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Scientific American Book of the Brain

Scientific American Book of the Brain

Author: Editors of Scientific American Magazine
ISBN: 9781585742851
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Presents 26 cutting-edge articles from Scientific American on current brain research, by the biggest names working...  Read More >>

The Spark of Life

The Spark of Life

Author: Christopher Wills ,  Jeffrey Bada
ISBN: 9780198662761
Format: Paperback
$24.95

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Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones

Author: Stephen Drury
ISBN: 9780198508076
Format: Paperback
$42.95

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Lucifer's Legacy

Lucifer's Legacy

Author: F.E. Close
ISBN: 9780198662679
Format: Paperback
$32.95

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Lucy’s Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution

Lucy’s Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution...

Author: Alison Jolly
ISBN: 9780674005402
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Alison Jolly believes that biologists have a story to tell about being human - one of cooperation and interdependence....  Read More >>

A Mathematical Mystery Tour: Discovering the Truth and Beauty of the Cosmos

A Mathematical Mystery Tour: Discovering the Truth and...

Author: A. K. Dewdney
ISBN: 9780471407348
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This title tells the story of a fictional historian of mathematics who travels around the world in pursuit of the...  Read More >>

The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels

The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels

Author: Thomas Gold ,  F. Dyson
ISBN: 9780387952536
Format: Paperback
$52.80

No other book comes even close to proposing that there is a huge mass of life living within the earth, that it is...  Read More >>

The Energy of Nature

The Energy of Nature

Author: E. C. Pielou (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
ISBN: 9780226668062
Format: Hardback
$163.95

This text explores energy's role in nature, how and where it originates, what it does, and what becomes of it. Using...  Read More >>

Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution

Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human...

Author: Randal Keynes
ISBN: 9781841156606
Format: Paperback
$25.88

The story of the personal tragedy that lay behind Darwin’s revolutionary understanding of man’s place in nature....  Read More >>

The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History

The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections...

Author: Stephen Jay Gould
ISBN: 9780099285830
Format: Paperback
$32.99

In this collection of essays, the author applys biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific...  Read More >>

Dictionary of Weather

Dictionary of Weather

Author: Storm Dunlop
ISBN: 9780192800633
Format: Paperback
$26.95

A dictionary of over 1,800 weather, forecasting, and climate terms with illustrative examples of specific events...  Read More >>

The Oxford Guide to the Mind

The Oxford Guide to the Mind

Author: Geoff Underwood
ISBN: 9780198600831
Format: Paperback
$31.95

Based on the ""Oxford Companion to the Mind"", this ""Guide"" presents a tour of the mind: what it is, what it does,...  Read More >>

Killer Algae

Killer Algae

Author: Alexandre Meinesz ,  Daniel Simberloff
ISBN: 9780226519234
Format: Paperback
$49.95

This text presents the biological and political horror story of the algae in the Mediterranean. This work - part...  Read More >>

Mathematics Galore!: Masterclasses, Workshops and Team Projects in Mathematics and its Applications

Mathematics Galore!: Masterclasses, Workshops and Team...

Author: Christopher Budd ,  C. J. Sangwin
ISBN: 9780198507697
Format: Hardback
$69.95

Suitable for young people from age thirteen upwards, this book is a series of self-contained workshops in mathematics....  Read More >>

Frogs, Flies and Dandelions

Frogs, Flies and Dandelions

Author: Menno Schilthuizen
ISBN: 9780198503934
Format: Hardback
$69.95

How do new animal and plant species come about? How quickly does it happen? And what are species anyway? These questions,...  Read More >>

Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination

Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination

Author: Gerald M Edelman ,  Giulio Tononi
ISBN: 9780140281477
Format: Paperback
$39.99

What goes on in our heads when we have a thought? This book presents an empirically-supported theory of consciousness....  Read More >>

Why Geese Don't Get Obese...: ..and We Do!

Why Geese Don't Get Obese...: ..and We Do!

Author: Eric P. Widmaier ,  Rick Adamson
ISBN: 9781885408280
Format: Audio
$44.75

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Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology

Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology

Author: Harold Klawans
ISBN: 9780393321845
Format: Paperback
$35.95

A master neurologist's clinical tales—both funny and profound—of the evolution of the brain.  Read More >>

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics...

Author: A. Smith
ISBN: 9781349418053
Format: Paperback
$116.41

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Einstein's German World

Einstein's German World

Author: Fritz Stern
ISBN: 9780691074580
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries: Second Edition

Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles,...

Author: Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ,  Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 9780309072700
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Since 1901 there have been over three hundred recipients of the Nobel Prize in the sciences. Only about 3 percent...  Read More >>

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