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Exploring the Biomedical Revolution: A Look at the Work of Frontline Scientists and How They are Changing Medicine

Exploring the Biomedical Revolution: A Look at the Work...

Author: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
ISBN: 9780801863981
Format: Paperback
$52.67

The 20th century was an era of great biomedical discoveries, including the development of antibiotics, new insights...  Read More >>

A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth

A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth...

Author: Samantha Weinberg
ISBN: 9781857029079
Format: Paperback
$26.37

A story of obsession, adventure and the search for our oldest surviving ancestor -- 400 million years old -- a four-limbed...  Read More >>

Shaking the Tree: Readings from Nature in the History of Life

Shaking the Tree: Readings from Nature in the History...

Author: Henry Gee
ISBN: 9780226284972
Format: Paperback
$65.95

""Nature"" has published news about the history of life ever since its first issue in 1869. This work brings together...  Read More >>

matematica e cultura 2000

matematica e cultura 2000

Author: Michele Emmer
ISBN: 9788847001022
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Pur avendo come punto di riferimento la matematica, si rivolge a tutti coloro che hanno curiosità e interessi culturali...  Read More >>

Shaking the Tree: Readings from Nature in the History of Life

Shaking the Tree: Readings from Nature in the History...

Author: Henry Gee
ISBN: 9780226284965
Format: Hardback
$227.95

""Nature"" has published news about the history of life ever since its first issue in 1869. This work brings together...  Read More >>

Speaking of Science

Speaking of Science

Author: Michael Fripp ,  Deborah Fripp
ISBN: 9781878707512
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Easy to use, the volume is organized into major scientific categories and subcategories. Many of the quotes are...  Read More >>

Fresh Water

Fresh Water

Author: E. C. Pielou (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
ISBN: 9780226668161
Format: Paperback
$42.95

In Fresh Water, E. C. Pielou describes the natural history of this vital ingredient of the natural world.  Read More >>

ME and My Amazing Body

ME and My Amazing Body

Author: Joan Sweeney
ISBN: 9780613261708
Format: Book
$45.41

A girl describes how her skin, bones, muscles, brain, blood, heart, lungs, and stomach receive energy and function...  Read More >>

Why We Feel

Why We Feel

Author: Victor Johnston
ISBN: 9780738203164
Format: Paperback
$44.88

Drawing on computer science, neurobiology, and evolutionary psychology, this study argues that emotions are not...  Read More >>

How to Solve the Mind-body Problem

How to Solve the Mind-body Problem

Author: Nicholas Humphrey
ISBN: 9780907845089
Format: Paperback
$24.58

Offers an introduction to the mind-body problem and the study of consciousness.  Read More >>

The Genesis Chronicles: The evolution of humankind

The Genesis Chronicles: The evolution of humankind

Author: Glen McBride
ISBN: 9781865081083
Format: Paperback
$36.99

One scientist's conjecture about key events in various stages of the evolution of humankind from Ramepithecus to...  Read More >>

The Fascinating Life and Theory of Albert Einstein

The Fascinating Life and Theory of Albert Einstein

Author: Walter C. Mih ,  Bernard Einstein
ISBN: 9781560727866
Format: Hardback
$73.79

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Science and Its Times: 19th Century

Science and Its Times: 19th Century

Author: Neil Schlager
ISBN: 9780787639372
Format: Hardback
$359.04

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Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life

Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning...

Author: Paul Davies
ISBN: 9780684863092
Format: Paperback
$39.60

An award-winning, bestselling author shows how recent and imminent scientific discoveries will transform the understanding...  Read More >>

The Ascent of Science

The Ascent of Science

Author: Silver
ISBN: 9780195134278
Format: Paperback
$69.95

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Emergence: From Chaos to Order

Emergence: From Chaos to Order

Author: Holland
ISBN: 9780192862112
Format: Paperback
$34.95

In this book, one of today's most innovative thinkers, John H. Holland, explains the theory of emergence - a simple...  Read More >>

Science, Order and Creativity second edition

Science, Order and Creativity second edition

Author: David Bohm ,  F. David Peat
ISBN: 9780415171830
Format: Paperback
$62.99

The authors argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view...  Read More >>

Between Inner Space and Outer Space: Essays on Science, Art, and Philosophy

Between Inner Space and Outer Space: Essays on Science,...

Author: John D. Barrow (Professor of Astronomy, Professor of Astronomy, University of Sussex)
ISBN: 9780192880413
Format: Paperback
$46.95

In this collection of essays, acclaimed cosmologist and writer John D. Barrow addresses the many questions that...  Read More >>

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters...

Author: Matt Ridley
ISBN: 9781857028355
Format: Paperback
$33.61

An investigation of genetic science. The book of about 100,000 words, is divided into 23 chapters, a chapter for...  Read More >>

The Meme Machine

The Meme Machine

Author: Susan Blackmore (Lecturer in Psychology, Lecturer in Psychology, University of the West of England, Bristol)
ISBN: 9780192862129
Format: Paperback
$31.95

Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes...  Read More >>

Build Your Own Robot!

Build Your Own Robot!

Author: Karl Lunt
ISBN: 9781568811024
Format: Paperback
$48.99

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Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming

Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of...

Author: S. George Philander
ISBN: 9780691050348
Format: Paperback
$67.99

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