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The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computerby David BerlinskiISBN 0156013916 (0-15-601391-6)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer'Book summary:Francis Sullivan of the Institute for Defense Analysis said "Great algorithms are the poetry of computation"; David Berlinski calls the algorithm "the idea that rules the world." The Advent of the Algorithm is not so much a history of algorithms as a historical fantasia. Berlinski spins freely between semifictional accounts of historical figures, personal reminiscence, and mathematical proofs--without ever really defining an algorithm in so many words.
This is not the book for those who were maddened by Berlinski's A Tour of the Calculus; his style remains quirky, digressive, self-referential, and dense:
And then, by some inscrutable incandescent insight, Leibniz came to see that what is crucial in what he had written is the alternation between God and Nothingness. And for this, the numbers 0 and 1 suffice.
Twinkies and Diet Coke in hand, computer programmers can now be observed pausing thoughtfully at their consoles.
Berlinski's argument seems to be that algorithms--step-by-step procedures for getting answers--superceded logic, and will be superceded in turn by more biological, empirical, fuzzy methods. The structure of the book reflects this argument--sketches of people like Leibniz, Hilbert, Gödel, and Turing are interwoven with proofs and with characters of Berlinski's own invention. Berlinski's voice, closer to Hofstadter than to Knuth, remains unique. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The Advent of the Algorithm : The Idea That Rules the Worldby David BerlinskiISBN 0151003386 (0-15-100338-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Advent of the Algorithm : The Idea That Rules the World'Book summary:Francis Sullivan of the Institute for Defense Analysis said "Great algorithms are the poetry of computation"; David Berlinski calls the algorithm "the idea that rules the world." The Advent of the Algorithm is not so much a history of algorithms as a historical fantasia. Berlinski spins freely between semifictional accounts of historical figures, personal reminiscence, and mathematical proofs--without ever really defining an algorithm in so many words.
This is not the book for those who were maddened by Berlinski's A Tour of the Calculus; his style remains quirky, digressive, self-referential, and dense:
And then, by some inscrutable incandescent insight, Leibniz came to see that what is crucial in what he had written is the alternation between God and Nothingness. And for this, the numbers 0 and 1 suffice.
Twinkies and Diet Coke in hand, computer programmers can now be observed pausing thoughtfully at their consoles.
Berlinski's argument seems to be that algorithms--step-by-step procedures for getting answers--superceded logic, and will be superceded in turn by more biological, empirical, fuzzy methods. The structure of the book reflects this argument--sketches of people like Leibniz, Hilbert, Gödel, and Turing are interwoven with proofs and with characters of Berlinski's own invention. Berlinski's voice, closer to Hofstadter than to Knuth, remains unique. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestorsby Nicholas WadeISBN 014303832X (0-14-303832-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors'Book summary:Nicholas Wades articles are a major reason why the science section has become the most popular, nationwide, in the New York Times. In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanitys origins as never beforea journey made possible only recently by genetic science, whose incredible findings have answered such questions as: What was the first human language like? How large were the first societies, and how warlike were they? When did our ancestors first leave Africa, and by what route did they leave? By eloquently solving these and numerous other mysteries, Wade offers nothing less than a uniquely complete retelling of a story that began 500 centuries ago.[via]More editions of Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors:
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Biologyby Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson, Jonathan B. Losos, Susan R. SingerISBN 0072921641 (0-07-292164-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Biology'Book summary:BIOLOGY is an authoritative majors textbook with evolution as a unifying theme. In revising the text, McGraw-Hill has consulted extensively with previous users, noted experts and professors in the field. It is distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity.
Not only has the book been thoroughly updated to reflect rapid advances, there is more emphasis today on the teaching of concepts and this has led to significant changes in how the material is presented. Technology also plays a greater role in teaching and the Online Learning Center found at http://www.mhhe.com/raven6 provides professors and students alike with an abundance of resources.
Five considerations influenced this revision. They are: 1) Focus on concepts; 2) Reinforcing Ideas; 3) Emphasizing relevance to students; 4) Keeping up with new developments; and 5) Careful editing. [via]
Biomimicryby Janine M. BenyusISBN 0060533226 (0-06-053322-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Botany Coloring Bookby Paul G. YoungISBN 0064603024 (0-06-460302-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles To Purple Numbersby V. S. RamachandranISBN 0131872788 (0-13-187278-8)
Softcover, Pi Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles To Purple Numbers'Book summary:A brilliant, wryly humorous, brief tour of the human mind built on first hand experience with patients and a dazzling research career. This long awaited new book by V.S. Ramachandran is akin to the bestselling works about patients by Oliver SacksWhat is body image? Why do we blush? What is art? What is free will? What is self? Until recently, these questions were the province of philosophy, but studies of the brain are now producing explanations based on research anyone can see for themselves in PET scans and MRI images. Neuroscientists such as V.S. Ramachandran are now unlocking the key to what many have considered the metaphysics of our consciousness. This knowledge of the brain has progressed so rapidly few have yet recognized it for what it is. It will change how we think of human beings, even our very notion of understanding. This is a revolution, already underway that will have impact on all our lives. But until this book, topics such as art, creativity and love have received very little attention from neurology and new findings have not been offered in an approachable way. Dr. Ramachandran presents new theories and experiments that illuminate the biggest questions we can ask. Picking up where the great earlier thinkers like Freud, and Darwin began, V.S. Ramachandran and his colleagues are forging a whole new science. Walk through a final frontier of human knowledge with the perfect, eloquent, expert guide on this unique brief tour. [via]
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Christian Liberty Nature Reader: Book 3by Julia WrightISBN 1930092520 (1-930092-52-0)
Softcover, Psi
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christian Liberty Nature Reader: Book 3'Book summary:This supplemental reader teaches students about interesting small creatures. Illustrations beautifully develop and complement each lesson from nature. Helpful review questions are also provided in the text. (Christian Liberty Press) Grade: 2nd [via]
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The Curious Cookby Harold J. McGee, Laurie AndersonISBN 0020098014 (0-02-009801-4)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Curious Cook'Book summary:When Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking was published in 1984, it proved to be one of the sleepers of the year, eventually going through eight hardcover printings. It was hailed as a minor masterpiece" and reviewers around the world prasied McGee for writing the first book for the home cook that translated into plain English what scientist had discovered about our foods. Like why chefs beat eggs whites in copper bowls and why onions make us cry." [via]
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Defeating Darwinsim by Opening Mindsby Phillip E. JohnsonISBN 0830813608 (0-8308-1360-8)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Defeating Darwinsim by Opening Minds'Book summary:Voted one of 1998 Books of the Year! For decades, Christians have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally, ordinary Christians have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false claims of Darwinism. With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, Christians need an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying. Phillip Johnson has the answer: the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds to good thinking habits. Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic scientific issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details. In the bestselling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson took on the academic elites and exposed the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism. provides a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisors and ordinary readers. Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it in the right way-by opening minds to the truth. [via]
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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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Dinosaur!by David NormanISBN 0132181401 (0-13-218140-1)
Hardcover, Pearson Education Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dinosaur!'Book summary:The official companion to A&E's prestigious international television series hosted by Walter Cronkite is the definitive account of the "terrible lizards" that once roamed our planet. Comprehensive in its coverage and handsomely illustrated, Dinosaur was written by one of the world's leading experts on dinosaurs. It vividly conveys the time scale, evolution and lifestyles of these remarkable creatures andion. 100 full-color and 20 black-and-white illustrations. [via]
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Disappearing Through the Skylightby O.B. HardisonISBN 014011582X (0-14-011582-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Envisioning Informationby Edward R. TufteISBN 0961392118 (0-9613921-1-8)
Hardcover, Graphics Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Envisioning Information'Book summary:This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific presentations, diagrams, computer interfaces, statistical graphics and tables, stereo photographs, guidebooks, courtroom exhibits, timetables, use of color, a pop-up, and many other wonderful displays of information. The book provides practical advice about how to explain complex material by visual means, with extraordinary examples to illustrate the fundamental principles of information displays. Topics include escaping flatland, color and information, micro/macro designs, layering and separation, small multiples, and narratives. Winner of 17 awards for design and content. 400 illustrations with exquisite 6- to 12-color printing throughout. Highest quality design and production. [via]
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Essential Cell Biologyby Bruce AlbertsISBN 0815329717 (0-8153-2971-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell'Book summary:Essential Cell Biology, Second Edition contains basic, core knowledge about how cells work. It has a proven track record in providing students with a conceptual and accessible grounding in cell biology. The text and figures have been prepared to be easy-to-follow, accurate, clear and engaging for the introductory student. Each section follows logically from the previous one, telling a story, rather than being a collection of facts. Questions integrated throughout each chapter encourage the reader to pause, think about what they have read, and attempt to apply the new knowledge in ways that test their understanding. Based on user feedback, the Second Edition now offers increased coverage of genetics and more experimental background. It is completely up-to-date. [via]
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The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoplesby Tim FlanneryISBN 1876485728 (1-876485-72-8)
Hardcover, Text Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples'Book summary:Reading The Eternal Frontier might be the closest you'll get to taking a class from Tim Flannery--and that alone makes it an opportunity just too good to pass up. This ambitious retelling of North America's dramatic ecological history grew out of a course that Flannery taught at Harvard surveying the continent's ancient past up to its tumultuous near-present: from the extraterrestrial "death-dealing visitor" that struck 65 million years ago all the way through to the tidal invasions, adaptations, and extinctions that have washed over North America since, each idiosyncratically influenced by an ever-changing geology, geography, and climate.
Flannery admirably balances his twin roles as scientist and storyteller. As a thoughtful teacher, he employs memorable and effective examples to illustrate broader topics, but he's also willing to commit to theoretical explanations (with fair warning) when necessary to thread together the narrative. But Flannery's greatest strength might simply be the empathy he inspires as a fellow human being trying to sort out an intricate, often richly beautiful puzzle. It's hard not to identify with his curiosity and enthusiasm, whether he's recalling memories of late nights spent as a child reading the How and Why Book of Prehistoric Mammals (and the uintathere nightmares that followed) or just marveling over the vast American West from his window seat on a plane.
The Eternal Frontier certainly leaves you with a solid outline of the how, why, and when of North America's enigmatic ecology, and what the implications of a dwindling frontier have for our future. But don't be surprised when what you remember best are Flannery's countless details--worthy of repeating at any self-respecting pub--from marsupial sperm that swim in pairs to the reason that Native American cultures might owe their very existence to squirrels' taste in nuts. --Paul Hughes [via]
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animalsby Charles Darwin, Paul EkmanISBN 0195112717 (0-19-511271-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals'Book summary:"Even cows, when they frisk about from pleasure, throw up their tails in a ridiculous fashion." So writes Charles Darwin in his magnum opus on how humans and animals display such emotions as fear, anger, disdain, and pleasure; it is work that has in most respects been sustained by later scientific research. First published in 1872, Darwin's greatest work was never issued in quite the shape its author intended: bits and pieces were left out of subsequent printings, most of them released after Darwin's death, and later editors made additions to suit the intellectual fashion of their times. This definitive edition, heavily annotated, brings us the book that Darwin would have wanted, and it is essential to any naturalist's library. [via]
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animalsby Paul Ekman, Charles Darwin, Phillip ProdgerISBN 0006387349 (0-00-638734-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbersby Georges IfrahISBN 0140099190 (0-14-009919-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Germs Make Me Sick!by Melvin Berger, Marylin HafnerISBN 0064451542 (0-06-445154-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Germs Make Me Sick!'Book summary:With Marilyn Hefner's new full color illustrations, bacteria and viruses have never looked so good! As packed with wit and good humor as with charts and diagrams, this book is still the best explanation of how your body fights germs. An introduction to bacteria and viruses and how each of the two forms attacks cells and makes a person feel sick. The text mixes information with reassurance. . . . A nonthreatening first exposure, administered with a pleasant bedside manner.' 'K.
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Gorgon: The Monsters That Ruled the Planet Before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's Historyby Peter D. WardISBN 0143034715 (0-14-303471-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Mortimer Jerome Adler, Clifton Fadiman, Philip W. GoetzISBN 0852295316 (0-85229-531-6)
Hardcover, Encyclopaedia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:There is no better way to own and appreciate the world's greatest written works. Great Books of the Western World is one of the most acclaimed publishing feats of our time. Authoritative, accurate, and complete, this collection represents the essential core of the Western literary canon, compiling 517 of the most significant achievements in literature, history, philosophy, and science into a color-coded set as handsome as it is affordable. From the ancient classics to the newest masterpieces of the 20th century, Great Books traces the ideas, stories, and discoveries that have shaped modern civilization. Volumes 1 and 2 of this collection is the Syntopicon, a unique two-volume guide (not sold separately) that enables you to investigate a particular idea and compare what different authors have to say about it. The Syntopicon comprises a new kind of reference work -- accomplishing for ideas what the dictionary accomplishes for words and the encyclopaedia accomplishes for facts. Also included is the Great Conversation, featuring fascinating background information, extensive timelines, photos, and quotes from the classic works and their authors. 60 volumes Individual Volume Size: 9 1/2" H x 1"-2" W (Across Spine) x 6 1/2" D Overall Width of Set: 65"(5'5") Special colors on the Great Books' spines guide you quickly to the four subject areas - [via]
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Greek Scienceby Benjamin FarringtonISBN 085124288X (0-85124-288-X)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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The Hole in the Universe: How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everythingby K. C. ColeISBN 0156013177 (0-15-601317-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hole in the Universe: How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything'Book summary:Most of science journalist K.C. Cole's journey into nothing is about physical nothing. "In the quantum realm, even nothing never sleeps. Nothing is always up to something. Even when there is absolutely nothing going on, and nothing there to do it."
The nothingness of the vacuum is the background to space and time. Cole shows how physicists' ideas about time, space, and reality flow out of their ideas about nothing, whether vacuum or ether. She writes with a half-smile and a glint of humor in her eye, colliding metaphors like particles at Fermilab:
.... Both space and time, individually, are as elastic as bungee cords. It was a further step, still, to see that the fabric of spacetime itself could warp under the influence of matter like hot asphalt under the tires of a heavy truck.... And then, the last straw: Not only could spacetime bend under the influence of matter, it could take matter into its own hands.
Cole's book makes a wry, witty complement to Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. It's an exploration of string theory (among other things) that will leave your brain only lightly tied up in knots. Or in nots. After all, as Cole writes:
Nothing may be the single most prolific idea ever to plop into the human brain.... Understanding nothing matters, because nothing is the all-important background upon which everything else happens.
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In Search of the Double Helix: Quantum Physics and Lifeby John R. GribbinISBN 0070247404 (0-07-024740-4)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Scienceby Graham FarmeloISBN 1862075557 (1-86207-555-7)
Softcover, Granta Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science'Book summary:Through a study of celebrated examples, the collection of essays in It Must Be Beautiful sets out to reveal the true nature of an equation. What is an equation, after all? Why does it look the way it looks? Those lacking a scientific education can have only the vaguest idea. For a start, an equation is not one fixed thing. The same scribbles can be reinterpreted over time. (Frank Wilczek's chapter on the Dirac Equation offers fascinating insights into this process.) An equation's value can be contested, at one moment a mere "convenience", at the next, a profound expression of things. (Arthur I Miller, writing on Schrodinger's wave equation, beautifully captures the knives-drawn business of scientific interpretation.) An equation can even be a kind of political agenda. Take the Drake Equation--more properly, a formula, describing the likelihood of extra-terrestrial civilisations. Oliver Morton's acute account identifies in this equation "the classic technocratic lapse of mistaking the ability to state a question in the language of science with the ability to solve it using the practices of science". This problem haunts (as it should) the whole collection. As Farmelo writes in his introduction (paraphrasing Feynman) "... it may eventually turn out that fundamental laws of nature do not need to be stated mathematically and that they are better expressed in other ways".
Some essays here never really get to grips with the hieroglyphics, choosing instead to trace the evolution of their subject's thoughts. Others go to the other extreme. Roger Penrose's essay on General Relativity delivers the mathematical punches other science books normally pull. But by one route or another, according to your preference, you will come away from this book with a more-than-trivial insight into the power and beauty of equations. Indeed, the notion that the world could be "better expressed in other ways" is likely to be furthest from your mind. --Simon Ings [via]
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Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematicsby William DunhamISBN 014014739X (0-14-014739-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Little Ice Ageby Brian M. FaganISBN 1417625902 (1-4176-2590-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a Worldby Oliver MortonISBN 184115668X (1-84115-668-X)
Hardcover, Fourth Estate
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World'Book summary:As Oliver Morton shows in his superb new book, Mapping Mars, Mars has clouds, winds and shorelines. It has river valleys, mountains, volcanoes and even glaciers. Even were it lifeless, it could support life, albeit of an almost unimaginably marginal kind. What Mars lacks is places. There are no "theres" there, nor will there be--until our feet impact its soil.
Oliver Morton has a sense of place and a hunger for Mars, and a thrilling manner of communicating both. His account of our nearest neighbour's history, geology and human potential is exhaustive. Morton touches on just about everything, from soil composition to survival techniques; from Martians to maps (maps, above all: they are his abiding subject, metaphor and organising principle). His artistry is to hide his daunting range of interests under a passionate and gripping human narrative: this book is about what Mars has meant, means and may one day mean for us. And he has a wide-ranging definition of who "we" are. Like a good military historian, Morton knows to pay attention to the poor bloody foot soldiers of science, as well as to the achievements of their celebrated masters. He understands how different the sciences are from each other, and how rivalries between them arise. Further, Morton understands where these people and their institutions sit in the general culture. He understands the crossover between science and science fiction, between space advocates and space fans.
All of which makes Morton's book something more than just "the story of Mars". It is, in addition, an astute study of how we go about exploring our world.--Simon Ings [via]
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Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo Da Vinciby Bulent AtalayISBN 1588341712 (1-58834-171-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Mind of the Ravenby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060930632 (0-06-093063-2)
Softcover, Cliff Street Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mind of the Raven'Book summary:Beyond croaking, "Nevermore," what exactly do ravens do all day? Bernd Heinrich, biology professor at the University of Vermont and author of Ravens in Winter, has spent more than a decade learning the secrets of these giants of the crow family. He has observed startlingly complex activities among ravens, including strong pair-bonding, use of tools, elaborate vocal communication, and even play. Ravens are just plain smart, and we can see much of ourselves in their behavior. They seem to be affectionate, cranky, joyful, greedy, and competitive, just like us. And in Mind of the Raven, Heinrich makes no bones about attributing emotions and intellect to Corvus corax--just not the kind we humans can understand. He mostly catalogs their behaviors in the manner of a respectful anthropologist, although a few moments of proud papa show through when he describes the pet ravens he hand-raised to adulthood.
Heinrich spends hundreds of loving hours feeding roadkill fragments to endlessly hungry raven chicks, and cold days in blinds watching wild ravens squabble and frolic. He is a passionate fan of his "wolf-birds," a name he gave them when he made the central discovery of the book: that ravens in Yellowstone National Park are dependent on wolves to kill for them. Mind of the Raven offers inspiring insight into both the lives of ravens and the mind of a truly gifted scientist. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birdsby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0061136050 (0-06-113605-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birds'Book summary:Beyond croaking, "Nevermore," what exactly do ravens do all day? Bernd Heinrich, biology professor at the University of Vermont and author of Ravens in Winter, has spent more than a decade learning the secrets of these giants of the crow family. He has observed startlingly complex activities among ravens, including strong pair-bonding, use of tools, elaborate vocal communication, and even play. Ravens are just plain smart, and we can see much of ourselves in their behavior. They seem to be affectionate, cranky, joyful, greedy, and competitive, just like us. And in Mind of the Raven, Heinrich makes no bones about attributing emotions and intellect to Corvus corax--just not the kind we humans can understand. He mostly catalogs their behaviors in the manner of a respectful anthropologist, although a few moments of proud papa show through when he describes the pet ravens he hand-raised to adulthood.
Heinrich spends hundreds of loving hours feeding roadkill fragments to endlessly hungry raven chicks, and cold days in blinds watching wild ravens squabble and frolic. He is a passionate fan of his "wolf-birds," a name he gave them when he made the central discovery of the book: that ravens in Yellowstone National Park are dependent on wolves to kill for them. Mind of the Raven offers inspiring insight into both the lives of ravens and the mind of a truly gifted scientist. --Therese Littleton [via]
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A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Formative Causationby Rupert SheldrakeISBN 0892815353 (0-89281-535-3)
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The first edition of A New Science of Life created a furor when it appeared, provoking the outrage of the old-guard scientific community and the approbation of the new. The British journal Nature called it "the best candidate for burning there has been for many years." A lively debate ensued, as researchers devised experiments testing Sheldrake's hypothesis, including some involving millions of people through the medium of television. These developments are recorded in this revised and expanded edition.
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The New Solar Systemby Andrew Chaikin, J. Kelly BeattyISBN 0933346565 (0-933346-56-5)
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On Aggressionby Konrad LorenzISBN 1567311075 (1-56731-107-5)
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Opticksby Isaac NewtonISBN 1591020956 (1-59102-095-6)
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Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Areby Frans De WaalISBN 1594481962 (1-59448-196-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are'Book summary:Power, sex, violence and kindness: these four broad-spectrum categories encompass much of human behavior, so it's only fitting that they're also the primary subject material for Frans de Waal's (The Ape and The Sushi Master) book Our Inner Ape. The few (but deeply detailed) chapters are a mesmerizing read that spans biology, child psychology, postmodern theorists and fundamental morality, using tales of stern chimps, and sexy bonobos to examine humans' place between them. In the process, he examines why we need to know our place in the world, how our body language communicates feelings, and where the roots of empathy lie in mammalian life.
De Waal's respect for both his readers and his research subjects come shining through in the simple clarity he uses when describing both the endless sex of bonobo apes and the heartrending violence occasionally present in chimp hierarchal structure. By illustrating his points with a mixture of straight-from-research experiences and jokes at the expense of modern politicians, he keeps his ideas compelling for anyone with a basic understanding of evolutionary science without drifting towards the academic drone that could be expected of by a researcher of his experience.
You won't find specific conclusions concerning human nature, but instead a gentle, almost rambling look at two primate species with vastly different social networks and how, perhaps, humanity can learn from each to our benefit. A few of de Waal's lovely duotone photos (My Family Album: 30 Years of Primate Photography grace the end of the book, featuring close-up shots of the folks he's been writing about--chimps like Yeroen, Nikkie and Mama, and bonobo Kuif and adopted daughter Roosje are downright thrilling to see after reading such interesting stories about their lives. Jill Lightner [via]
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The Physics of Baseballby Robert Kemp AdairISBN 0060084367 (0-06-008436-7)
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Scienceby Johnathan WellsISBN 089526031X (0-89526-031-X)
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The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance & the Habits of Natureby Rupert SheldrakeISBN 089281537X (0-89281-537-X)
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Probability 1: The Book That Proves There Is Life in Outer Spaceby Amir D. AczelISBN 0156010801 (0-15-601080-1)
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Probability 1: Why There Must Be Intelligent Life in the Universeby Amir D. AczelISBN 0151003769 (0-15-100376-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story Of A Whiz Kid And His Homemade Nuclear Reactorby Ken SilversteinISBN 0812966600 (0-8129-6660-0)
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Posing as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor design from the U.S. government and from industry experts. Following blueprints he found in an outdated physics textbook, David cobbled together a crude device that threw off toxic levels of radiation. His wholly unsupervised project finally sparked an environmental emergency that put his towns forty thousand suburbanites at risk. The EPA ended up burying his lab at a radioactive dumpsite in Utah. This offbeat account of ambition and, ultimately, hubris has the narrative energy of a first-rate thriller. [via]More editions of The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story Of A Whiz Kid And His Homemade Nuclear Reactor:
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Rats, Lice and History: A Chronicle of Disease, Plagues, and Pestilenceby Hans ZinsserISBN 1884822479 (1-884822-47-9)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Relativity VisualizedISBN 0935218033 (0-935218-03-3)
Softcover, Taylor and Francis
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Relativity Visualizedby Lewis Carroll EpsteinISBN 093521805X (0-935218-05-X)
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Religion and Scienceby Bertrand RussellISBN 0195002288 (0-19-500228-8)
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The Sacred Balance: A Visual Celebration of our Place in Natureby David Suzuki, Amanda McConnell, Maria DecambraISBN 1553650654 (1-55365-065-4)
Softcover, Greystone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sacred Balance: A Visual Celebration of our Place in Nature'Book summary:In this vivid gathering of words and images, scientist/environmentalist David Suzuki and documentary filmmaker Amanda McConnell pay homage to earth, water, air, and fire and their manifold interplay. Virtually all the planet's human cultures agree that the world is made up of discrete elements. Some traditions count four, others fewer, others more. But virtually all of those cultures hold, too, that these elements are the primal stuff of the nature that we humans "emerged from, remain embedded in, and are utterly dependent on." Water's metamorphoses, they write, "keep the world alive at every level, from the planetary to the cellular"; from water came life, and in water life was sustained. At some unimaginably distant point in the past, they continue, some ancestral cyanobacterium split molecules of water apart, "adding its hydrogen atoms to carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make sugar" and producing free oxygen: the air that allowed life to diversify and expand. Add the energy wrought by sunlight, and photosynthesis enters into play; bring dead plants to the stony earth, and you have soil; with those foundations, life diversifies even further; and so on to the present, when much of the work of creation is being undone. Poetic but grounded in good science, the authors' narrative--illustrated by superb, oversized photographs--makes for a lovely creation story. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Natureby David T. Suzuki, Amanda McConnellISBN 1550549634 (1-55054-963-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature'Book summary:"Consume and compete!" The message of the economic treadmill is loud and constant. But in this seminal work, David Suzuki argues that the real bottom line, and society's challenge today, is not debts and deficits, but the need to live full and meaningful lives without destroying the Earth's biosphere, which supports all life.
Suzuki explores the physical, social, and spiritual needs that form the basis of any society that aspires to a sustainable future and a high quality life for its citizens.
Those fundamental requirements are rooted in the Earth and its life support systems. They are worthy of reverence and respect; they are sacred. [via]
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Sacred Beetle and Other Great Essays in Scienceby Martin GardnerISBN 0879752572 (0-87975-257-2)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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Science, Good, Bad, and Bogusby Martin GardnerISBN 0879751444 (0-87975-144-4)
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Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deafby Oliver SacksISBN 0060973471 (0-06-097347-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Sex, Time, and Power: HOw Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolutionby Leonard ShlainISBN 0142004677 (0-14-200467-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Natureby Donna Jeanne HarawayISBN 1853431397 (1-85343-139-7)
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Structures: Or, Why Things Don't Fall Downby J. E. GordonISBN 0140219617 (0-14-021961-7)
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Synchronicity: Science, Myth, and the Tricksterby Allan Combs, Mark HollandISBN 1569248451 (1-56924-845-1)
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Thinking Physics: Is Gedanken Physicsby Lewis C. EpsteinISBN 0935218084 (0-935218-08-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thinking Physics: Is Gedanken Physics'Book summary:Lewis Carroll Epstein explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Thinking Physics is a perfect beginners guide to an amazingly wide range of physics-related questions. The book targets topics that science teachers and students spend time wondering about, like wing lift. Epstein elucidates the familiar but misunderstood such as how tides work along with more obscure but fascinating phenomena like the Bernoulli sub and the artificial aurora created by hydrogen bombs. Broken into many short sections and peppered with Epsteins own playful hand-drawn illustrations, the book does not simply give the right answer: It also goes into the answers that seem right but are wrong and shows why they are wrong a rarity in science books. Thinking Physics is a rigorously correct, lighthearted, and cleverly designed Q and A book for physicists of all ages.[via]More editions of Thinking Physics: Is Gedanken Physics:
Three Scientists and Their Gods : A Search for Meaning in an Age of Informationby Robert WrightISBN 0812913280 (0-8129-1328-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next 50 Yearsby Bruce SterlingISBN 0812969766 (0-8129-6976-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next 50 Years'Book summary:Nobody knows better than Bruce Sterling how thin the membrane between science fiction and real life has become, a state he correctly depicts as both thrilling and terrifying in this frisky, literate, clear-eyed sketch of the next half-century. Like all of the most interesting futurists, Sterling isnt just talking about machines and biochemistry: what he really cares about are the interstices of technology with culture and human history. -Kurt Andersen, author of Turn of the Century
Visionary author Bruce Sterling views the future like no other writer. In his first nonfiction book since his classic The Hacker Crackdown, Sterling describes the world our children might be living in over the next fifty years and what to expect next in culture, geopolitics, and business.
Time calls Bruce Sterling one of Americas best-known science fiction writers and perhaps the sharpest observer of our media-choked culture working today in any genre. Tomorrow Now is, as Sterling wryly describes it, an ambitious, sprawling effort in thundering futurist punditry, in the pulsing vein of the futurists Ive read and admired over the years: H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Alvin Toffler; Lewis Mumford, Reyner Banham, Peter Drucker, and Michael Dertouzos. This book asks the future two questions: What does it mean? and How does it feel?
Taking a cue from one of William Shakespeares greatest soliloquies, Sterling devotes one chapter to each of the seven stages of humanity: birth, school, love, war, politics, business, and old age. As our children progress through Sterlings Shakespearean life cycle, they will encounter new products; new weapons; new crimes; new moral conundrums, such as cloning and genetic alteration; and new political movements, which will augur the way wars of the future will be fought.
Here are some of the authors predictions:
" Human clone babies will grow into the bitterest and surliest adolescents ever.
" Microbes will be more important than the family farm.
" Consumer items will look more and more like cuddly, squeezable pets.
" Tomorrows kids will learn more from randomly clicking the Internet than they ever will from their textbooks.
" Enemy governments will be nice to you and will badly want your tourist money, but global outlaws will scheme to kill you, loudly and publicly, on their Jihad TVs.
" The future of politics is blandness punctuated with insanity.
The future of activism belongs to a sophisticated, urbane global network that can make moneythe Disney World version of Al Qaeda.
Tomorrow Now will change the way you think about the future and our place in it.
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The Triumph of Evolution : And the Failure of Creationismby Niles EldredgeISBN 0805071474 (0-8050-7147-4)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneersby Tom StandageISBN 0802713424 (0-8027-1342-4)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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Volcano : The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helensby Patricia LauberISBN 0027545008 (0-02-754500-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technologyby C. Van AmerongenISBN 0000913154 (0-00-091315-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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What If the Moon Didn't Exist?: Voyages to Earths That Might Have Beenby Neil F. CominsISBN 0060925566 (0-06-092556-6)
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Why Things Break: Understanding the World by the Way It Comes Apartby Mark EberhartISBN 1400048834 (1-4000-4883-4)
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Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survivalby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060957379 (0-06-095737-9)
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Because winter drastically affects the mostelemental component of all life -- water -- radical changes in a creature's physiology and behavior must take place to match the demands of the environment. Some creatures survive by developing antifreeze; others must remain in constant motion to maintain their high body temperatures. Even if animals can avoid freezing to death, they must still manage to find food in a time of scarcity, or store it from a time of plenty.
Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author's delicate drawings and infused by his inexhaustible enchantment with nature, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival awakens thewonders and mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies.
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Opticks: Or, A Treatise Of The Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions And Colours Of Light.by Nicholas Humez, Isaac NewtonISBN 1891788043 (1-891788-04-3)
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Et L'homme Crea Les Dieux: Comment Expliquer La Religionby Pascal BoyerISBN 2221090462 (2-221-09046-2)
Hardcover, R. Laffont
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Heller Als Tausend Sonnen: D. Schicksal D. Atomforscherby Robert JungkISBN 3499166291 (3-499-16629-1)
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