An “illuminating and important” look at the scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who are working to save us from catastrophic climate change (New York Journal of Books). Nikola Tesla was considered a mad scientist by the society of his time for predicting global warming more than a hundred years ago. Today, we need visionaries like him to find sources of alternative energy and solutions to this looming threat. Mad Like Tesla takes an in-depth look at climate issues, introducing thinkers and inventors such as Louis Michaud, a retired refinery engineer who claims we can harness the energy of man-made tornadoes, and a professor and a businessman who are running a company that genetically modifies algae so it can secrete ethanol naturally. These individuals and their unorthodox methods are profiled through first-person interviews, exploring the social, economic, financial, and personal obstacles that they continue to face. Also covered is the existing state of green energy technologies—such as solar, wind, biofuels, smart grid, and energy storage—offering a ray of hope against a backdrop of dread. “Hamilton makes complex technologies comprehensible.” —Library Journal

In this issue: Letters Alternative News Jeane Manning - Vortex Science Michael Cremo - The Prospects for Doomsday The Bloody Politics of Archaeoloy - Robert Schoch Unearths the Hidden Agendas Searching for the Higgs - Materialistic Physics Makes Last Stand? Return of the Crystal Skulls - Ancient Origins Verified for Himalayan Artifact Cranial Deformation - Ancient Enigma of Elongated Skulls Dehumanizing - The Tragic Consequences of Modern Thinking Dying Words: Those About to Leave Us, on What Appears Ahead True Mars - Is NASA to Be Trusted for Facts? Private Space Is the Future Reserved for Well-Heeled Civilians? Washington, D.C. & Newgrange, Ireland - Has an Ancient Science Been Revived in America? The Threat to Tesla’s Legacy - Where’s the Respect He Deserves?

The father of modern-day electricity and considered by some to be the ultimate “mad scientist,” Nikola Tesla filed nearly 300 patents in his lifetime. Many of these patents resulted in functioning inventions; others were little more than wide-eyed dreams—or still await possible development. Tesla For Beginners examines the man behind the alternating current and wireless technologies who traveled from Serbia by steamship to arrive in the United States with only four cents in his pocket. It was in the early 1880s, at the tail end of the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution, that America beckoned him. Nikola Tesla—a poet of invention—left behind a vast and intriguing legacy. He was a scientist, physicist, mathematician, electrical engineer, and extensively published author who spent his last decades scraping for funding for celestial projects and living out his final days in penurious solitude with a pigeon.

One book was not enough! First there was Pawverbs for Kids. Now we're back with 30 additional endearing devotions for kids in More Pawverbs for Kids! In the same great format as Jennifer Bleakley's bestselling books, Pawverbs: 100 Inspirations to Delight an Animal Lover's Heart, Pawverbs for a Dog Lover's Heart, Pawverbs for a Cat Lover's Heart, and Pawverbs for Kids, this newest edition to the series is jam-packed with 30 true-to-life short stories, or pawverbs. Each of these charming stories features kids and animals--and what a variety of animals there are: dogs, cats, frogs, birds, horses . . . and MORE! Each story illustrates a biblical principle or lesson found in the Bible book of Proverbs. This book presents biblical truth in a whimsical way and invites kids to explore deep spiritual truth alongside extremely loveable pets! Each pawverb includes: A Bible verse from Proverbs A short and engaging story Reflection questions A child-friendly prayer God has given us animals, ultimately to point us to himself--to the one who is always there and who loves us unconditionally. In this book, children will not only find inspiring and heartwarming animal tales, but spiritual truths to touch their hearts and remind them of God's unfailing love, wisdom, and grace.

In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of these traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of “miracle science” who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present.

Something good about the smart city: a human-centered account of why the future of electricity is local. Resilience now matters most, and most resilience is local—even for that most universal, foundational modern resource: the electric power grid. Today that technological marvel is changing more rapidly than it has for a lifetime, and in our new grid awareness, community microgrids have become a fascinating catalyst for cultural value change. In Downtime on the Microgrid, Malcolm McCullough offers a thoughtful counterpoint to the cascade of white papers on smart clean infrastructure. Writing from an experiential perspective, McCullough avoids the usual smart city futurism, technological solutionism, policy acronyms, green idealism, critical theory jargon, and doomsday prepping to provide new cultural context for a subject long a favorite theme in science and technology studies. McCullough describes the three eras of North American electrification: innovation, consolidation, and decentralization. He considers the microgrid boom and its relevance to the built environment as “architecture's grid edge.” Finally, he argues that resilience arises from clusters; although a microgrid is often described as an island, future resilience will require archipelagos—clusters of microgrids, with a two-way, intermittent connectiveness that is very different from the always-on, top-down technofuture we may be expecting. With Downtime on the Microgrid, McCullough rises above techno-hype to find something good about the smart city and reassuring about local resilience.

In This Issue: Letters Early Rays Jeane Manning New Energy Breakthrough from Italy? Michael Cremo Ancient Copper from Michigan Cataclysm: Ancient & Not Were the Dinosaurs the Last to See Destruction Rain from the Sky? The Newport Tower Mystery Who Really Built It and Why? Whence Went Thomas Aquinas? Did the Medieval Theologian Travel Out of His Body? The Karmic Challenge Have We Forgotten What We Once Understood? The Truth About Lightning Magdalene & the Oranges Technology & the Hieroglyphs Giza’s Cosmic Blueprint Andrew Collins on the Cygnus Connection Nabta Playa’s Astronomers New Research on the Origins of Egypt’s Star Lore Vindication for Colonel Churchward or Not? Tracking the Secrets of the Temple Tablets

Engineers design our modern world. They combine science and technology to create incredible vehicles, structures, and objects. This title examines amazing feats of mechanical engineering. Engaging text explores Mars rovers, robotic surgery systems, and advanced wind turbines. It also examines the engineers who made these projects a reality and traces the history of the discipline. Relevant sidebars, stunning photos, and a glossary aid readers' understanding of the topic. A hands-on project and career-planning chart give readers a sense of what it takes to become an engineer. Additional features include a table of contents, a selected bibliography, source notes, and an index, plus essential facts about each featured feat of engineering. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

This book highlights the design of a new type of solar chimney that has lower height and bigger diameter, and discusses its applications. The bigger diameter chimneys are introduced showing cold inflow phenomena that significantly reduced the performance of solar chimney. The cold inflow-free operation of solar chimneys restores the draft losses and enhances the performance of the solar chimneys. Numerical and experimental investigation results will be presented to highlight the performance of cold inflow-free solar chimney performance. In addition, this book covers the important basic design parameters that affect the design of solar chimney for different applications, mainly, solar chimney-assisted ventilation for passive cooling and power generation system.