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Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Language
English
Description
Scientists have long operated under the principle that intelligent behavior must be directed by a centralized consciousness. This program examines evidence that the act of swarming creates an altogether different form of intelligence: decentralized awareness, consciousness with no center. The following facets of swarm intelligence are addressed: how individual actions within a flock of starlings create a large-scale system that controls itself and...
Author
Series
Woods volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Where are they? Why are they there? The answers will prove stranger than anyone could possibly imagine. Catch a glimpse of Bay Point...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Tia, Vivian, and Fil wanted to have a normal summer break, like all the other summers in Tillsonbug. Instead, they find runaway bees! From what could they be hiding? They do their best to save them, but end up in a sticky situation and learn a few lessons along the way.
Author
Series
Imaginary veterinary volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-olds Ben Silverstein and Pearl Petal have had quite a busy summer as apprentices of Dr. Woo, veterinarian for imaginary creatures. When a swarm of sugar fairies escapes into Buttonville, Ben and Pearl must protect the townspeople, keep the fairies safe, and outsmart the dangerous poacher, Maximus Steele"--
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Boneheads have gathered at the haunted Bone Manor for trick or treating. But first they have to stop JP Rothbone & his Sniveling Cronies in their latest diabolical scheme: exterminating the bats!In this parody of Batman, the Boneheads venture deep below the mansion, into the hidden bat cave. There, JP and his cronies have created a machine to disrupt the bats’ echolocation, trapping them inside the cave forever! With no bats, there will be a...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles--or Borneo--with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology puts a hard upper limit--about...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follow teenage hero Ben Tennyson as he breaks ranks from the Plumbers (a secret organization that battles alien forces) to help Elena, a mysterious young woman, uncover an alien threat to our world. Joining him on his adventures are Gwen and Kevin, super-powered heroes in their own right, who must trust each other's instincts to help save the day.
12) PBS Space Time
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English
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The Kepler mission has determined that terrestrial planets are extremely common, and may orbit most stars in the Milky Way. But these planets are difficult to directly image because they're dense and small. Our Sun is about ten billion times brighter than Earth. Train a distant telescope on us, and it will be overwhelmed by the Sun's rays. So how can we find terrestrial planets around stars light
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