Museum

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Douglas Fairbanks

In His Own Words

By: Douglas Fa The Douglas Fairbanks Museum,Keri Leigh,The Douglas Fairbanks Museum

An anthology presented by The Douglas Fairbanks Museum of his writings including his short stories, autobiographical accounts, interviews, personal correspondence, and original story treatments of his classic films, as well as rare photographs, original documents, autographs and vintage memorabilia from the museum's archives.

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346

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iUniverse

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059539776X

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9780595397761

The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion

A Collection of Excerpts

By: Douglas Kennedy

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The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion

A Collection of Excerpts

By: Douglas Kennedy

A glorious sampling of eight amazing novels by the #1 internationally bestselling author Douglas Kennedy—Five Days, The Moment, Leaving the World, The Woman in the Fifth, Temptation, State of the Union, A Special Relationship, and The Pursuit of Happiness.

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129

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Simon and Schuster

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1451695713

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9781451695717

Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827

Together with a Particular Description of Thirty-Three Species of American Oaks and Eighteen Species of Pinus

By: David Douglas

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Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827

Together with a Particular Description of Thirty-Three Species of American Oaks and Eighteen Species of Pinus

By: David Douglas

This 1914 edition of journals by the Scottish botanist David Douglas (1799-1834) also includes reports of his mysterious death.

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381

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Cambridge University Press

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1108033776

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9781108033770

Douglas of the Forests

The North American Journals of David Douglas

By: David Douglas,John Davies

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Douglas of the Forests

The North American Journals of David Douglas

By: David Douglas,John Davies

Journal of Douglas's second botanical expedition to the Pacific Northwest from 1824-1827.

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188

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Seattle : University of Washington Press

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0295957077

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9780295957074

Journals and Reminiscences of James Douglas, M.D

By: James Douglas

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Journals and Reminiscences of James Douglas, M.D

By: James Douglas

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0469370041

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9780469370043

Book's by Douglas Wadle

Einstein’s Violin

Einstein’s Violin

The Wheel of Darkness

The Wheel of Darkness

Biobased Surfactants

Biobased Surfactants

Refining Used Lubricating Oils

Refining Used Lubricating Oils

One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power

One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion

The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion

Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827

Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827

Douglas of the Forests

Douglas of the Forests

Journals and Reminiscences of James Douglas, M.D

Journals and Reminiscences of James Douglas, M.D

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