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Now: The Physics of Time

Now: The Physics of Time

Author: Richard A. Muller (University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780393285239
Format: Hardback
$57.00

“Now” is a simple yet elusive concept.  Read More >>

Waiting for Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Waiting for Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial...

Author: Lawrence Squeri
ISBN: 9780813062143
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Imagine a network of extraterrestrials in radio contact with each other across the universe, superior beings who...  Read More >>

Solving the Mind-Body Problem by the CODAM Neural Model of Consciousness?

Solving the Mind-Body Problem by the CODAM Neural Model...

Author: John G. Taylor
ISBN: 9789402402544
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Solving the Mind-Body Problem bridges the gap that exists between philosophers of mind and the neuroscience community,...  Read More >>

Philosophy and Engineering: Reflections on Practice, Principles and Process

Philosophy and Engineering: Reflections on Practice,...

Author: Diane P Michelfelder ,  Natasha McCarthy
ISBN: 9789402402513
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Building on the breakthrough text Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda, this book offers 30 chapters covering...  Read More >>

The Naked Surgeon: the power and peril of transparency in medicine

The Naked Surgeon: the power and peril of transparency...

Author: Samer Nashef
ISBN: 9781925228694
Format: Paperback
$33.61

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13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything

13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe...

Author: John Gribbin
ISBN: 9781785781087
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Popular science master John Gribbin tackles the very biggest question modern science has to answer.  Read More >>

The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom

The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the...

Author: Dr Carin Bondar
ISBN: 9781780229119
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small.  Read More >>

The Realization of Star Trek Technologies: The Science, Not Fiction, Behind Brain Implants, Plasma Shields, Quantum Computing, and More

The Realization of Star Trek Technologies: The Science,...

Author: Mark E. Lasbury
ISBN: 9783319409122
Format: Paperback
$116.41

As Star Trek celebrates its 50th anniversary, the futuristic tools of Kirk, Spock, Scott, and McCoy continue to...  Read More >>

Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks

Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your...

Author: Guy Claxton
ISBN: 9780300223477
Format: Paperback
$30.95

An enthralling exploration that upends the prevailing view of consciousness and demonstrates how intelligence is...  Read More >>

The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club

The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys'...

Author: Eileen Pollack
ISBN: 9780807083444
Format: Paperback
$35.00

ONE OF WASHINGTON POST'S NOTABLE NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR ""Beautifully written and full of important insights,""...  Read More >>

How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality

How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals about Male Health...

Author: Richard G. Bribiescas
ISBN: 9780691160634
Format: Hardback
$44.99

While the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been...  Read More >>

A Mathematical Odyssey: Journey from the Real to the Complex

A Mathematical Odyssey: Journey from the Real to the...

Author: Steven G. Krantz ,  Harold R. Parks
ISBN: 9781489978448
Format: Paperback
$142.29

This engaging contribution to popular science explores hot-button topics in mathematics that up to now have been...  Read More >>

Flipping the Translation in Popular Science: In Both Directions Between English and Chinese

Flipping the Translation in Popular Science: In Both...

Author: Pei-Shu Tsai
ISBN: 9781911033165
Format: Paperback
$103.37

Flipping the Translation in Popular Science is a collection of Dr. Tsai's research and teaching experiences over...  Read More >>

The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos

The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living...

Author: Leonard Mlodinow
ISBN: 9780141981017
Format: Paperback
$39.99

An inspiring and illuminating story of how we have come to understand the world, from the invention of the very...  Read More >>

The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust

The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling...

Author: Tiffany Watt Smith
ISBN: 9781781251300
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Now available in paperback: let Tiffany Watt Smith guide you through the history, politics, art, literature and...  Read More >>

The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters

The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing...

Author: Robert Muir-Wood
ISBN: 9781786070050
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A fascinating dissection of the threat posed by natural disasters and what we can do about it  Read More >>

The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher

The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge...

Author: Roberto Buonanno
ISBN: 9783319375571
Format: Paperback
$369.57

In this fascinating book, the author traces the careers, ideas, discoveries, and inventions of two renowned scientists,...  Read More >>

Controls and Art: Inquiries at the Intersection of the Subjective and the Objective

Controls and Art: Inquiries at the Intersection of the...

Author: Amy LaViers ,  Magnus Egerstedt
ISBN: 9783319352176
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This first-of-its-kind anthology assembles technical research that makes possible such creations as dancing humanoids,...  Read More >>

Disaster Education and Management: A Joyride for Students, Teachers and Disaster Managers

Disaster Education and Management: A Joyride for Students,...

Author: Rajendra Kumar Bhandari
ISBN: 9788132229056
Format: Paperback
$258.72

The book is expressly written for the young minds because they are our best hope for a safer tomorrow. Senior citizens,...  Read More >>

Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential

Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering...

Author: Michelle Lee
ISBN: 9783319345703
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The...

Author: Sydney Padua
ISBN: 9780141981536
Format: Paperback
$26.99

""*The (mostly) true story of the first computer""--Jacket.  Read More >>

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