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The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder

The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder...

Author: David Quammen
ISBN: 9780743200325
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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Beethoven's Hair

Beethoven's Hair

Author: Russell Martin
ISBN: 9780747553403
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Born in Germany, Beethoven spent much of his life in Austria. Blending biography, mystery, history and the forensic...  Read More >>

The Book Of Nothing

The Book Of Nothing

Author: John D. Barrow
ISBN: 9780099288459
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Where does it begin and where does it end? From the zeros of the mathematician to the void of the philosophers,...  Read More >>

The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature

The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature...

Author: Ball
ISBN: 9780198502432
Format: Paperback
$170.95

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British Caenozoic Fossils

British Caenozoic Fossils

Author: Natural History Museum
ISBN: 9781898298779
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This work provides information on which fossils one may expect to find amongst the wealth of geological horizons...  Read More >>

The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World

The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry...

Author: Deborah Cadbury
ISBN: 9781857029635
Format: Paperback
$52.77

The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant events in the natural history...  Read More >>

The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah and the Search for Infinity

The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah...

Author: Amir D. Azcel
ISBN: 9780743422994
Format: Paperback
$47.49

A compelling narrative that blends the story of infinity with the tragic tale of a tormented and brilliant mathematician....  Read More >>

Life at the Extremes

Life at the Extremes

Author: Frances Ashcroft
ISBN: 9780006551256
Format: Paperback
$28.44

The debut of a female Steve Jones – likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book...  Read More >>

Das Darwin-Virus

Das Darwin-Virus

Author: Greg Bear ,  Sebastian Vogel
ISBN: 9783827410894
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Ein Massengrab in Georgien, in dem die Leichen mehrerer schwangerer Frauen entdeckt werden - und eine Verschworung...  Read More >>

Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky, Schrodinger, and Wilson

Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky,...

Author: Leah Ceccarelli
ISBN: 9780226099071
Format: Paperback
$61.95

In considering how scientists persuade colleagues to cross the disciplinary divide, this text examines three scientific...  Read More >>

The Origins of Creativity

The Origins of Creativity

Author: Karl H. Pfenninger ,  Valerie Shubik
ISBN: 9780198507154
Format: Hardback
$55.00

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Alternative Energy: Facts, Statistics, and Issues

Alternative Energy: Facts, Statistics, and Issues

Author: Paula Berinstein
ISBN: 9781573562485
Format: Paperback
$120.00

This text is a source for information about alternative energy and the context in which it operates. Written for...  Read More >>

Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky, Schrodinger, and Wilson

Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky,...

Author: Leah Ceccarelli
ISBN: 9780226099064
Format: Hardback
$163.95

In considering how scientists persuade colleagues to cross the disciplinary divide, this text examines three scientific...  Read More >>

The Natural History of Sex: The Ecology and Evolution of Mating Behaviour

The Natural History of Sex: The Ecology and Evolution...

Author: Adrian Forsyth
ISBN: 9781552094815
Format: Paperback
$39.47

A reference work presenting a series of essays about sex and courtship in the natural world, exploring the consequences...  Read More >>

Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions About the Real Nature of the Universe

Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions About the Real Nature...

Author: Neil Comins
ISBN: 9780231116442
Format: Hardback
$173.95

Provides access to various paradoxes of the natural world. This book explains that some occur through the prevalence...  Read More >>

Salt: Grain of Life

Salt: Grain of Life

Author: Pierre Laszlo ,  Mary Beth Mader
ISBN: 9780231121989
Format: Hardback
$69.95

Through the ages, salt has conferred status, preserved foods, and mingled in the blood, sweat, and tears of humanity....  Read More >>

Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature...

Author: David Quammen
ISBN: 9781585742622
Format: Paperback
$26.95

What are the merits, if any, of mosquitoes? Why is the act of sex fatal for some species of salmon? What are the...  Read More >>

Kreativitat

Kreativitat

Author: Rainer M Holm-Hadulla
ISBN: 9783540422747
Format: Paperback
$81.84

Mit Beitragen aus Wissenschaft, Kultur, Wirtschaft und Politik""  Read More >>

Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison: And Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature

Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison: And Other Urgent Inquiries...

Author: Hampton Sides ,  Jason Schneider
ISBN: 9780393321500
Format: Paperback
$22.95

Join longtime Outside editor and contributor Hampton Sides as he rollicks through the fascinating, quirky questions...  Read More >>

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals...

Author: Bryan Sykes (Oxford Ancestors)
ISBN: 9780393020182
Format: Hardback
$68.51

Offering a fascinating history of the world as revealed through genetics, a momentous scientific discovery reveals...  Read More >>

The Misunderstood Gene

The Misunderstood Gene

Author: Michel Morange ,  Matthew Cobb
ISBN: 9780674003361
Format: Hardback
$65.87

This text takes the reader on an easily comprehensible tour of the most recent findings in molecular biology to...  Read More >>

Earth: Inside and Out

Earth: Inside and Out

Author: Edmond A. Mathez
ISBN: 9781565845954
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This work is an exploration of how our planet works, the latest theories of the origins of life on earth and the...  Read More >>

Immaculate Misconception, An

Immaculate Misconception, An

Author: Carl Djerassi (Stanford Univ, Usa)
ISBN: 9781860942488
Format: Paperback
$62.10

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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery...

Author: James D. Watson
ISBN: 9780743216302
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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