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Newton: A Very Short Introduction

Newton: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Rob Iliffe (, Reader in the History of Science, Imperial College, London)
ISBN: 9780199298037
Format: Paperback
$21.95

Newton's contributions to our understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered by many to be unparalleled....  Read More >>

Adventures From The Technology Underground: Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them

Adventures From The Technology Underground: Catapults,...

Author: William Gurstelle
ISBN: 9780307351258
Format: Paperback
$39.60

A fascinating glimpse into the subculture of scientists and engineers who spend countless hours devising gizmos...  Read More >>

Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions

Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects...

Author: Jelle Zeilinga de Boer ,  Donald Theodore Sanders
ISBN: 9780691127866
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Tells the story of various epic earthquakes. This book explains the geological processes responsible for earthquakes,...  Read More >>

War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda

War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to...

Author: Jonathan Tucker
ISBN: 9781400032334
Format: Paperback
$50.03

In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles...  Read More >>

The Physics of Basketball

The Physics of Basketball

Author: John J. Fontanella (U.S. Naval Academy)
ISBN: 9780801885136
Format: Hardback
$66.99

Reddick do naturally the things that Isaac Newton says they should.  Read More >>

The Counter-Creationism Handbook

The Counter-Creationism Handbook

Author: Mark Isaak
ISBN: 9780520249264
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Those opposed to the teaching of evolution often make well-rehearsed claims about the science that sound convincing....  Read More >>

Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain: Separating fact from fiction

Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain: Separating fact...

Author: Sergio Della Sala (Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, UK)
ISBN: 9780198568773
Format: Paperback
$160.95

Tall tales presents a sweeping survey of common myths about the mind and brain. In a lighthearted and accessible...  Read More >>

Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain: Separating fact from fiction

Tall Tales about the Mind and Brain: Separating fact...

Author: Sergio Della Sala (Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, UK)
ISBN: 9780198568766
Format: Hardback
$284.95

Tall tales presents a sweeping survey of common myths about the mind and brain. In a lighthearted and accessible...  Read More >>

A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives

A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives...

Author: Cordelia Fine
ISBN: 9781840467987
Format: Paperback
$23.26

How your brain runs your life - whether you like it or not.  Read More >>

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration Of The Parallels Between Modern Physics & Eastern Mysticism

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration Of The Parallels...

Author: Fritjof Capra
ISBN: 9780007272921
Format: Paperback
$17.95

The author has avoided usage of complex mathematics while explaining various observations of Eastern religions....  Read More >>

Weather Forecasting

Weather Forecasting

Author: Cliff Jacobson ,  Michael Hodgson
ISBN: 9780762742233
Format: Paperback
$23.63

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10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries

10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A Guide to...

Author: M. Hanlon
ISBN: 9780230622845
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Considering questions such as 'Where did language come from?' and 'Do animals know they exist?', Michael Hanlon...  Read More >>

The Living End: The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality

The Living End: The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and...

Author: G. Brown
ISBN: 9780230517578
Format: Hardback
$103.47

The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old...  Read More >>

10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries

10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A Guide to...

Author: M. Hanlon ,  Michael Hanlon
ISBN: 9780230517585
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Considering questions such as 'Where did language come from?' and 'Do animals know they exist?', Michael Hanlon...  Read More >>

Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everythingin the Cosmos, fromOu r Brains to Black Holes

Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information...

Author: Charles Seife
ISBN: 9780143038399
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Lucid and exhilarating, this volume probes the mind-boggling advances in science that are bringing mankind to the...  Read More >>

Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species

Author: Keith A. Francis
ISBN: 9780313317484
Format: Hardback
$80.00

Published in 1859, ""The Origin of Species"" challenged the belief in the fixity of species and argued that species...  Read More >>

Lasers

Lasers

Author: Charlene W. Billings ,  Sean M. Grady
ISBN: 9780816047840
Format: Hardback
$71.50

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Optics

Optics

Author: Sean M. Grady
ISBN: 9780816047048
Format: Hardback
$71.50

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Global Warming

Global Warming

Author: Mark A. Maslin
ISBN: 9781841073224
Format: Paperback
$25.75

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Mathematics and Culture IV

Mathematics and Culture IV

Author: Michele Emmer
ISBN: 9783540342540
Format: Hardback
$211.07

Gaudi’s dream which will be reached finalizing the construction of the ""Sagrada Familia"" in Barcelona, the victory...  Read More >>

The God Delusion

The God Delusion

Author: Richard Dawkins ,  Richard Dawkins
ISBN: 9781400153787
Format: Audio
$79.17

Discovery magazine has recently called Richard Dawkins Darwins Rottweiler for his fierce and effective defense...  Read More >>

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