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It's hot, dry, deadly, and hard to ignore with close to 40% of Earth classified as desert. But in this scorching hour, the desert turns from barren wasteland into an environment rich with hope. In the Middle East, desalination of seawater now fills water needs. Americans have created booming desert communities like Las Vegas, where the Hoover produces hydroelectric power and manmade Lake Mead supplies water. Native Americans farmed the desert...
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Español
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The names are designed to inspire terror in the faint of heart: The Beast, Raptor, Steel Phantom, Colossus, Cyclone and Demon Drop. In amusement parks and boardwalks all over the world, the roller coaster is king. Beginning as far back as the turn of the century, roller coasters' designers have competed to build them faster, taller, steeper. They've flipped riders upside down, made them weightless, and applied more g-forces to their bodies than...
3) Computers
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Chronicles the evolution of the computer, from its origins as a simple counting machine to the personal computer, Windows, and the World Wide Web.
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2005.
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English
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The world famous Orlando theme park is not only the most visited in the world, it's also the most technologically advanced. From a network of underground tunnels connecting various regions of the park, to the space age propulsion technology of the linear synchronous motors, the Disney dynasty has been on the leading edge of technology since the opening of Disneyland, its first park in 1955.
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