参考资料
本书中的数据取自无数来源。举例来说,关于柳树和枫树各自生长速度的描述便取自佛罗里达州一家公共事业公司为屋主所印行的一张海报,其中包含植树节基金会(Arbor Day Foundation)所提供的信息。至于这篇参考数据,下面列出二十一个数据源,含括对后继的研究可信又丰富的内容。
书籍
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Bova, Ben. The Story of Light . Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, 2001.
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Gosnell, Mariana. Ice: The Nature , the History , and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Leonardo da Vinci. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci . Edited by Edward MacCurdy. Old Saybrook, Conn.: Konecky & Konecky, 2003.
McLeish, Kenneth. Aristotle . New York: Routledge, 1999.
Meeus, Jean. Astronomical Tables of the Sun , Moon , and Planets . 2nd ed. Richmond, Va.: Willmann-Bell, 1995.
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Goklany, Indur M. “Death and Death Rates Due to Extreme Weather Events: Global and U.S. Trends, 1900-2004.” Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado at Boulder.http://cstpr.colorado.edu/sparc/research/projects/extreme_events/munich_workshop/goklany.pdf.
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Heron, Melonie. “Deaths: Leading Causes for 2008.”National Vital Statistics Reports 60, no. 6 (June 6, 2012).
United States Department of Health and Human Services,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_06.pdf.
Laird, W. R. “Renaissance Mechanics and the New Science of Motion.” Canary Islands Ministry of Education,Universities, and Sustainability.
http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/educacion/3/usrn/fundoro/archivos%20adjuntos/publicaciones/largo_campo/cap_02_06_Laird.pdf.
Llinás, Rodolfo. “The Electric Brain.” Interview withRodolfo Llin á s conducted by Lauren Aguirre for Nova online.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/electric-brain.html.
National Weather Service National Hurricane Center.Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php.
Nave, C. R. HyperPhysics. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html.
Sachs, Joe. “Aristotle: Motion and Its Place in Nature.” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/aris-mot/.
Sengpiel, Eberhard. “Calculation of the Speed of Sound in Air and the Effective Temperature. ”http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-speedsound.htm.
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