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Books in Stem in the Real World Set 2 series

  • Real-World STEM: Global Access to Clean Water

    Stuart A. Kallen

    Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Discusses how engineers are finding ways to provide access to clean water throughout the world, including making water palatable and potable, transforming seawater to freshwater, and recycling waste water.
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  • Real-World STEM: Develop Fusion Energy

    Kathryn Hulick

    Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Discusses how engineers are developing fusion energy, including laser fusion, cold fusion, and mixing magnets and lasers.
  • Reverse Engineer the Brain

    Christine Wilcox

    Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Explores how scientists might develop artificial intelligence by studying the human brain.
  • Improving Virtual Reality

    John Allen

    Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Examines the world of virtual reality and computer simulation, covering their history, current status, challenges to their usefulness, and the innovative ways scientists are working to make them more effective.
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  • Real-World Stem: Eliminate the Threat of Nuclear Terror

    Bradley Steffens

    Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Discusses the strategies scientists use to minimize the threat of nuclear weapons falling into the wrong hands, including securing nuclear stockpiles and detecting the movement of unsecured radioactive materials.
  • Real-World STEM: Develop Economical Solar Power

    Stuart A. Kallen

    Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Examines the need to harness efficient and affordable solar power, covering its history, current status, challenges, and the innovative ways scientists are working to bring solar energy to people around the world.
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  • Real-World STEM: Securing Cyberspace

    Bradley Steffens

    Hardcover (Referencepoint Pr Inc, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Discusses how engineers are finding ways to improve cybersecurity around the world, including strengthening personal identification systems, developing biometric scanners, and improving network security.
  • Stem in the Real World Set 2

    Abdo Publishing Company

    Library Binding (Core Library, Dec. 15, 2016)
    Scientists and engineers help solve crimes, keep athletes healthy, predict the weather, and do many other important jobs. With clear text, vivid images, and helpful infographics, STEM in the Real World introduces readers to several STEM fields, looking at their histories, the work being doing today, and the latest cutting-edge advances. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Stem in the Real World

    Robin Koontz, Meg Marquardt, Christine Zuchora-Walske, Lisa Idzikowski, Susan E. Hamen

    Library Binding (Core Library, Jan. 1, 2016)
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