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V2 : a novel of World War II / by Harris, Robert,1957-author.;
"It's November 1944--Willi Graf, a German rocket engineer, is launching Nazi Germany's V2 rockets at London from Occupied Holland. Kay Connolly, once an actress, now a young English Intelligence officer, ships out for Belgium to locate the launch sites and neutralize the threat. But when rumors of a defector circulate through the German ranks, Graf becomes a suspect. Unknown to each other, Graf and Connolly find themselves on opposite sides in the hunt for the saboteur. Their twin stories play out against the background of the German missile campaign, one of the most epic and modern but least explored episodes of the Second World War. Their destinies are on a collision course"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Intelligence officers; Aerospace engineers; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The space barons : Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the quest to colonize the cosmos / by Davenport, Christian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Bezos, Jeffrey.; Musk, Elon.; Blue Origen (Firm); SpaceX (Firm); Aerospace engineers; Aerospace industries; Industrialists; Space industrialization;
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Seven pounds [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Black, Todd.; Blumenthal, Jason.; Carrillo, Elpidia.; Dawson, Rosario.; Ealy, Michael.; Harrelson, Woody.; Lassiter, James.; Lee, Robinne,1974-; Muccino, Gabriele.; Nieporte, Grant.; Pepper, Barry,1970-; Smith, Will,1968-; Tisch, Steve.; Columbia Pictures Corporation.; Escape Artists (Firm); Overbrook Entertainment (Firm); Relativity Media.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Philippe Le Sourd ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Angelo Milli.Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo, Robinne Lee.Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give 'pounds of flesh' that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed. Tim intends to kill himself to atone for his sins. He decides to bestow gifts to seven worthy people, which includes body organs and material possessions. He personally investigate these people to verify that they are indeed the right people he should help. He plans to have his best friend see that his wishes are carried out after he is dead. Tim's plan threatens to unravel when he begins to fall in love with one of the people he is trying to help.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blue-ray.
Subjects: Aerospace engineers; Atonement; Cellular telephones and traffic accidents; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2009., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Seven pounds [videorecording (DVD)] / by Black, Todd.; Blumenthal, Jason.; Carrillo, Elpidia.; Dawson, Rosario.; Ealy, Michael.; Harrelson, Woody.; Lassiter, James.; Lee, Robinne,1974-; Muccino, Gabriele.; Nieporte, Grant.; Pepper, Barry,1970-; Smith, Will,1968-; Tisch, Steve.; Columbia Pictures Corporation.; Escape Artists (Firm); Overbrook Entertainment (Firm); Relativity Media.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Philippe Le Sourd ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Angelo Milli.Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Elpidia Carrillo, Robinne Lee.Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give 'pounds of flesh' that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed. Tim intends to kill himself to atone for his sins. He decides to bestow gifts to seven worthy people, which includes body organs and material possessions. He personally investigate these people to verify that they are indeed the right people he should help. He plans to have his best friend see that his wishes are carried out after he is dead. Tim's plan threatens to unravel when he begins to fall in love with one of the people he is trying to help.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Aerospace engineers; Atonement; Cellular telephones and traffic accidents; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2009., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mechanical aptitude and spatial relations tests. by Wiesen, Joel P.;
Private employers and public agencies use various mechanical aptitude tests to screen applicants for jobs that range from mechanics and skilled trades apprentices to aerospace engineers and firefighters. These tests often differ in detail but measure similar abilities. This manual presents 18 typical tests that gauge an individual's mechanical aptitude and spatial ability, with all questions answered and explained. The author also advises on ways to improve mechanical comprehension, gives test-taking tips, and explains how pulleys, levers, and other simple machines work. The book is filled with diagrams and illustrations.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: STUDY AIDS / Study Guides; STUDY AIDS / Vocational; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General;
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Loathe to love you / by Hazelwood, Ali,author.; Hazelwood, Ali.Novellas.Selections.; Hazelwood, Ali.Below zero.; Hazelwood, Ali.Stuck with you.; Hazelwood, Ali.Under one roof.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a collection of steamy, STEMinist novellas and their loves in loathing-with a special bonus chapter! Under One Roof An environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell-a detestable big-oil lawyer who won't leave the thermostat alone. Stuck with You A civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry-and love-to the next level when they get stuck in a NewYork elevator. Below Zero A NASA aerospace engineer's frozen heart melts as she lies injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station and the only person willing to undertake the dangerous rescue mission is her longtime rival"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novellas.; Man-woman relationships; Scientists; Women scientists;
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When the heavens went on sale : the misfits and geniuses who put space within reach / by Vance, Ashlee,author.;
"With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe--ungoverned and infinite--was open for business. Welcome to the wild west of aerospace engineering. When the Heavens Went on Sale tells the remarkable, unfolding story of this frenzied intergalactic land grab. Through his trademark immersive reporting, Ashlee Vance follows four pioneering companies--Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs, and Rocket Lab--as they build new space systems and attempt to launch rockets into orbit. While the public fixated on the space tourism being driven by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson, these new companies arrived with a different set of goals: to make rocket and satellite launches fast and cheap, thereby opening Earth's lower orbit for business--and setting it up as the next playing field for humankind's technological evolution, where we can connect, analyze, and monitor everything on Earth. Vance has had a front row seat and singular access to this peculiar and unprecedented moment in history. When the Heavens Went on Sale travels through private company headquarters, labs, and top-secret launch locations around the world, including California, Texas, Alaska, New Zealand, Ukraine, India, and French Guiana. Vance chronicles it all in full color: the private jets, communes, gun-toting bodyguards, hallucinogens, espionage investigations, and multi-millionaires guzzling booze to dull the pain as their fortunes disappear. With the most detailed and intimate reporting of Vance's career, When the Heavens Went on Sale reveals the spectacular chaos of the new business of space, and what happens when the idealistic, ambitious minds of Silicon Valley turn their unbridled vision toward the limitless expanse of the stars. This is the most pressing and controversial technology story of our times, a tale of fascinating characters chasing unimaginable stakes as they race to space"--
Subjects: Privatization.; Rockets (Aeronautics); Space tourism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Canadians who innovate : the trailblazers and ideas that are changing the world / by O'Reilly Runte, Roseann,author.;
"From saving lives to saving harvests, From discovering ancient diamonds to identifying the first exo-planet, From driverless cars to quantum computers, From Nobel laureates to your next-door neighbor, This book offers uplifting stories of innovative Canadians. Canadians Who Innovate includes two Nobel laureates, an astronaut, extraordinary business leaders, the godfathers of artificial intelligence, and top quantum experts, including the inventor of what may be the next quantum computer. It features profiles of the first director of engineering at Google, who is now working on nuclear fusion; a medical researcher who communicates on TikTok about the efficacy and potential for RNA vaccine technology; and a PhD in nuclear physics who has twice won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Meet the linguist who works with Indigenous people to make online dictionaries, an internationally consulted specialist on migration, an agri-tech investor, a world specialist on permafrost, and the expert in systems and number theory who has a way to fix health care. And don't forget the engineer who grew human cells on apples, a feat that is leading to the creation of replacement organs that do not require donor -- not to be confused with the aerospace technology developer who created a tethering system to clean up space debris and a 3-D printer that prints biological tissue. Featuring brilliant thinkers from coast to coast to coast, and others from around the world who now call Canada home, Canadians Who Innovate paints a promising picture of a cleaner, healthier, more innovative future for us all."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Inventions; Inventors; Technological innovations;
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