Science in the Neighborhood: Discover how STEM professionals keep Sacramento clean, dry, and moving plus secrets of how everyday things work - Couverture souple

Rogers, Amy

 
9781940419213: Science in the Neighborhood: Discover how STEM professionals keep Sacramento clean, dry, and moving plus secrets of how everyday things work
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ISBN 10 : 1940419212 ISBN 13 : 9781940419213
Editeur : ScienceThrillers Media, 2018

Synopsis

In this fascinating collection, Dr. Amy Rogers holds her nose at a landfill, pets a snake, listens to an iron lung, votes for a science idol, watches fish climb a ladder, buys earthquake insurance, visits a water treatment plant, and much more as she explores the science and engineering behind Sacramento transportation, weather, utilities, ecology, and health. Whether you live in Northern California or not, you’ll find answers to questions you took for granted, and practical tips that you can use at home—because science is in everybody’s neighborhood. Where does my garbage go? Why does the price of gasoline go up in late spring? What causes the Delta breeze? Who keeps local mosquito populations in check? What is a vernal pool? Where does my tap water come from? How does Sacramento stay dry during flood season? When should I use a defibrillator? Why is it so hard to roast a turkey? After I flush, what happens?

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À propos de l?auteur

Amy Rogers, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-educated scientist, novelist, journalist, and educator who specializes in all things science-y. Her novels Petroplague, Reversion, and The Han Agent use real science and medicine to create plausible, frightening scenarios in the style of Michael Crichton. Formerly a microbiology professor at California State University, she is the founder of ScienceThrillers Media publishing company, a member of International Thriller Writers, and an officer for Northern California Publishers and Authors. In addition, she runs the ScienceThrillers.com book review website and wrote a monthly science column for Sacramento's Inside Publications. Learn more at AmyRogers.com.

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Éditeur
ScienceThrillers Media
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1940419212
ISBN 13 
9781940419213
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
215
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