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1089 And All That: A Journey into Mathematicsby David AchesonISBN 0198516231 (0-19-851623-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of Mindby Ian GlynnISBN 0195158032 (0-19-515803-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Anthropic Cosmological Principleby John D. Barrow, Frank J. TiplerISBN 0192821474 (0-19-282147-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Are We Hardwired?: The Role of Genes in Human Behaviorby William R. Clark, Michael GrunsteinISBN 0195178009 (0-19-517800-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematicsby Robert Kaplan, Ellen KaplanISBN 0195176065 (0-19-517606-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics'Book summary:Robert Kaplan's The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero was an international best-seller, translated into eight languages. The Times called it "elegant, discursive, and littered with quotes and allusions from Aquinas via Gershwin to Woolf" and The Philadelphia Inquirer praised it as "absolutely scintillating."
In this delightful new book, Robert Kaplan, writing together with his wife Ellen Kaplan, once again takes us on a witty, literate, and accessible tour of the world of mathematics. Where The Nothing That Is looked at math through the lens of zero, The Art of the Infinite takes infinity, in its countless guises, as a touchstone for understanding mathematical thinking. Tracing a path from Pythagoras, whose great Theorem led inexorably to a discovery that his followers tried in vain to keep secret (the existence of irrational numbers); through Descartes and Leibniz; to the brilliant, haunted Georg Cantor, who proved that infinity can come in different sizes, the Kaplans show how the attempt to grasp the ungraspable embodies the essence of mathematics. The Kaplans guide us through the "Republic of Numbers," where we meet both its upstanding citizens and more shadowy dwellers; and we travel across the plane of geometry into the unlikely realm where parallel lines meet. Along the way, deft character studies of great mathematicians (and equally colorful lesser ones) illustrate the opposed yet intertwined modes of mathematical thinking: the intutionist notion that we discover mathematical truth as it exists, and the formalist belief that math is true because we invent consistent rules for it.
"Less than All," wrote William Blake, "cannot satisfy Man." The Art of the Infinite shows us some of the ways that Man has grappled with All, and reveals mathematics as one of the most exhilarating expressions of the human imagination. [via]More editions of The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics:
At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexityby Stuart KauffmanISBN 0195111303 (0-19-511130-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Othersby Martin ReesISBN 0201151421 (0-201-15142-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Between Inner Space and Outer Space : Essays on Science Art and Philosophyby John D. BarrowISBN 0198502540 (0-19-850254-0)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy and the Meaning of Quantum Theoryby Jim BaggottISBN 0198525362 (0-19-852536-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universeby Rocky KolbISBN 020115496X (0-201-15496-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsenseby Michael ShermerISBN 0195157982 (0-19-515798-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Shermer argues that science is the best lens through which to view the world, but he recognizes that it's often difficult for most of us to tell where valid science leaves off and borderland science begins. To help us, Shermer looks at a range of topics that put the boundary line in high relief. For instance, he discusses the many "theories of everything" that try to reduce the complexity of the world to a single principle, and shows how most fall into the category of pseudoscience. He examines the work of Darwin and Freud, explaining why one is among the great scientists in history, while the other has become nothing more than a historical curiosity. He also shows how Carl Sagan's life exemplified the struggle we all face to find a balance between being open-minded enough to recognize radical new ideas but not so open-minded that our brains fall out. And finally, he reveals how scientists themselves can be led astray, as seen in the infamous Piltdown Hoax.
Michael Shermer's enlightening volume will be a valuable aid to anyone bewildered by the many scientific theories swirling about. It will help us stay grounded in common sense as we try to evaluate everything from SETI and acupuncture to hypnosis and cloning. [via]More editions of The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense:
Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairsby M. BerenbaumISBN 0201408244 (0-201-40824-4)
Softcover, Basic Books
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The Cambridge Quintet: A Work of Scientific Speculationby John L. CastiISBN 0201328283 (0-201-32828-3)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacyby M.F. GreavesISBN 0192628348 (0-19-262834-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores: A Natural History of Toxic Moldby Nicholas P. MoneyISBN 0195172272 (0-19-517227-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Chaos and Order: Complex Dynamics in Literature and Scienceby Katherine N. HaylesISBN 0226321444 (0-226-32144-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Conceptual Physicsby Paul HewittISBN 0201332876 (0-201-33287-6)
Hardcover, Pearson Prentice Hall
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Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Programby Paul G. HewittISBN 0201286513 (0-201-28651-3)
Hardcover, Pearson Prentice Hall
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The Cradle of Thought: Exploring the Origins of Thinkingby Peter HobsonISBN 0195219546 (0-19-521954-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Todayby John A. DupreISBN 0199284210 (0-19-928421-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Today'Book summary:The theory of evolution has fundamentally changed our view of the universe and our place in it. By providing a radically new vision of the origin of human beings, it challenged long-held assumptions about our own significance and undermined the major arguments for the existence of God. But almost 150 years after the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species these implications are still not properly understood, and in some sectors of society they are actively resisted.
The last decade has also seen the rise of a new field, evolutionary psychology, which takes the theory of evolution to provide insight into aspects of human culture and behaviour as diverse as language, morality, sexuality, and art.
This book shows that although there are particular aspects of the theory of evolution which remain controversial, and issues still to be settled, there can no longer be any doubt that the basis of the theory is true. It examines the consequences for our view of human nature, religion, and non-human animals. John Dupré then investigates the appropriation of evolutionary biology by psychologists, and argues that their claims are largely spurious: despite its status as one of the most important scientific ideas of all time, the theory of evolution has very little to tell us about the details of human nature and human behavior. [via]More editions of Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Today:
The Deepest Legacy: The Evolutionary Origins of Cancerby Mel GreavesISBN 0192628356 (0-19-262835-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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A Dictionary of Scienceby John Daintith, E. A. MartinISBN 0192806416 (0-19-280641-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Einstein's Universe: Gravity at Work and Playby A. ZeeISBN 0195142853 (0-19-514285-3)
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Starting with this winning anecdote, Anthony Zee begins his animated discussion of phenomena ranging from the emergence of galaxies to the curvature of space-time, evidence for the existence of gravity waves, and the shape of the universe in the first nanoseconds of creation and today. Making complex ideas accessible without oversimplifying, Zee leads the reader through the implications of Einstein's theory and its influence on modern physics. His playful and lucid style conveys the excitement of some of the latest developments in physics, and his new Afterword brings things even further up-to-date. [via]More editions of Einstein's Universe: Gravity at Work and Play:
Electroshock: Healing Mental Illnessby Max FinkISBN 0195158040 (0-19-515804-0)
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Elements Of Murderby John EmsleyISBN 0192806009 (0-19-280600-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Emotion: A Very Short Introductionby Dylan EvansISBN 0192804618 (0-19-280461-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Emotion: The Science of Sentimentby Dylan EvansISBN 0192853767 (0-19-285376-7)
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The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Ageby John HorganISBN 0201626799 (0-201-62679-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Engines of Our Ingenuityby John H. LienhardISBN 0195167317 (0-19-516731-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Cultureby John H. LienhardISBN 0195135830 (0-19-513583-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousnessby Antonio R. DamasioISBN 0156010755 (0-15-601075-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness'Book summary:As you read this, at some level you're aware that you're reading, thanks to a standard human feature commonly referred to as consciousness. What is it--a spiritual phenomenon, an evolutionary tool, a neurological side effect? The best scientists love to tackle big, meaningful questions like this, and neuroscientist Antonio Damasio jumps right in with The Feeling of What Happens, a poetic examination of interior life through lenses of research, medical cases, philosophical analysis, and unashamed introspection. Damasio's perspective is, fortunately, becoming increasingly common in the scientific community; despite all the protestations of old-guard behaviorists, subjective consciousness is a plain fact to most of us and the demand for new methods of inquiry is finally being met.
These new methods are not without rigor, though. Damasio and his colleagues examine patients with disruptions and interruptions in consciousness and take deep insights from these tragic lives while offering greater comfort and meaning to the sufferers. His thesis, that our sense of self arises from our need to map relations between self and others, is firmly rooted in medical and evolutionary research but stands up well to self-examination. His examples from the weird world of neurology are unsettling yet deeply humanizing--real people with serious problems spring to life in the pages, but they are never reduced to their deficits. The Feeling of What Happens captures the spirit of discovery as it plunges deeper than ever into the darkest waters yet. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Feral Children and Clever Animals: Reflections on Human Natureby Douglas Keith CandlandISBN 0195102843 (0-19-510284-3)
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The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanitiesby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 022406309X (0-224-06309-X)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Humankind: A Brief Historyby Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoISBN 0192804170 (0-19-280417-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Illustrated Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animalby Desmond MorrisISBN 0224022601 (0-224-02260-1)
Hardcover, J. Cape, 1986
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In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systemsby Stephen H. KellertISBN 0226429768 (0-226-42976-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcererby Michael WhiteISBN 0201483017 (0-201-48301-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry Into The Nature, Origin, And Fabrication Of Lifeby Robert RosenISBN 0231075650 (0-231-07565-0)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry Into The Nature, Origin, And Fabrication Of Life'Book summary:Why are living things alive? As a theoretical biologist, Robert Rosen saw this as the most fundamental of all questions-and yet it had never been answered satisfactorily by science. The answers to this question would allow humanity to make an enormous leap forward in our understanding of the principles at work in our world.
For centuries, it was believed that the only scientific approach to the question "What is life?" must proceed from the Cartesian metaphor (organism as machine). Classical approaches in science, which also borrow heavily from Newtonian mechanics, are based on a process called "reductionism." The thinking was that we can better learn about an intricate, complicated system (like an organism) if we take it apart, study the components, and then reconstruct the system-thereby gaining an understanding of the whole.
However, Rosen argues that reductionism does not work in biology and ignores the complexity of organisms. Life Itself, a landmark work, represents the scientific and intellectual journey that led Rosen to question reductionism and develop new scientific approaches to understanding the nature of life. Ultimately, Rosen proposes an answer to the original question about the causal basis of life in organisms. He asserts that renouncing the mechanistic and reductionistic paradigm does not mean abandoning science. Instead, Rosen offers an alternate paradigm for science that takes into account the relational impacts of organization in natural systems and is based on organized matter rather than on particulate matter alone.
Central to Rosen's work is the idea of a "complex system," defined as any system that cannot be fully understood by reducing it to its parts. In this sense, complexity refers to the causal impact of organization on the system as a whole. Since both the atom and the organism can be seen to fit that description, Rosen asserts that complex organization is a general feature not just of the biosphere on Earth-but of the universe itself.
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The Making of Intelligenceby Ken RichardsonISBN 0231120052 (0-231-12005-2)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Masters of Time: Cosmology at the End of Innocenceby John Boslough, Wendy W. CortesiISBN 0201622378 (0-201-62237-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Mathematics: The New Golden Ageby Keith DevlinISBN 023111639X (0-231-11639-X)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introductionby Timothy GowersISBN 0192853619 (0-19-285361-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Mathematics in Western Culture.by Morris KlineISBN 019500714X (0-19-500714-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elementsby John EmsleyISBN 0198503407 (0-19-850340-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Penned by award-winning science writer John Emsley, Nature's Building Blocks explains the what, why and wherefore of the chemical elements. Arranged alphabetically, from Actinium to Zirconium, it is a complete guide to all 115 of those that are currently known, with more extensive coverage of those elements we encounter in our everyday life. The entry on each element reveals where it came from, what role it may have in the human body, and the foods that contain it. There are also sections on its discovery, its part in human health or illness, the uses and misuses to which it is put, and its environmental role. Readers discover that the Earth consists of around 90 elements, some of which are abundant, such as the silicon and oxygen of rocks and soils, while some are so rare that they make gold seem cheap. Our own bodies contain about 30 elements, some in abundance, some in trace amounts; some vital to our health, and some that are positively harmful. A list of the main scientific data, and outline properties, are given for every element and each section ends with an "Element of Surprise," which highlights some unexpected way in which each element influences our everyday life.
Both a reliable reference source and a high browsable account of the elements, Nature's Building Blocks offers a pleasurable tour of the very essence of our material world. [via]More editions of Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements:
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic Worldby Kevin KellyISBN 0201483408 (0-201-48340-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-Biological Civilizationby Kevin KellyISBN 0201577933 (0-201-57793-3)
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Pain: The Science of Sufferingby Patrick WallISBN 0231120079 (0-231-12007-9)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Pills, Potions, and Poisons: How Drugs Workby Trevor Stone, Gail DarlingtonISBN 0198609426 (0-19-860942-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Quantum Dot: A Journey into the Future of Microelectronicsby Richard TurtonISBN 0195109597 (0-19-510959-7)
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Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousnessby Bruce Rosenblum, Fred KuttnerISBN 019517559X (0-19-517559-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Thinkby Mark Ridley, Alan GrafenISBN 0199291160 (0-19-929116-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think'Book summary:With the publication of the international bestseller The Selfish Gene some thirty years ago, Richard Dawkins powerfully captured a newly emerging way of understanding evolution--a gene's eye view. Dawkins went on to publish five more bestselling books, including The Blind Watchmaker and Unweaving the Rainbow. He is one of the most high profile public intellectuals today and any attempt to understand the scientific view of the world must grapple with his ideas.
Now, in this exciting collection of original essays, some of the world's leading thinkers offer their take on how Dawkins has changed the way we think. Readers will find stimulating pieces by Daniel Dennett, the renowned philosopher of mind and author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Steven Pinker, the brilliant Harvard linguist who wrote The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate; Matt Ridley, author of the bestselling Genome; and James Watson, who with Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, arguably the greatest scientific discovery of the last century. Dawkins' widely admired literary style forms the subject of several pieces, including one from novelist Philip Pullman (author of the bestselling His Dark Materials trilogy). As one of the world's best known rationalists, Dawkins' stance on religion is another theme in this collection, explored by Simon Blackburn, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, and the Bishop of Oxford. Numbering twenty in all, these articles are not simply rosy tributes, but explore how Dawkins' ideas have shaped thinking and public debate, and include elements of criticism as well as thoughtful praise.
Richard Dawkins' work has had the rare distinction of generating as much excitement outside the scientific community as within it. This stimulating volume is a superb summation of the depth and range of his influence. [via]More editions of Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think:
Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think Reflections by Scientists, Writers, and Philosophersby Mark Ridley, Alan GrafenISBN 0199214662 (0-19-921466-2)
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Ripples on a Cosmic Sea: The Search for Gravitational Wavesby David G. Blair, Geoff McNamaraISBN 0201360829 (0-201-36082-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ripples on a Cosmic Sea: The Search for Gravitational Waves'Book summary:Most people live and work entirely oblivious to the fact that a myriad of ghostly ripples are passing through them all the time. Generated in the depths of space by colliding stars and black holes, exploding supernovas and quasars, these so-called gravitational waves are literally ripples in the fabric of space itself. Sweeping across the cosmos at the speed of light, they encode vital clues about the exotic systems that produced them. Predicted by Einstein over eighty years ago, but never detected in the laboratory, gravitational waves have proven elusive to scientists. In the first book for a general reader on these amazing waves, Blair and McNamara weave a thrilling tale about the race to build the first gravitational wave antennaa challenge that has prompted physicists and astronomers to devise some of the most breathtaking technology the world has ever seen. What these scientists find will allow us to listen to the explosion of stars, the creation of black holes, even the sound of the Big Bang itself, and will undoubtedly chart a new course for astronomy in the coming millennium.[via]More editions of Ripples on a Cosmic Sea: The Search for Gravitational Waves:
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Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviourby Kevin N. Laland, Gillian R. BrownISBN 0198508840 (0-19-850884-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour'Book summary:Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to help us understand human behavior. Nevertheless, the legitimacy of this exercise is at the center of a heated controversy that has raged for over a century. Many evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and psychologists have taken these evolutionary principles and tried using them to explain a wide range of human characteristics, such as homicide, religion and sex differences in behavior. Others, however, are sceptical of these interpretations. Moreover, researchers disagree as to the best ways to use evolution to explore humanity, and a number of schools have emerged.
'Sense and Nonsense' provides an introduction to the ideas, methods, and findings of five such schools, namely, sociobiology, human behavioural ecology, evolutionary psychology, memetics, and gene-culture co-evolution. Carefully guiding the reader through the mire of confusing terminology, claim and counter-claim, and polemical statements, Laland and Brown provide a balanced, rigorous analysis that scrutinizes both the evolutionary arguments and the allegations of the critics. This is a book that will be make fascinating reading for popular science readers, undergraduate and postgraduate students (for example, in psychology, anthropology and zoology), and to experts on one approach who would like to know more about the other perspectives. Having completed this book the reader will feel better placed to assess the legitimacy of claims made about human behavior under the name of evolution, and to make judgements as to what is sense and what is nonsense. [via]More editions of Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour:
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutionsby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 0226458083 (0-226-45808-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'Book summary:There's a "Frank & Ernest" comic strip showing a chick breaking out of its shell, looking around, and saying, "Oh, wow! Paradigm shift!" Blame the late Thomas Kuhn. Few indeed are the philosophers or historians influential enough to make it into the funny papers, but Kuhn is one.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is indeed a paradigmatic work in the history of science. Kuhn's use of terms such as "paradigm shift" and "normal science," his ideas of how scientists move from disdain through doubt to acceptance of a new theory, his stress on social and psychological factors in science--all have had profound effects on historians, scientists, philosophers, critics, writers, business gurus, and even the cartoonist in the street.
Some scientists (such as Steven Weinberg and Ernst Mayr) are profoundly irritated by Kuhn, especially by the doubts he casts--or the way his work has been used to cast doubt--on the idea of scientific progress. Yet it has been said that the acceptance of plate tectonics in the 1960s, for instance, was sped by geologists' reluctance to be on the downside of a paradigm shift. Even Weinberg has said that "Structure has had a wider influence than any other book on the history of science." As one of Kuhn's obituaries noted, "We all live in a post-Kuhnian age." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museumsby Stephen T. AsmaISBN 0195163362 (0-19-516336-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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I stepped into the foulest, most pestiferous stench you can imagine ... Inside each tank were thousands of dermestid beetles, otherwise known as flesh-eating beetles, blissfully chewing the meaty chunks and strands off the bones. Each bug was no bigger than a watermelon seed, but en masse they could strip a skeleton clean in two short days.
To Asma's credit, the bulk of the text is less a gross-out festival than a consideration of the hard, sometimes obsessive work of the men and women behind the displays. He examines the role of museums and collectors in the great evolutionary debates of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the future of these institutions as they come more and more to depend on corporate largesse. Equally enlightening and entertaining, Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads is a perfectly exhibited specimen. --Rob Lightner [via]More editions of Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums:
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Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Natural History Museumsby Stephen T. AsmaISBN 0195130502 (0-19-513050-2)
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I stepped into the foulest, most pestiferous stench you can imagine ... Inside each tank were thousands of dermestid beetles, otherwise known as flesh-eating beetles, blissfully chewing the meaty chunks and strands off the bones. Each bug was no bigger than a watermelon seed, but en masse they could strip a skeleton clean in two short days.
To Asma's credit, the bulk of the text is less a gross-out festival than a consideration of the hard, sometimes obsessive work of the men and women behind the displays. He examines the role of museums and collectors in the great evolutionary debates of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the future of these institutions as they come more and more to depend on corporate largesse. Equally enlightening and entertaining, Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads is a perfectly exhibited specimen. --Rob Lightner [via]More editions of Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Natural History Museums:
Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessonsby Clifford A. PickoverISBN 0195142411 (0-19-514241-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons'Book summary:Clifford Pickover is IBM's Renaissance-guy-in-residence. His job is to play with cool ideas--time travel (Time: A Traveler's Guide), extraterrestrials (The Science of Aliens), and the line between genius and crackpot (Strange Brains and Genius). His latest game is an oldie but goodie: trying to imagine the fourth dimension.
Like a number of his other books, Surfing is structured as a fiction, in this case an X-Files romance--Pickover clearly has a deep and personal appreciation for Scully (whom he calls "Sally," presumably on advice of counsel). You, dear reader, are the FBI's chief investigator of four-dimensional phenomena. As you and your cohorts chase bizarre manifestations from "upsilon" (4-D up) and "delta" (4-D down), Pickover provides explanations, paradoxes, and problems, with many helpful drawings and computer-generated illustrations.
Pickover's book, like every work on higher dimensions, is something of a sequel to Edwin Abbott's classic story, Flatland. Like Abbott, Pickover doesn't just look at the mathematics: "I want to know if humankind's Gods could exist in the fourth dimension." Not for the theologically squeamish, this book is lively, provocative, outrageous, and fascinating. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Synaesthesia: The Strangest Thingby John HarrisonISBN 0192632450 (0-19-263245-0)
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Taking Chances: Winning With Probabilityby John HaighISBN 0198526636 (0-19-852663-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Taking Chances: Winning With Probability'Book summary:Most of us enjoy pleasant surprises and know that many of life's greatest rewards are obtained by taking chances. This is true whether we are playing the lottery or deciding whether or not to buy flowers when we are unsure if it might be our girlfriend's birthday. So, if you enjoy taking chances and winning--and it's a safe bet that you do--this book helps you do so in a more intelligent way.
John Haigh is Reader in Mathematics at Sussex University, and his book covers a remarkably large number of topics. He tells you how to take chances playing the football pools and about the role of chance in sports such as tennis, golf, and soccer. What points in tennis are most important? If a soccer player gets a yellow card in 10 percent of games and is suspended for one game whenever he has accumulated two yellow cards, how often is he suspended? What is the chance that a team that scores the first goal goes on to win? He also writes about casino games, bridge, and Monopoly, explaining why orange is the best color of Monopoly property to own.
The book is practical rather than theoretical. It is written for anyone with a curious mind, aged perhaps 16 and up. It is not a textbook, but introduces concepts, such as random walk and game theory, that are familiar to professional mathematicians. There are technical appendices and test-yourself quizzes for readers who want to explore more. A bonus is advice on the lottery. However, with typical vividness, he cautions that if the lottery had begun with the ancient druids, and your ancestors had bought 50 tickets every week for the last 5000 years, then by now your family could expect to have won the jackpot just once! --Richard Weber, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich are Rich, the Poor are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!by Tim HarfordISBN 0195189779 (0-19-518977-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Undercover Economist is for anyone who's wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, or why they can't seem to find a decent second-hand car, or how to outwit Starbucks. This book offers the hidden story behind these and other questions, as economist Tim Harford ranges from Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course the United States to reveal how supermarkets, airlines, and coffee chains--to name just a few--are vacuuming money from our wallets. Harford punctures the myths surrounding some of today's biggest controversies, including the high cost of health-care; he reveals why certain environmental laws can put a smile on a landlord's face; and he explains why some industries can have high profits for innocent reasons, while in other industries something sinister is going on. Covering an array of economic concepts including scarce resources, market power, efficiency, price gouging, market failure, inside information, and game theory, Harford sheds light on how these forces shape our day-to-day lives, often without our knowing it.
Showing us the world through the eyes of an economist, Tim Harford reveals that everyday events are intricate games of negotiations, contests of strength, and battles of wits. Written with a light touch and sly wit, The Undercover Economist turns "the dismal science" into a true delight. [via]More editions of The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich are Rich, the Poor are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!:
Universe Down to Earthby Neil De Grasse TysonISBN 0231075618 (0-231-07561-8)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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The Universe Next Door: The Making of Tomorrow's Scienceby Marcus ChownISBN 0195168844 (0-19-516884-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Universe Next Door: The Making of Tomorrow's Science'Book summary:The idea that an atom can be in two places at once defies logic. Yet this is now an established scientific fact. In The Universe Next Door, science writer Marcus Chown examines a dozen mind-bending new ideas that also fly in the face of reason--but that, according to eminent scientists, might just be crazy enough to be true.
Could time run backwards? Is there a fifth dimension? Does quantum theory promise immortality? To explore these questions, Chown has interviewed some of the most imaginative and courageous people working at the forefront of science, and he has come away with a smorgasbord of mind-expanding ideas. For instance, Lawrence Schulman at New York's Clarkson University believes there could be regions in our Universe where stars unexplode, eggs unbreak and living things grow younger with every passing second. Max Tegmark, at the University of Pennsylvania, believes there could be an infinity of realities stacked together like the pages of a never-ending book (with an infinite number of versions of you, living out an infinite number of different lives). And David Stevenson of Cal Tech argues that life may exist on worlds drifting in the cold, dark abyss between the stars, worlds without suns to warm them. Indeed, these worlds may be the most common sites for life in the universe.
Was our universe created by super-intelligent beings from another universe? Is there evidence of extraterrestrial life lying right beneath our feet? The Universe Next Door ponders these and many other thought-provoking questions. You may not agree with all the answers but your head will be spinning by the time you reach the last page. [via]More editions of The Universe Next Door: The Making of Tomorrow's Science:
Vanity, Vitality, and Virility: The Science Behind the Products You Love to Buyby John EmsleyISBN 0192805096 (0-19-280509-6)
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The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Livedby Colin TudgeISBN 0198503113 (0-19-850311-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Lived'Book summary:It takes a brave writer to tackle the truly Herculean task of describing The Variety of Life with the astronomical numbers of organisms living today, let alone all those that have fallen by the wayside over the billions of years of life on Earth. No one is quite sure how many living species there are, but it is estimated to be somewhere between 10 million and 100 million. Fortunately, since the days of the great Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, around 250 years ago, life has been grouped and classified into hierarchical schemes. As a result, it is possible to encompass this enormous variety of life by describing the relatively few groups into which it can be clustered. And, since the mid-19th century and the Darwin-Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection, classification has taken on an extra, evolutionary dimension.
Colin Tudge, a well-known British science writer, has training in whole animal biology and a self-proclaimed love for the natural-historical foray among our fellow creatures. The first part of this big book (all of 90 pages) deals with the thorny problems of what Tudge rightly calls the craft and science of classification. Since the 1950s, the word cladistics has terrorized many traditional naturalists and biologists. But it is here to stay, and Tudge provides a very welcome guide that will be invaluable to both lay people and students.
The bulk of the text, nearly 500 pages, forms part II and includes the descriptions of the main groups, from the most primitive (alpha proteobacteria) prokaryotes to Eupatorium, a large genus of 1,800 or so species of plant. In between these two groups, at either end of the biological spectrum, lie all the more familiar bugs and beasts, including ourselves. Inevitably, given so many millions of organisms, difficult choices have to be made. Some groups are only dealt with at phylum level (for example, brachiopods), while others are detailed down to family level (for example, primates). Some extinct groups (not surprisingly, the dinosaurs) get a look, but not many overall. The short epilogue concerns conservation and is followed by a useful reference list of sources and an index. Altogether, the 600-odd pages are enlivened with a large number of excellent black-and-white drawings of individual organisms and diagrams illustrating evolutionary relationships. For all natural historians and anyone interested in biology, the The Variety of Life is a must. --Douglas Palmer, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Who Got Einstein's Office: Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Studyby Edward RegisISBN 0201122782 (0-201-12278-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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