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ABC of Architectureby James F. O'Gorman, Dennis E. McGrathISBN 0812216318 (0-8122-1631-8)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Adventures in Group Theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine, and Other Mathematical Toysby David JoynerISBN 0801869471 (0-8018-6947-1)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Aesthetics of Chaos: Nonlinear Thinking and Contemporary Literary CriticismISBN 0813026415 (0-8130-2641-5)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Florida
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Australian Snakes: A Natural Historyby Richard ShineISBN 0801482615 (0-8014-8261-5)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Before The Fallout: From Marie Curie To Hiroshimaby Diana PrestonISBN 0802714455 (0-8027-1445-5)
Hardcover, Walker & Co
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Brain Story: Unlocking Our Inner World of Emotions, Memories, Ideas and Desiresby Susan Greenfield, Dorling Kindersley Publishing StaffISBN 0789478390 (0-7894-7839-0)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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ComputersISBN 0809478587 (0-8094-7858-7)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Computersby Boy Scouts of AmericaISBN 0839532466 (0-8395-3246-6)
Softcover, Boy Scouts of Amer
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Conceptual Physicsby Paul HewittISBN 0805391908 (0-8053-9190-8)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conceptual Physics'Book summary:conceptual physics, tenth edition" helps readers connect physics to their everyday experiences and the world around them with additional help on solving more mathematical problems. Hewitt's text is famous for engaging readers with analogies and imagery from real-world situations that build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong foundation, readers are better equipped to understand the equations and formulas of physics, and motivated to explore the thought-provoking exercises and fun projects in each chapter. Mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, light, atomic and nuclear physics, relativity. For all readers interested in conceptual physics [via]
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Contactby Carl SaganISBN 0785787828 (0-7857-8782-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contact'Book summary:It is December 1999, the dawn of the millennium, and a team of international scientists is poised for the most fantastic adventure in human history. After years of scanning the galaxy for signs of somebody or something else, this team believes they've found a message from an intelligent source--and they travel deep into space to meet it. Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan injects Contact, his prophetic adventure story, with scientific details that make it utterly believable. It is a Cold War era novel that parlays the nuclear paranoia of the time into exquisitely wrought tension among the various countries involved. Sagan meditates on science, religion, and government--the elements that define society--and looks to their impact on and role in the future. His ability to pack an exciting read with such rich content is an unusual talent that makes Contact a modern sci-fi classic. [via]
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Cosmic MysteriesISBN 0809469081 (0-8094-6908-1)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the 20th Centuryby N. Katherine HaylesISBN 0801492904 (0-8014-9290-4)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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A Country Yearby Sue HubbellISBN 0816142300 (0-8161-4230-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty Of Particle Physicsby Bruce A. SchummISBN 080187971X (0-8018-7971-X)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Descent of Womanby Elaine MorganISBN 0812814584 (0-8128-1458-4)
Hardcover, Stein and Day
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Descent of Woman'Book summary:A revised edition, which presents a controversial theory in women's studies. Morgan argues the case for the equal role of women in evolution, promoting the Aquatic Ape Theory of evolution which she elaborated on in further works. [via]
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Devil's Flu: The World's Deadliest Influenza Epidemic and the Scientific Hunt for the Virus That Caused Itby Pete DaviesISBN 0805066225 (0-8050-6622-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession And Survival Among America's Great White Sharksby Susan CaseyISBN 0805080112 (0-8050-8011-2)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Survival and Obsession among America's Great White Sharksby Susan CaseyISBN 080507581X (0-8050-7581-X)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Survival and Obsession among America's Great White Sharks'Book summary:In a post-Jaws, Discovery Channel world, unearthing fresh data on great white sharks is a feat. So credit Susan Casey not just with finding and spotlighting two biologists who have done truly pioneering field research on the beasts but also with following them and their subjects into the heart of one of the most unnatural habitats on earth: the Farallon Islands. Though just 30 miles due west of San Francisco, the Farallones--nicknamed the Devil's Teeth for their ragged appearance and raging inhospitality--are utterly alien, which may explain why each autumn, packs of great whites return to gorge on the seals and sea lions that gather there before returning to the Pacific and beyond. That Casey, via her biologist buddies Peter Pyle and Scot Anderson, can even report that sharks apparently follow migratory feeding patterns is a revelation. Throughout The Devil's Teeth, Casey makes clear that year upon year of observing the sharks has given Pyle and Anderson (and by extension, us) insights into shark behavior that are entirely new and too numerous to list. The otherworldly Farallon Islands, meanwhile, also dominate Casey's engaging tale as she charts their transformation from ultra-dangerous source of wild eggs in the 19th century to ultra-dangerous real-life shark lab and bird sanctuary today. Despite the plethora of factoids on offer, Casey's style is consistently digestible and very amusing. She also has a knack for putting things into perspective. Take this characteristic passage:
The Farallon great whites are largely unharassed. They might cross paths with the occasional boatload of day-trippers from San Francisco, but they're subjected to none of the behavior-altering coercion that nature's top predators regularly endure so that people can sit in the Winnebago... and get a look at them. This is important because despite their visibility at the Farallones, and despite the impressive truth that sharks are so old they predate trees, great whites have remained among the most mysterious of creatures."
By book's end, it's hard to know what's more captivating: the biologists' groundbreaking data; Casey's primer on the evolution of the Farallones; the islands' symbiotic relationships with the sharks; the gulls and sea lions they attract; or the outpost's resident ghosts. Frankly, it's a nice problem to have. --Kim Hughes
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The outer edge of the fearsome Maintop bay, a spooky, boat-eating stretch of water that makes everyone uneasy. Not surprisingly, the sharks seem to love it. (Susan Casey)
An eighteen-foot shark investigates a six-foot surfboard. (Peter Pyle)
A shark attack at the Farallones is not usually a subtle event. (Peter Pyle)
Scot Anderson (in orange) observes a feeding. Also in the boat are director Paul Atkins and cinematographer Peter Scoones of the BBC film crew that visited the Farallones in 1993 to film The Great White Shark. (Peter Pyle)
The Farallones researchers see some action from a shark named Bluntnose. (Peter Pyle)
An unquiet cove: Just Imagine (Casey's temporary home) at its moorage in Fisherman's Bay, 150 yards west of Tower Point and 200 yards east of Sugarloaf. (Susan Casey)More editions of The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Survival and Obsession among America's Great White Sharks:
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The Dinosaur Heresiesby Robert T. BakkerISBN 0806522607 (0-8065-2260-7)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Discoverersby Daniel Joseph BoorstinISBN 0810932075 (0-8109-3207-5)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Electrons, Phonons, Magnonsby Moisei Isaakovich KaganovISBN 0828520119 (0-8285-2011-9)
Softcover, Imported Pubn
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The End of Natureby Bill McKibbenISBN 0812976088 (0-8129-7608-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The End of Nature'Book summary:Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth. This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that the survival of the globe is dependent on a fundamental, philosophical shift in the way we relate to nature is more relevant than ever. McKibben writes of our earth's environmental cataclysm, addressing such core issues as the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and the depletion of the ozone layer. His new introduction addresses some of the latest environmental issues that have risen during the 1990s. The book also includes an invaluable new appendix of facts and figures that surveys the progress of the environmental movement. More than simply a handbook for survival or a doomsday catalog of scientific prediction, this classic, soulful lament on Nature is required reading for nature enthusiasts, activists, and concerned citizens alike. [via]
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Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationallyby Robyn DawesISBN 0813340268 (0-8133-4026-8)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally'Book summary:Robyn Dawes defines irrationality as adhering to beliefs that are inherently self-contradictory, not just incorrect, self-defeating, or the basis of poor decisions. Such beliefs are unfortunately common. Witness two examples: the belief that child sexual abuse can be diagnosed by observing symptoms typically resulting from such abuse, rather than symptoms that differentiate between abused and non-abused children; and the belief that a physical or personal disaster can be understood by studying it alone in-depth rather than by comparing the situation in which it occurred to similar situations where nothing bad happened. This book first demonstrates how such irrationality results from ignoring obvious comparisons. Such neglect is traced to associational and story-based thinking, while true rational judgment requires comparative thinking. Strong emotion--or even insanity--is one reason for making automatic associations without comparison, but as the author demonstrates, a lot of everyday judgment, unsupported professional claims, and even social policy is based on the same kind of irrationality.[via]More editions of Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally:
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The Expanding Universeby Mark A. Garlick, John GribbinISBN 0789484161 (0-7894-8416-1)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Scienceby Colin BeavanISBN 0786885289 (0-7868-8528-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australian Lands and Peopleby Tim F. FlanneryISBN 0802139434 (0-8021-3943-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Godel's Proofby Ernest Nagel, Douglas R. Hofstadter, James Roy NewmanISBN 0814758169 (0-8147-5816-9)
Hardcover, New York Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Godel's Proof'Book summary:Gödel's incompleteness theorem--which showed that any robust mathematical system contains statements that are true yet unprovable within the system--is an anomaly in 20th-century mathematics. Its conclusions are as strange as they are profound, but, unlike other recent theorems of comparable importance, grasping the main steps of the proof requires little more than high school algebra and a bit of patience. Ernest Nagel and James Newman's original text was one of the first (and best) to bring Gödel's ideas to a mass audience. With brevity and clarity, the volume described the historical context that made Gödel's theorem so paradigm-shattering. Where the first edition fell down, however, was in the guts of the proof itself; the brevity that served so well in defining the problem made their rendering of Gödel's solution so dense as to be nearly indigestible.
This reissuance of Nagel and Newman's classic has been vastly improved by the deft editing of Douglas Hofstadter, a protégé of Nagel's and himself a popularizer of Gödel's work. In the second edition, Hofstadter reworks significant sections of the book, clarifying and correcting here, adding necessary detail there. In the few instances in which his writing diverges from the spirit of the original, it is to emphasize the interplay between formal mathematical deduction and meta-mathematical reasoning--a subject explored in greater depth in Hofstadter's other delightful writings. --Clark Williams-Derry [via]
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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odysseyby Spencer WellsISBN 0812971469 (0-8129-7146-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey'Book summary:The Journey of Man is not just some old fashioned sexist travelogue about a bloke in shorts and sandals wandering the byways of the world. As the subtitle explains, it is "a genetic odyssey" of men rather than women. We have heard a lot about the matriarchal "African Eve". As Spencer Wells says, we all have an African foremother who lived approximately 150,000 years ago. She handed down her genetic mitochondrial "handbag" specifically to her daughter and on over the generations and millennia. But what about the male contribution to today's human genome?
Luckily for the male ego and population geneticists it turns out that blokes also have some unique chromosomal hand baggage hidden away in the non-recombining part of the Y chromosome. Like female mitochondrial DNA it is passed solely between father and son and is particularly useful for studying human diversity. This is because it is so big--much bigger than mitochondrial DNA--and accumulates mutations at particular sites that can be relatively easily identified. By sampling the Y chromosome from men around the world the modern human diaspora can be mapped out both geographically and chronologically.
Spencer Wells is an American geneticist with impeccable credentials from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford universities and certainly knows his subject. Fortunately, he is also very good at explaining the science, which can be somewhat complicated at times. This fascinating and often surprising story originated as a television film and has benefited from being thoroughly worked out through first-hand experience around the world.
Accompanied by 24 pages of brilliant photos by Mark Read, an excellent list of further reading and an index, The Journey of Man is well worth getting to grips with. As Wells points out, each of us carries a unique chapter locked away inside our genome, and we owe it to ourselves and our descendants to discover what it is. Come on boys, this is our story and we ought to know the gist of it. Douglas Palmer [via]
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The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction To The Mathematical Theory Of Knotsby Colin C. AdamsISBN 0821836781 (0-8218-3678-1)
Softcover, Amer Mathematical Society
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The Language of Animals: The Language of Animalsby Stephen HartISBN 080503840X (0-8050-3840-X)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Logic of Affectby Paul ReddingISBN 0801435919 (0-8014-3591-9)
Hardcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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A Man on the Moonby Andrew ChaikinISBN 0783556756 (0-7835-5675-6)
Hardcover, Warner Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Man on the Moon'Book summary:A decade in the making, this book is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who contributed their brain power, training and teamwork on Earth. In his preface Chaikin writes, "We touched the face of another world and became a people without limits."
What follows are thrilling accounts of such remarkable experiences as the rush of a liftoff, the heart-stopping touchdown on the moon, the final hurdle of re-entry, competition for a seat on a moon flight, the tragic spacecraft fire, and the search for clues to the origin of the solar system on the slopes of lunar mountains.
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Man's Search for Meaningby Viktor E. FranklISBN 0807014273 (0-8070-1427-3)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man's Search for Meaning'Book summary:Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos "meaning" -holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey by the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America. Born in Vienna in 1905 Viktor E. Frankl earned an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. He published more than thirty books on theoretical and clinical psychology and served as a visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and elsewhere. In 1977 a fellow survivor, Joseph Fabry, founded the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy. Frankl died in 1997. Harold S. Kushner is rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, and the author of several best-selling books, including When Bad Things Happen to Good People.William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston. [via]
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The Mathematical Experienceby Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh, Elena MarchisottoISBN 0817637397 (0-8176-3739-7)
Hardcover, Birkhauser
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mathematical Experience'Book summary:We tend to think of mathematics as uniquely rigorous, and of mathematicians as supremely smart. In his introduction to The Mathematical Experience, Gian-Carlo Rota notes that instead, "a mathematician's work is mostly a tangle of guesswork, analogy, wishful thinking and frustration, and proof ... is more often than not a way of making sure that our minds are not playing tricks." Philip Davis and Reuben Hersh discuss everything from the nature of proof to the Euclid myth, and mathematical aesthetics to non-Cantorian set theory. They make a convincing case for the idea that mathematics is not about eternal reality, but comprises "true facts about imaginary objects" and belongs among the human sciences. [via]
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Mathematicsby David BergaminiISBN 0809440830 (0-8094-4083-0)
Hardcover, Time Life Education
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Mathematics for the Millionby Lancelot Thomas HogbenISBN 0850363802 (0-85036-380-2)
Softcover, Merlin Pr
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Measuring the Universe: Our Historic Quest to Chart the Horizons of Space and Timeby Kitty FergusonISBN 0802775926 (0-8027-7592-6)
Softcover, Walker & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measuring the Universe: Our Historic Quest to Chart the Horizons of Space and Time'Book summary:If you want to measure how big a stick is, you can use a ruler. Want to know how tall a windmill is? Don't waste time climbing to the top with a long measuring tape. Instead, use the old shadow trick--measure the length of a yardstick's shadow, then measure the windmill's shadow and use ratios to figure out the windmill's height. Even though the windmill is big and intimidating, you can find out its size while remaining safely on the ground. This is the first example in science author Kitty Ferguson's fine book Measuring the Universe, and it sets the reader's brain firmly on the right track for understanding.
The topic here is measurement of faraway, distant, difficult things. Starting with Eratosthenes, who found a way of measuring the earth's circumference, and continuing through to modern astrophysicists' quest to measure the universe itself, Ferguson takes us on a full tour of the seemingly immeasurable. Readers are treated to enthusiastic chapters covering all the basic steps astronomers (dating back to Aristarchus of Samos) have taken to understand the arrangement of astronomical objects. How big are stars? Is that black hole moving toward us or away from us? Where is the edge of everything? And how big will the universe get before it stops expanding? You'll meet the men and women who have sought answers to these seemingly impossible questions in this accessible history. Ferguson brilliantly illuminates their personal quests and demonstrates the usefulness of each discovery in driving the next attempt to measure the universe. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Medical Detectivesby Berton RouecheISBN 0812909208 (0-8129-0920-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Medical Detectives'Book summary:It all seems routine. You come home from a weekend in the mountains and complain of a headache the next day. Tuesday you have a slight fever and spend the day in bed. But that night, tossing in sweaty sheets, dehydrated, wracked with spasms, you gasp for a doctor and what he prescribes may depend on how alert he has been to the work increasingly done by medical detectives.
These research scientists, laboring alone or in teams, sift through the data supplied by doctors from the front lines of disease. Their solutions are often intuitive and they rely as much on judgment as on what the test tubes show.
"Mysteries, with doctors as the sleuths -- and sometimes culprits!...highly addictive reading." (Chicago Sun-Times) [via]
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Medicineby Phil GatesISBN 0836828771 (0-8368-2877-1)
Hardcover, Gareth Stevens Pub
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The Mindby John Rowan WilsonISBN 0809404656 (0-8094-0465-6)
Hardcover, Time Life Education
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Moonscapes: A Celebration of Lunar Astronomy, Magic, Legend, and Loreby Rosemary Ellen GuileyISBN 0788191497 (0-7881-9149-7)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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More Than Human: Embracing The Promise Of Biological Enhancementby RAMEZ NAAMISBN 0767918436 (0-7679-1843-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Deadby Heather PringleISBN 0786884630 (0-7868-8463-0)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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The Myth of Irrationality: The Science of the Mind from Plato to Star Trekby John McCroneISBN 078670067X (0-7867-0067-X)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universeby Roy A. Gallant, Margaret SedeenISBN 079222731X (0-7922-2731-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe'Book summary:A lavishly illustrated guide to the universe combines the efforts of an award-winning author and NASA experts, offering a timeline of important space events, an easy-to-use glossary, and a planetarium, observatory, and museums listing. 10,000 first printing. [via]
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A Natural History of the Sensesby Diane AckermanISBN 0844672149 (0-8446-7214-9)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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The (New) Turing Omnibus: 66 Excursions in Computer Scienceby A. K. DewdneyISBN 0805071660 (0-8050-7166-0)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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The New York Times Book of Science Literacy: What Everyone Needs to Know from Newton to Knuckleballby Richard FlasteISBN 0812918800 (0-8129-1880-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Mealsby Michael PollanISBN 078628952X (0-7862-8952-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Winner of the James Beard Award
Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, as the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine our survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore's Dilemma is changing the way Americans thing about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
Coming from The Penguin Press in 2013, Michael Pollans newest book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation--the story of our most trusted food experts culinary education
"Thoughtful, engrossing ... You're not likely to get a better explanation of exactly where your food comes from."
-The New York Times Book Review
"An eater's manifesto ... [Pollan's] cause is just, his thinking is clear, and his writing is compelling. Be careful of your dinner!"
-The Washington Post
"Outstanding... a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits."
--The New Yorker
"If you ever thought 'what's for dinner' was a simple question, you'll change your mind after reading Pollan's searing indictment of today's food industry-and his glimpse of some inspiring alternatives.... I just loved this book so much I didn't want it to end."
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On Intelligenceby Sandra BlakesleeISBN 0805078533 (0-8050-7853-3)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Intelligence'Book summary:From the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines[via]
Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.
Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines.
The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness.
In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways.
Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity. 
Orbit: Nasa Astronauts Photograph the Earthby Jay Apt, Michael Helfert, Justin Wilkinson, Roger RessmeyerISBN 0792261860 (0-7922-6186-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Orbit : NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earthby National Geographic Society Staff, Jay Apt, Michael Helfert, Justin WilkinsonISBN 0792237145 (0-7922-3714-5)
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Orbit: Nasa Astronauts Photograph the Earthby Roger Ressmeyer, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Jay Apt, Michael Helfert, Justin WilkinsonISBN 0792237153 (0-7922-3715-3)
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The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elementsby P. W. AtkinsISBN 0788155180 (0-7881-5518-0)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements'Book summary:The Periodic Kingdom is a journey of imagination in which Peter Atkins treats the periodic table of elements - the 109 chemical elements in the world, from which everything is made - as a country, a periodic kingdom, each region of which corresponds to an element. Arranged much like a travel guide, the book introduces the reader to the general features of the table, the history of the elements, and the underlying arrangement of the table in terms of the structure and properties of atoms. Atkins sees elements as finely balanced living personalities, with quirks of character and certain, not always outward, dispositions, and the kingdom is thus a land of intellectual satisfaction and infinite delight. [via]
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The Periodic Tableby Primo LeviISBN 0805210415 (0-8052-1041-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Psychology of Everyday Thingsby Donald A. NormanISBN 0791716104 (0-7917-1610-4)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Raptor and the Lamb : Predators and Prey in the Living Worldby Christopher McGowanISBN 0805042989 (0-8050-4298-9)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Raptor and the Lamb : Predators and Prey in the Living World'Book summary:"Most animals are either eaten or eat other animals," writes zoologist Christopher McGowan. "Plants, too, are often consumed by animals. Consequently the chances of being devoured, or of eating some other organism in order to survive, are exceedingly high." McGowan looks at several kinds of predator-prey relationships, examining such creatures as the supposedly rapacious crocodile (a surprisingly light eater, when all the facts are in), the big cats (whose prey usually outweighs them but cannot compete with a lion's or tiger's explosive force), and a host of snakes, spiders, and insects. Packed with facts, The Raptor and the Lamb makes a fine--if sometimes gruesome--introduction to biology. [via]
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The Sky at Nightby Patrick MooreISBN 0850597536 (0-85059-753-6)
Hardcover, P. Stephens
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Snakes of the Worldby Chris MattisonISBN 081601082X (0-8160-1082-X)
Hardcover, Facts On File, Inc.
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Space Explorationby Carole Stott, Steve GortonISBN 0789458586 (0-7894-5858-6)
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Spotter's Guide to the Night Skyby Nigel Henbest, Stuart AtkinsISBN 0794501796 (0-7945-0179-6)
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Starsby Time LifeISBN 0809468581 (0-8094-6858-1)
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Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Solar Systemby Ian Ridpath, Amie Gallagher, Greenwich Royal ObservatoryISBN 0789435217 (0-7894-3521-7)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Tides and the Pull of the Moonby Francis E. WylieISBN 0828903476 (0-8289-0347-6)
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The Time and Space of Uncle Albertby Russell StannardISBN 0805013091 (0-8050-1309-1)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour Of Mankind's Greatest Inventionby Guy DeutscherISBN 0805080120 (0-8050-8012-0)
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Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of meaning?
Drawing on recent groundbreaking discoveries in modern linguistics, Deutscher exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication, giving us fresh insight into how language emerges, evolves, and decays. He traces the evolution of linguistic complexity from an early "Me Tarzan" stage to such elaborate single-word constructions as the Turkish sehirlilestiremediklerimizdensiniz ("you are one of those whom we couldn't turn into a town dweller"). Arguing that destruction and creation in language are intimately entwined, Deutscher shows how these processes are continuously in operation, generating new words, new structures, and new meanings.
As entertaining as it is erudite, The Unfolding of Language moves nimbly from ancient Babylonian to American idiom, from the central role of metaphor to the staggering triumph of design that is the Semitic verb, to tell the dramatic story and explain the genius behind a uniquely human faculty.More editions of The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour Of Mankind's Greatest Invention:
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The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasarby Isaac AsimovISBN 080270316X (0-8027-0316-X)
Hardcover, Walker
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar'Book summary:Does the Universe extend forever or is there an end somewhere? Does it expand and contract like an accordion with each cosmic spasm lasting millions of years? Was there a time when it exploded and will the flying fragments separated until our own fragment is virtually alone? Does it renew itself and is it eternal, unborn and undying? This is a complete scientific survey of all that is known about the Universe, presented with the clarity and precision so characteristic of the writing of Isaac Asimov. Beginning with chapters on the earth and our solar system, he guides the reader through exploration and discovery of the unimaginably distant reaches of outer space. Barely fifty years ago, their horizons of our known universe were pushed back. The Milky Way was recognized as only a drop in a huge black ocean; other galaxies were discovered; the Universe was found to be expanding - its rim many billions of light-years away. And as man daily probes further into the unknown, it is becoming clear that discoveries dwarfing all those of the past may actually be at hand. This edition has been updated to incorporate discoveries made since the book's original publication in 1966 and includes a new section on pulsars. --- from book's dustjacket [via]
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Usborne Spotter's Guide: The Night Skyby N. HenbestISBN 0860202844 (0-86020-284-4)
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Walking With Dinosaurs: 3-D Bookwith 3-D Glassesby Dorling Kindersley, IncISBN 0789452073 (0-7894-5207-3)
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Using the state-of-the-art computer graphics and natural history photography from the Discovery Channel's awesome television production "Walking with Dinosaurs," this unique book offers children of all ages the chance to come face-to-face with these prehistoric creatures. All young readers have to do is put on the enclosed 3-D glasses and watch these amazing images leap off the page. You'll feel like you can reach out and touch them! [via]
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Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural Historyby Timothy D. Haines, Dorling Kindersley Publishing StaffISBN 0789451875 (0-7894-5187-5)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate And What It Means For Life On Earthby Tim FlanneryISBN 0802142923 (0-8021-4292-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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With one out of every five living things on this planet committed to extinction by the levels of greenhouse gases that will accumulate in the next few decades, we are reaching a global climatic tipping point. The Weather Makers is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Originally somewhat of a global warming skeptic, Tim Flannery spent several years researching the topic and offers a connect-the-dots approach for a reading public who has received patchy or misleading information on the subject. Pulling on his expertise as a scientist to discuss climate change from a historical perspective, Flannery also explains how climate change is interconnected across the planet.This edition includes an new afterword by the author.[via]More editions of The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate And What It Means For Life On Earth:
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Timeby Michael ShermerISBN 0805070893 (0-8050-7089-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time'Book summary:Few can talk with more personal authority about the range of human beliefs than Michael Shermer. At various times in the past, Shermer has believed in fundamentalist Christianity, alien abductions, Ayn Rand, megavitamin therapy, and deep-tissue massage. Now he believes in skepticism, and his motto is "Cognite tute--think for yourself." This updated edition of Why People Believe Weird Things covers Holocaust denial and creationism in considerable detail, and has chapters on abductions, Satanism, Afrocentrism, near-death experiences, Randian positivism, and psychics. Shermer has five basic answers to the implied question in his title: for consolation, for immediate gratification, for simplicity, for moral meaning, and because hope springs eternal. He shows the kinds of errors in thinking that lead people to believe weird (that is, unsubstantiated) things, especially the built-in human need to see patterns, even where there is no pattern to be seen. Throughout, Shermer emphasizes that skepticism (in his sense) does not need to be cynicism: "Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcersby Robert M. SapolskyISBN 0805073698 (0-8050-7369-8)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers'Book summary:Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with nearly 90,000 copies in print[via]
Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.
As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick.
Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.More editions of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers:
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Wild Minds: What Animals Really Thinkby Marc D. HauserISBN 0805056696 (0-8050-5669-6)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think'Book summary:What's that squirrel thinking as it runs across the street? Behavioral neuroscientist Marc D. Hauser asks big questions about little brains in Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think. While his subjects aren't accessible for interviews, he believes that we can gain insight into their interior lives by examining their behavior in the context of their social and physical environments. Thus, while comparing the actions of chimps, rats, honeybees, and human infants, he is careful to keep in mind that each of them has different needs that require different kinds of intelligence and emotion and ought not be judged by the same criteria. Looking at counting, mapmaking, self-understanding, deception, and other intelligent activities, Hauser shows that the birds and the bees have more on their minds than we've come to believe. Acknowledging the vast gulf of language that separates our species from all others, he still maintains that this tool is but one of many and is no better an indication of "superior" intelligence than is the bat's fantastically well-developed echolocation system. In the last chapter, Hauser looks at moral behavior and decides that animals can be "moral patients but not moral agents"--that is, their inability to attribute mental states to others keeps them blameless for their actions but their sensitivity to suffering earns them fair treatment from the rest of us. Whether or not you agree with that, you're sure to find Wild Minds a refreshing look at the thoughts of our mute cousins. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Wisdom of the Eldersby David T. Suzuki, Peter KnudtsonISBN 0773755667 (0-7737-5566-7)
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