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March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen

March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen

Author: John L. Ingraham ,  Roberto Kolter
ISBN: 9780674064096
Format: Paperback
$137.28

Though we might not be able to see microbes, the consequences of their activities are readily apparent to our unaided...  Read More >>

Viele Welten: Hugh Everett III - ein Familiendrama zwischen kaltem Krieg und Quantenphysik

Viele Welten: Hugh Everett III - ein Familiendrama zwischen...

Author: Peter Byrne
ISBN: 9783642251795
Format: Hardback
$106.06

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Volcano: Nature and Culture

Volcano: Nature and Culture

Author: James Hamilton
ISBN: 9781861899170
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Extreme States of Matter

Extreme States of Matter

Author: Joseph A. Angleo
ISBN: 9780816076062
Format: Hardback
$91.30

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A Wealth of Numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular Mathematics Writing

A Wealth of Numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular...

Author: Benjamin Wardhaugh
ISBN: 9780691147758
Format: Hardback
$99.99

An anthology that gathers together nearly one hundred selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing....  Read More >>

The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present

The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have...

Author: Paul Seabright
ISBN: 9780691133010
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Men and women became experts at influencing one another to achieve their cooperative ends, but also became trapped...  Read More >>

Nature's Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation

Nature's Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation

Author: James L. Gould ,  Carol Grant Gould
ISBN: 9780691140452
Format: Hardback
$54.99

We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But scientists...  Read More >>

Metamorphosis: Unmasking the Mystery of How Life Transforms

Metamorphosis: Unmasking the Mystery of How Life Transforms...

Author: Frank Ryan
ISBN: 9781851689132
Format: Paperback
$22.99

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Bridges: The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures

Bridges: The science and art of the world's most inspiring...

Author: David Blockley (Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol)
ISBN: 9780199645725
Format: Paperback
$23.95

Bridges are remarkable structures. Often vast, immense, and sometimes beautiful, they can be icons of cities. David...  Read More >>

Cortical Circuits: Synaptic Organization of the Cerebral Cortex Structure, Function, and Theory

Cortical Circuits: Synaptic Organization of the Cerebral...

Author: WHITE
ISBN: 9781468487237
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This elegant book presents current evidence on the organization of the mammalian cerebral cortex.  Read More >>

Free Will

Free Will

Author: Sam Harris
ISBN: 9781451683400
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

Destination Mars: New Explorations of the Red Planet

Destination Mars: New Explorations of the Red Planet...

Author: Rod Pyle ,  Robert Manning
ISBN: 9781616145897
Format: Paperback
$38.99

Looks at the future of Mars exploration. This title provides readers with a insider's look into the projects being...  Read More >>

The Biology of Computer Life: Survival, Emotion and Free Will

The Biology of Computer Life: Survival, Emotion and...

Author: SIMONS
ISBN: 9781468480528
Format: Paperback
$145.17

There is abundant evidence to suggest that we are wit­ nessing the emergence of a vast new family of life-forms...  Read More >>

Principles of Wood Science and Technology: I Solid Wood

Principles of Wood Science and Technology: I Solid Wood...

Author: Franz F.P. Kollmann ,  Franz Kollmann
ISBN: 9783642879302
Format: Paperback
$448.77

It is through this interdisciplinary approach that progress has been made in wood seasoning, wood preservation methods,...  Read More >>

Gravity: How the Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped Our Lives

Gravity: How the Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped...

Author: Brian Clegg
ISBN: 9780312616298
Format: Hardback
$105.57

Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is...  Read More >>

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain: The Neuroscience of How, When, Why and Who We Love

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain:...

Author: Judith Horstman ,  Scientific American
ISBN: 9780470647783
Format: Hardback
$68.51

How the latest discoveries in neuroscience reveal the moment to moment dynamics in our brain that inspires love...  Read More >>

From Stars To Stalagmites: How Everything Connects

From Stars To Stalagmites: How Everything Connects

Author: Paul S Braterman (Univ Of Glasgow, Uk)
ISBN: 9789814713337
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Collects essays on chemistry related themes. This book begins with the age of the earth, and concludes with the...  Read More >>

Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter

Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures...

Author: Ellen Prager
ISBN: 9780226678764
Format: Paperback
$34.95

When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean, with its rolling waves and vast expanse, can seem calm, even serene....  Read More >>

The Address Book: Our Place in the Scheme of Things

The Address Book: Our Place in the Scheme of Things...

Author: Tim Radford
ISBN: 9780007356294
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Over the years, millions of school children must have written out their address in the same way – their house number...  Read More >>

The Moral Landscape

The Moral Landscape

Author: Sam Harris
ISBN: 9780552776387
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification...  Read More >>

The Universe Explained to my Grandchildren

The Universe Explained to my Grandchildren

Author: Hubert Reeves ,  Donald Winkler
ISBN: 9780956808226
Format: Paperback
$15.53

The master cosmologist and astrophysicist unlocks the secrets of the universe in a clear and accessible way for...  Read More >>

Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human Relationships

Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of...

Author: Dario Maestripieri
ISBN: 9780465020782
Format: Hardback
$71.25

Tracking us in elevators and on emails, at home and at work, a leading primatologist uncovers the rules that govern...  Read More >>

Citizen Science: Public Participation in Environmental Research

Citizen Science: Public Participation in Environmental...

Author: Janis L. Dickinson ,  Richard E. Bonney
ISBN: 9780801449116
Format: Hardback
$176.75

In Citizen Science, experts from a variety of disciplines share their experiences of creating and implementing successful...  Read More >>

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