Presents ninety-six questions about many common natural phenomena and then shows how to answer them using mostly basic mathematics and precalculus.[...]
How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced apart so evenly? If you have ever asked questions like these while outdoors, and wondered how you might figure out the answers, this is a book for you. An entertaining and informative[...]
Are you a guy who's interested in building rock hard muscle, erasing your belly fat, boosting your testosterone, and having more mind-blowing sex than you thought possible?If so, then Man 2.0: Engineering the Alpha was written specifically for you...In his new book, celebrity trainer and Men's Healt[...]
Every man has the potential for a great body, insane sex, and an unreal life. (Seriously.) Want to lose body fat? That's easy--you can drop twenty pounds in six weeks. Want bigger muscles? Done. A fifty-pound increase to your bench press, coming right up. Want to be smarter? Not a problem--the strat[...]
What would you say if you knew there was ONE solution to every man's most vexing problems? - Bigger muscles? Easy. - Less fat? Check. - More intelligence? No problem. - Eating pizza, burgers, drinking beer and being strong, fit and lean? Of course. - A wild sex life? Yes, there's drugs-free fix for [...]
From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such readily observable phenomena, this book introduces readers to the beauty of nature as revealed by mathem[...]
"Guesstimation" is a book that unlocks the power of approximation - it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in interviews to test applicants' abilities t[...]
"X and the City", a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can [...]
Just one flash unit and a DSLR camera: that's all it takes to get beautifully lighted images. Revealing his proven shooting techniques, leading photographer John Denton shows how to achieve great effects--indoors and out--from minimal equipment. He explains how to modify a single flash to get specif[...]