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Introduction to Live Sound Reinforcement
The Science, the Art, and the Practice
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For live sound engineers, this book is an invaluable resource in the path to career development. This edition builds upon the clear writing and comprehensive illustrations of the previous edition to explain the fundamental concepts of acoustics...
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Adventures in My Trusty Boots
Women Geoscientists in Canada and Beyond
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There has never been a better time for women in Canada to enter the geosciences. As climate change inspires greater emphasis on green power, environmental stewardship, and Indigenous worldviews, support groups for women and other minorities in...
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Drinking from the Iceberg
Memoirs of a Field Zoologist
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What does it take to succeed as a field zoologist, particularly as a woman in a heavily male-dominated industry? Resilience, adaptability and a longing for adventure. These are the traits that Lorna Lyons highlights in her personal memoir,...
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The Sun Within
Atomic Energy and Life
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Life on Earth depends on the Sun’s atomic energy, incorporated into plants through photosynthesis. Our bodies are made up of elements produced by past generations of stars, connecting us to processes occurring throughout the Universe. The Sun...
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On Science, Society and the Contemporary Condition
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With the massive investment in science since WWII, why are so many scientists questioning science’s resilience? Science is not as objective as often thought. It is conducted in the context of a contemporary culture. The ideals and imagination...
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Our Hope for Gene Therapy
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A diagnosis of choroideremia once predicted a history of gradual vision loss. Dedicated doctors and researchers like Ian MacDonald are determined to change that, raising money for research, and exploring and testing possible treatments. Our Hope...
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Croatian Barrel Theory
Origin of the Solar System and Theory of First Cell on Earth
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How did life begin? Why does Venus rotate backwards? Where does Earth’s water come from? When it comes to nature and the cosmos, we have more questions than answers. While we’ve established theories, we have no discernable truth. Author Mike Laus...
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Not Science. Not Scientists.
The Great Scientific Hijack
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When doctors, virologists, and health organizations make claims, we take them as scientific fact. But what if this is not the case? What if the medicine, as we know it today, is based on false principles? Not Science, Not Scientists exposes how...
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Fermi's Paradox
And How Intelligent Life Arose On Earth
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One day in 1950, in the midst of lunch with colleagues, Italian/American physicist Enrico Fermi suddenly asked, “Where is everybody?” Fermi wasn’t referring to the lunch crowd. What Fermi was pondering was why—with so many Sun-like stars in our...
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From Hamburgers to COVID
A Scientific Adventure
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From Hamburgers to COVID is a memoir which traces Dr. Vikram Misra’s path from his childhood in Saskatoon—where his father pursued graduate studies on prairie grasshoppers—to his own career as a virologist. Blending personal anecdotes with...
