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Transylvanian dinosaurs / by Weishampel, David B., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Bringing it all back home -- Dinosauria of Transylvania -- Pterosaurs, crocs, and mammals, oh my -- Living on the edge -- Little giants and big dwarfs -- Living fossils and their ghosts -- Transylvania, the land of contingency -- Alice and the end.…”
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Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera by BouDagher-Fadel, Marcelle K.

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Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera by BouDagher-Fadel, Marcelle K.

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Ethnography #9 / by Klima, Alan, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The ghost manifesto -- World Gothic -- Betting on the real -- Prove it -- Regendered debt -- Men and our money -- The godfathers -- It has all happened before -- The return of the dead -- Reversing the mount -- Deterritory -- Everywhere and nowhere -- The end of the world -- Fossil.…”
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Ethnography #9 / by Klima, Alan, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The ghost manifesto -- World Gothic -- Betting on the real -- Prove it -- Regendered debt -- Men and our money -- The godfathers -- It has all happened before -- The return of the dead -- Reversing the mount -- Deterritory -- Everywhere and nowhere -- The end of the world -- Fossil.…”
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Greenhouse of the dinosaurs : evolution, extinction, and the future of our planet / by Prothero, Donald R.

Table of Contents: “…Greenhouse of the dinosaurs -- Bad lands, good fossils -- Magnets and lasers -- "Punk eek" in the badlands -- Death of the dinosaurs -- Marine world -- Rocky mountain jungles and eel's ears -- From greenhouse to icehouse -- Once and future greenhouse? …”
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Greenhouse of the dinosaurs : evolution, extinction, and the future of our planet / by Prothero, Donald R.

Table of Contents: “…Greenhouse of the dinosaurs -- Bad lands, good fossils -- Magnets and lasers -- "Punk eek" in the badlands -- Death of the dinosaurs -- Marine world -- Rocky mountain jungles and eel's ears -- From greenhouse to icehouse -- Once and future greenhouse? …”
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Energy in the 21st century by Fanchi, John R.

Table of Contents: “…A brief history of energy consumption -- Energy options : fossil energy -- Energy options : nuclear energy -- Energy options : solar energy -- Energy options : wind and water -- Energy options : biomass and synfuels -- Hydrogen : an energy carrier -- Electricity generation and distribution -- Energy, economics and the environment -- Energy forecasts.…”
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Energy in the 21st century by Fanchi, John R.

Table of Contents: “…A brief history of energy consumption -- Energy options : fossil energy -- Energy options : nuclear energy -- Energy options : solar energy -- Energy options : wind and water -- Energy options : biomass and synfuels -- Hydrogen : an energy carrier -- Electricity generation and distribution -- Energy, economics and the environment -- Energy forecasts.…”
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Sustainability in the chemical industry grand challenges and research needs : a workshop report /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Enabling science and technology that drives the application of sustainable chemistry -- New chemistries and processes that lead to commercially viable alternative feedstocks to fossil fuels -- Addressing the energy intensity of the chemical and allied process industry -- Sustainability science literacy and education that enables the adoption of more sustainable practices in the chemical industry -- Conclusions and recommendations.…”
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Frozen earth the once and future story of ice ages / by Macdougall, J. D., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Ice, ice ages, and our planet's climate history -- Fire, water, and God -- Glaciers and fossil fish -- The evidence -- Searching for the cause of ice ages -- Defrosting earth -- The ice age cycles -- Our planet's icy past -- Coring for the details -- Ice ages, climate, and evolution -- The last millennium -- Ice ages and the future.…”
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Frozen earth the once and future story of ice ages / by Macdougall, J. D., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Ice, ice ages, and our planet's climate history -- Fire, water, and God -- Glaciers and fossil fish -- The evidence -- Searching for the cause of ice ages -- Defrosting earth -- The ice age cycles -- Our planet's icy past -- Coring for the details -- Ice ages, climate, and evolution -- The last millennium -- Ice ages and the future.…”
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Sustainability in the chemical industry grand challenges and research needs : a workshop report /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Enabling science and technology that drives the application of sustainable chemistry -- New chemistries and processes that lead to commercially viable alternative feedstocks to fossil fuels -- Addressing the energy intensity of the chemical and allied process industry -- Sustainability science literacy and education that enables the adoption of more sustainable practices in the chemical industry -- Conclusions and recommendations.…”
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On tolerance : a defence of moral independence / by Füredi, Frank, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Tolerance as a precious resource -- 3. The fossilization of identity -- 4. Tolerance confused with recognition -- 5. …”

On tolerance : a defence of moral independence / by Füredi, Frank, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Tolerance as a precious resource -- 3. The fossilization of identity -- 4. Tolerance confused with recognition -- 5. …”

Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / by Sale, Peter F.

Table of Contents: “…Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- Moving forward : why it matters and what we need to do: What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the hum.…”
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Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / by Sale, Peter F.

Table of Contents: “…Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- Moving forward : why it matters and what we need to do: What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the hum.…”
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Digging Miami by Carr, Robert S.

Table of Contents: “…Diggers, scientists, and antiquarians: history of archaeological research -- Prehistoric Miami -- The first people: the Cutler fossil site -- The South Florida archaic -- The perfect balance: adapting to the land and sea -- Sacred geography: the prehistoric settlement system -- Failed settlements: the European legacy -- European contact: the transition to extinction -- The English and Bahamian legacy -- Seminole legacy -- Seminole archaeology -- Stockades and musket balls -- Pioneer Miami -- The archaeology of arrowroot: Miami's first industry -- Tropical homesteads: artifacts of Miami's pioneers -- The Miami circle and beyond.…”
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Digging Miami by Carr, Robert S.

Table of Contents: “…Diggers, scientists, and antiquarians: history of archaeological research -- Prehistoric Miami -- The first people: the Cutler fossil site -- The South Florida archaic -- The perfect balance: adapting to the land and sea -- Sacred geography: the prehistoric settlement system -- Failed settlements: the European legacy -- European contact: the transition to extinction -- The English and Bahamian legacy -- Seminole legacy -- Seminole archaeology -- Stockades and musket balls -- Pioneer Miami -- The archaeology of arrowroot: Miami's first industry -- Tropical homesteads: artifacts of Miami's pioneers -- The Miami circle and beyond.…”
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Applied sedimentology by Selley, Richard C., 1939-

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