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Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life

Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial...
Author: David W. Koerner (, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania) , Simon LeVay (, Independent Consultant, former Associate Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies) ISBN: 9780195146004 Format: Paperback	$64.95
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Inventions and Inventors

Inventions and Inventors
Author: Salem Press ISBN: 9781587650161 Format: Hardback	$316.80
This reference examines 160 of the most significant inventions af the 20th century, and the people behind the inventions.... Read More >>

Beyond Nonstructural Quantitative Analysis: Blown-ups, Spinning Currents And Modern Science

Beyond Nonstructural Quantitative Analysis: Blown-ups,...
Author: Yi Lin (Intl Inst For General Sys Studies, Usa) , Yong Wu (Natl Soil Bureau Of Fuling District, China) ISBN: 9789810248390 Format: Hardback	$284.63
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Eureka!: Scientific Breakthroughs that Changed the World

Eureka!: Scientific Breakthroughs that Changed the World...
Author: Leslie Alan Horvitz ISBN: 9780471402763 Format: Hardback	$62.95
The common language of genius: Eureka! While the roads that lead to breakthrough scientific discovery can be as... Read More >>

What Makes You Tick?: The Brain in Plain English

What Makes You Tick?: The Brain in Plain English
Author: Thomas B. Czerner ISBN: 9780471209904 Format: Paperback	$52.67
In the tradition of Lewis Thomas's books on biology, this groundbreaking book presents the intriguing historical... Read More >>

Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature'sMost Dangerous Creatures

Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre...
Author: Carl Zimmer ISBN: 9780743200110 Format: Paperback	$25.88
Synopsis coming soon....... Read More >>

ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adults

ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children...
Author: Wender ISBN: 9780195113495 Format: Paperback	$43.95
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A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics

A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration...
Author: Nicholas Wright Gillham (James B. Duke Professor of Biology, James B. Duke Professor of Biology, Duke University) ISBN: 9780195143652 Format: Hardback	$97.95
Francis Galton was an African explorer, travel writer, and geographer. He was the meteorologist who discovered the... Read More >>

13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorous

13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorous...
Author: John Emsley ISBN: 9780471441496 Format: Paperback	$47.39
Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by 19th century industrialists, and abused by 20th... Read More >>

Royal Institution of Great Britain: v.71

Royal Institution of Great Britain: v.71
Author: Richard Catlow , Susan Greenfield ISBN: 9780198509929 Format: Hardback	$31.95
This selection of essays from the Royal Institution Discourses offers accounts of current thinking in many areas... Read More >>

Upheaval from the Abyss: Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution

Upheaval from the Abyss: Ocean Floor Mapping and the...
Author: David M. Lawrence ISBN: 9780813530284 Format: Hardback	$86.99
The deep oceans are the last great frontier on earth. Not long ago, scientists viewed the ocean floor as a vast,... Read More >>

Science and Literature: Bridging the Two Cultures

Science and Literature: Bridging the Two Cultures
Author: David L. Wilson , Zack R. Bowen ISBN: 9780813022833 Format: Hardback	$171.60
Addressing fundamental issues of human nature and the ability of science to understand them, the authors attempt... Read More >>

Nothingness: The Science Of Empty Space

Nothingness: The Science Of Empty Space
Author: Henning Genz ISBN: 9780738206103 Format: Paperback	$58.08
Physicist Henning Genz addresses one of the most puzzling problems of physics and philosophy: does empty space have... Read More >>

Creations Of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History From Alchemy To The Atomic Age

Creations Of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History From Alchemy...
Author: Cathy Cobb , Harold Goldwhite ISBN: 9780738205946 Format: Paperback	$43.99
A provocative history of the people behind the greatest discoveries in chemistry Read More >>

State of the World 2002

State of the World 2002
Author: Worldwatch Institute ISBN: 9780393050530 Format: Hardback	$79.07
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Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine

Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine...
Author: Jon Cohen ISBN: 9780393322255 Format: Paperback	$47.95
""[A]n important book not only for the now but for the future of this epidemic and those to come.""—Dr. Robert Gallo... Read More >>

No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence

No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased...
Author: William A. Dembski ISBN: 9780742512979 Format: Hardback	$120.00
The evolutionary algorithms of the No Free Lunch Theory support modern beliefs introduced by Darwin and criticize... Read More >>

The Quality of the Environment

The Quality of the Environment
Author: Mccamy ISBN: 9780743236331 Format: Paperback	$52.67
This book provides the results of an interdisciplinary seminar from 1967 in which researchers identify and define... Read More >>

Cosmic Rays: Essays in Science and Technology from the Royal Institution

Cosmic Rays: Essays in Science and Technology from the...
Author: Richard Catlow , Richard Catlow ISBN: 9780198515579 Format: Hardback	$105.60
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Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales Of Logic, Math, And Probability

Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales Of Logic, Math,...
Author: Colin Bruce ISBN: 9780738205892 Format: Paperback	$42.24
A thrilling way to learn about probability, statistics, and math-by watching Sherlock Holmes help victims exploited... Read More >>

New Science of Possibilities v. 1

New Science of Possibilities v. 1
Author: Robert R. Carkhuff ISBN: 9780874255379 Format: Paperback	$79.07
Vol. 2 written in part by Christopher J. Carkhuff. Read More >>

New Science of Possibilities v. 2

New Science of Possibilities v. 2
Author: Robert R. Carkhuff ISBN: 9780874255904 Format: Paperback	$79.07
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Homage to Gaia

Homage to Gaia
Author: James Lovelock ISBN: 9780198604297 Format: Paperback	$32.95
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Nature's Building Blocks

Nature's Building Blocks
Author: John Emsley ISBN: 9780198503415 Format: Hardback	$79.95
A readable, informative, fascinating entry on each one of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically... Read More >>

Logic

Logic
Author: Wilfrid Hodges ISBN: 9780141003146 Format: Paperback	$24.99
If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this... Read More >>

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