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Advanced Amateur Astronomyby Gerald NorthISBN 0521574307 (0-521-57430-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Analytical Mechanicsby Grant R. Fowles, George L. CassidayISBN 0534494927 (0-534-49492-7)
Hardcover, Brooks/Cole Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Analytical Mechanics'Book summary:With the direct, accessible, and pragmatic approach of Fowles and Cassiday's ANALYTICAL MECHANICS, Seventh Edition, thoroughly revised for clarity and concision, students will grasp challenging concepts in introductory mechanics. A complete exposition of the fundamentals of classical mechanics, this proven and enduring introductory text is a standard for the undergraduate Mechanics course. Numerical worked examples increased students' problem-solving skills, while textual discussions aid in student understanding of theoretical material through the use of specific cases. [via]
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The Art Of Electronicsby Paul Horowitz, Winfield HillISBN 0521298377 (0-521-29837-7)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of Electronics'Book summary:This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the hugely successful The Art of Electronics. Widely accepted as the authoritative text and reference on electronic circuit design, both analog and digital, this book revolutionized the teaching of electronics by emphasizing the methods actually used by circuit designers -- a combination of some basic laws, rules of thumb, and a large bag of tricks. The result is a largely nonmathematical treatment that encourages circuit intuition, brainstorming, and simplified calculations of circuit values and performance. The new Art of Electronics retains the feeling of informality and easy access that helped make the first edition so successful and popular. It is an ideal first textbook on electronics for scientists and engineers and an indispensable reference for anyone, professional or amateur, who works with electronic circuits. [via]
Atkins' Moleculesby P. W. AtkinsISBN 0521535360 (0-521-53536-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Atoms, Stars, and Nebulaeby Lawrence H. AllerISBN 0521310407 (0-521-31040-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae'Book summary:In a nontechnical fashion, this book tells the story of how astronomy and physics work together to unravel many mysteries of stars and nebulae. Professor Aller's descriptions stress deeper understanding of these objects, not just a mere review of facts. After a succinct, nonmathematical excursion into the principles of radiation and atomic structure, he explains in simple terms the physical processes at work in stars and gaseous nebulae. A survey of masses, dimensions, luminosities, temperatures, and chemical compositions of stars is followed by an exploration of their interiors and how stars generate energy. The life histories of stars, from origin through final demise, sometimes through variability to beautiful nebulae, sometimes via violent explosions as supernovae, is recounted in detail. The exotic life histories of many double stars, some of which produce novae, are also described, and the origins of chemical elements in dense stellar cores and the vital role played by gas and dust between the stars is explained. The book closes with an account of the exciting new field of high-energy astronomy and the origin of cosmic rays. This is the ideal introduction to the important field of modern astrophysics for physics and astronomy students. It should also appeal to amateur astronomers interested in the life history of a star, be it a modest one such as our sun or a massive object destined to become a supernovae. [via]
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Blue Marsby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553101447 (0-553-10144-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomyby Jean Audouze, Guy IsraelISBN 0521363608 (0-521-36360-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolutionby Robert D. Martin, Steve Jones, David Pilbeam, Sarah BunneyISBN 0521467861 (0-521-46786-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution'Book summary:This is a new and refreshing introduction to the human species that places modern humans squarely in evolutionary perspective and treats evolution itself as a continuing genetic process in which every one of us is involved. Over seventy scholars worldwide have collaborated on the Encyclopedia, which is divided into ten main sections. Following a keynote introduction asking simply "What makes us human?", the coverage ranges widely: from genetics, primatology and fossil origins to human biology and ecology, brain function and behavior, and demography and disease. Emphasis is placed throughout on the biological diversity of modern people and the increasing convergence of the fossil and genetic evidence for human evolution that has emerged in recent years. Because of the need to look at humankind in the context of our closest relatives, the Encyclopedia also pays particular attention to the evolution and ecology of the living primates--lemurs, lorises, monkeys and apes. It deals with the evolution and ecology of human society, as reconstructed from archaeological remains, and from studies of indigenous peoples and living primates today. It considers the biology of uniquely human abilities such as language and upright walking, and it reviews the biological future of humankind in the face of challenges greater than those ever before experienced. Boxes highlighting key issues and techniques are provided throughout the text, and there are numerous maps, photographs, diagrams, and ready-reference tables--all the reader needs in a single volume to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of how humankind has developed and how scientists set about investigating the origin of our species. [via]
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Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship Between Science and Religionby Michael RuseISBN 0521637163 (0-521-63716-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship Between Science and Religion'Book summary:You will have to look hard to find a better explanation of the relationship between basic Christian tenets and the Darwinian theory of evolution than Can A Darwinian Be A Christian? by Michael Ruse. The author, a professor of philosophy and zoology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, writes with bracing candour ("Let me be open", he begins, "I think that evolution is a fact and that Darwinism rules triumphant") and sophisticated sympathy to Christian doctrine ("if one's understanding of Darwinism does include a natural evolution of life from nonlife, there is no reason to think that this now makes Christian belief impossible"). Writing this book, he also clearly had a hell of a lot of fun (disarming sceptical Christian readers at the beginning, he asks, "Why should the devil have all the good tunes?").
Can A Darwinian Be A Christian? answers its title question with heady confidence--"Absolutely!"--but the book journeys towards that answer with circumspect integrity. Covering territory from the Scopes Monkey Trials to contemporary theories of Social Darwinism to the question of extraterrestrial life, Ruse applies an impressive wealth of knowledge that encompasses many disciplines. Readers may or may not be swayed, but they can't help but be challenged and edified by this excellent book. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Cerebral Symphony: Seashore Reflections on the Structure of Consciousnessby William H. CalvinISBN 0553057073 (0-553-05707-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cerebral Symphony: Seashore Reflections on the Structure of Consciousness'Book summary:It is impossible to conceptualize the power of a symphony just from knowing the technical specifications of each instrument of the orchestra, just as it is impossible to imagine a ballet from knowing how nerves and muscles work. Many people use such an analogy when contemplating the anatomy and physiology of the human cerebral cortex that many of the uses made of this machinery are far removed from the nuts and bolts of neurons. But I think we can do much better than merely wave our hands about the machinery, as is the common practice among psychologists and humanists. I believe that we now understand how our brain creates the narrator of our conscious experience, the conductor of that cerebral symphony not in all its complexity, but at least in principle and that knowledge of the narrator machinery is going to revolutionize our concept of consciousness, make it much easier to appreciate the richness of our cerebral symphonies. [via]
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Chamber's Dictionary of Science and Technologyby T.C. Collocott, A.B. DobsonISBN 0550132023 (0-550-13202-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technologyby P.M.B. WalkerISBN 0550141103 (0-550-14110-3)
Hardcover, Kingfisher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology'Book summary:Widely recognized as the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume dictionary of it's kind, The Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology has been in print (under various titles) for 59 years. This new edition has been completely revised, updated, and expanded with 500 new entries and 100 in-depth panel entries. From astronomy to zoology, and genetics to general relativity, the Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology encompasses all fields of science and technology and is an excellent resource for professionals, students, or casual browsers. Over 49,000 entries and 500 schematic diagrams provide carefully researched information and unrivalled coverage of scientific and technological language, including the most recent terms such as applet, false memory syndrome, and ozone depletion. New panel entries present detailed coverage of 20 major scientific and technical fields, and areas of special interest including genetics, space, and climate. The new and revised appendices give easy access to commonly consulted information including computing and Internet related acronyms, SI units, the plant and animal kingdoms, and a chronology of inventions and discoveries.[via]More editions of Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology:
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Charles Darwin's Letters: A Selection 1825-1859by Stephen Jay Gould, Frederick BurkhardtISBN 0521566770 (0-521-56677-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Charles Darwin's Letters: A Selection, 1825-1859by Charles Darwin, Frederick BurkhardtISBN 0521562120 (0-521-56212-0)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Chipmunk Songby Joanne Ryder, Lynne CherryISBN 0525671919 (0-525-67191-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Dancing Universe : From Creation Myths to the Big Bangby Marcelo GleiserISBN 0525941126 (0-525-94112-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Darwin: A Life in Scienceby Michael White, John R. GribbinISBN 0525940022 (0-525-94002-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selectionby Wendy NorthcuttISBN 0525946233 (0-525-94623-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Dictionary of Science and Technologyby T.C. Collocott, A.B. DobsonISBN 0550180192 (0-550-18019-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Dynamical Systems and Fractals: Computer Graphics Experiments With Pascalby Ian Stewart, Karl-Heinz Becker, Michael DorflerISBN 052136910X (0-521-36910-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Dynamical Systems and Fractals: Computer Graphics Experiments with Pascalby K. H. Becker, M. Dörfler, Ian StewartISBN 0521360250 (0-521-36025-0)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dynamical Systems and Fractals: Computer Graphics Experiments with Pascal'Book summary:This study of chaos, fractals and complex dynamics is intended for anyone familiar with computers. While keeping the mathematics to a simple level with few formulas, the reader is introduced to an area of current scientific research that was scarcely possible until the availability of computers. The book is divided into two main parts; the first provides the most interesting problems, each with a solution in a computer program format. Numerous exercises enable the reader to conduct his or her own experimental work. The second part provides sample programs for specific machine and operating systems; details refer to IBM-PC with MS-DOS and Turbo-Pascal, UNIX 42BSD with Berkeley Pascal and C. Other implementations of the graphics routines are given for the Apple Macintosh, Apple IIE and IIGS and Atari ST. [via]
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Einstein in Berlinby Thomas LevensonISBN 055310344X (0-553-10344-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Einstein in Berlin'Book summary:In a book that is both biography and the most exciting form of history, here are eighteen years in the life of a man, Albert Einstein, and a city, Berlin, that were in many ways the defining years of the twentieth century.
Einstein in Berlin
In the spring of 1913 two of the giants of modern science traveled to Zurich. Their mission: to offer the most prestigious position in the very center of European scientific life to a man who had just six years before been a mere patent clerk. Albert Einstein accepted, arriving in Berlin in March 1914 to take up his new post. In December 1932 he left Berlin forever. Take a good look, he said to his wife as they walked away from their house. You will never see it again.
In between, Einsteins Berlin years capture in microcosm the odyssey of the twentieth century. It is a century that opens with extravagant hopes--and climaxes in unparalleled calamity. These are tumultuous times, seen through the life of one man who is at once witness to and architect of his day--and ours. He is present at the events that will shape the journey from the commencement of the Great War to the rumblings of the next one.
We begin with the eminent scientist, already widely recognized for his special theory of relativity. His personal life is in turmoil, with his marriage collapsing, an affair under way. Within two years of his arrival in Berlin he makes one of the landmark discoveries of all time: a new theory of gravity--and before long is transformed into the first international pop star of science. He flourishes during a war he hates, and serves as an instrument of reconciliation in the early months of the peace; he becomes first a symbol of the hope of reason, then a focus for the rage and madness of the right.
And throughout these years Berlin is an equal character, with its astonishing eruption of revolutionary pathways in art and architecture, in music, theater, and literature. Its wild street life and sexual excesses are notorious. But with the debacle of the depression and Hitlers growing power, Berlin will be transformed, until by the end of 1932 it is no longer a safe home for Einstein. Once a hero, now vilified not only as the perpetrator of Jewish physics but as the preeminent symbol of all that the Nazis loathe, he knows it is time to leave. [via]More editions of Einstein in Berlin:
Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lecturesby Richard P Feynman, Steven WeinbergISBN 0521658624 (0-521-65862-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Introduction and Statistical Inferenceby Ian HackingISBN 0521318033 (0-521-31803-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction And Statistical Inferenceby Michael J. WichuraISBN 0521685575 (0-521-68557-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction And Statistical Inference'Book summary:Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction, and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of ideas in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. Hacking invokes a wide intellectual framework involving the growth of science, economics, and the theology of the period. He argues that the transformations that made it possible for probability concepts to emerge have constrained all subsequent development of probability theory and determine the space within which philosophical debate on the subject is still conducted. First published in 1975, this edition includes an introduction that contextualizes his book in light of developing philosophical trends. Ian Hacking is the winner of the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009. [via]
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The End of Evolution: On Mass Extinctions and the Preservation of Biodiversityby Peter WardISBN 0553088122 (0-553-08812-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Ends of the Earth: The Polar Regions of the Worldby Isaac AsimovISBN 0525485732 (0-525-48573-2)
Softcover, E P Dutton
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Fer-De-Lanceby Rex StoutISBN 0553278193 (0-553-27819-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Flight: My Life in Mission Controlby Christopher C. KraftISBN 0525945717 (0-525-94571-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Forces of Natureby P. C. W. DaviesISBN 0521313929 (0-521-31392-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional, and Intellectual Contextsby Edward GrantISBN 0521567629 (0-521-56762-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional, and Intellectual Contexts'Book summary:Contrary to prevailing opinion, the roots of modern science were planted in the ancient and medieval worlds long before the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. Indeed, that revolution would have been inconceivable without the cumulative antecedent efforts of three great civilizations: Greek, Islamic, and Latin. With the scientific riches it derived by translation from Greco-Islamic sources in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Christian Latin civilization of Western Europe began the last leg of the intellectual journey that culminated in a scientific revolution that transformed the world. The factors that produced this unique achievement are found in the way Christianity developed in the West, and in the invention of the university in 1200. A reference for historians of science or those interested in medieval history, this volume illustrates the developments and discoveries that culminated in the Scientific Revolution. [via]
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefingby John Houghton, . T.ISBN 0521528747 (0-521-52874-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Gravity's Rainbowby Thomas PynchonISBN 0553246844 (0-553-24684-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gravity's Rainbow'Book summary:Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb hits. Slothrop gets excited, and then (as Thomas Pynchon puts it in his sinister, insinuatingly sibilant opening sentence), "a screaming comes across the sky," heralding an angel of death, a V-2 rocket. The novel's title, Gravity's Rainbow, refers to the rocket's vapor arc, a cruel dark parody of what God sent Noah to symbolize his promise never to destroy humanity again. History has been a big trick: the plan is to switch from floods to obliterating fire from the sky.
Slothrop's father was an unwitting part of the cosmic doublecross. To provide for the boy's future Harvard education, he took cash from the mad German scientist Laszlo Jamf, who performed Pavlovian experiments on the infant Tyrone. Laszlo invented Imipolex G, a new plastic useful in rocket insulation, and conditioned Tyrone's privates to respond to its presence. Now the grown-up Tyrone helplessly senses the Imipolex G in incoming V-2s, and his military superiors are investigating him. Soon he is on the run from legions of bizarre enemies through the phantasmagoric horrors of Germany.
That's just the Imipolex G tip of the shrieking vehicle that is Pynchon's book. It's pretty much impossible to follow a standard plot; one must have faith that each manic episode is connected with the great plot to blow up the world with the ultimate rocket. There is not one story, but a proliferation of characters (Pirate Prentice, Teddy Bloat, Tantivy Mucker-Maffick, Saure Bummer, and more) and events that tantalize the reader with suggestions of vast patterns only just past our comprehension. You will enjoy Pynchon's cartoon inferno far more if you consult Steven Weisenburger's brief companion to the novel, which sorts out Pynchon's blizzard of references to science, history, high culture, and the lowest of jokes. Rest easy: there really is a simple reason why Kekulé von Stradonitz's dream about a serpent biting its tail (which solved the structure of the benzene molecule) belongs in the same novel as the comic-book-hero Plastic Man.
Pynchon doesn't want you to rest easy with solved mysteries, though. Gravity's Rainbow uses beautiful prose to induce an altered state of consciousness, a buzz. It's a trip, and it will last. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Hunt for Life on Marsby Donald GoldsmithISBN 0525943366 (0-525-94336-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocksby Gerard t' HooftISBN 0521578833 (0-521-57883-3)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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The Invisible Manby H. G. WellsISBN 0553213539 (0-553-21353-9)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:Spine-tingling and entertaining, The Invisible Man is a science fiction classicand a penetrating, unflinching look into the heart of human nature. To its author, H. G. Wells, the novel was as compelling as a good gripping dream. But to generations of readers, the terrible and evil experiment of the demented scientist, Griffin, has conveyed a chilling nightmare of believable horror. An atmosphere of ever-increasing suspense begins with the arrival of a mysterious stranger at an English village inn and builds relentlessly to the stark terror of a victim pursued by a maniacal invisible man. The result is a masterwork: a dazzling display of the brilliant imagination, psychological insight, and literary craftsmanship that made H. G. Wells one of the most influential writers of his time. [via]
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A Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules VerneISBN 0553213970 (0-553-21397-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'Book summary:Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Vernes prophetic novel of mans race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen.
When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicanes adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a manned flight, one mans dream turns into an international space race.
A story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination, From the Earth to the Moon is as uncanny in its accuracy and as filled with authentic detail and startling immediacy as Vernes timeless masterpieces 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days.
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Life in the Desertsby Lucy BakerISBN 0531109801 (0-531-10980-1)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universeby Simon Conway MorrisISBN 0521603250 (0-521-60325-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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A Mathematician's Apologyby G. H. HardyISBN 0521427061 (0-521-42706-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Mathematician's Apology'Book summary:A Mathematician's Apology is a profoundly sad book, the memoir of a man who has reached the end of his ambition, who can no longer effectively practice the art that has consumed him since he was a boy. But at the same time, it is a joyful celebration of the subject--and a stern lecture to those who would sully it by dilettantism or attempts to make it merely useful. "The mathematician's patterns," G.H. Hardy declares, "like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colours or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics."
Hardy was, in his own words, "for a short time the fifth best pure mathematician in the world" and knew full well that "no mathematician should ever allow himself to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man's game." In a long biographical foreword to Apology, C.P. Snow (now best known for The Two Cultures) offers invaluable background and a context for his friend's occasionally brusque tone: "His life remained the life of a brilliant young man until he was old; so did his spirit: his games, his interests, kept the lightness of a young don's. And, like many men who keep a young man's interests into their sixties, his last years were the darker for it." Reading Snow's recollections of Hardy's Cambridge University years only makes Apology more poignant. Hardy was popular, a terrific conversationalist, and a notoriously good cricket player.
When summer came, it was taken for granted that we should meet at the cricket ground.... He used to walk round the cinderpath with a long, loping, clumping-footed stride (he was a slight spare man, physically active even in his late fifties, still playing real tennis), head down, hair, tie, sweaters, papers all flowing, a figure that caught everyone's eyes. "There goes a Greek poet, I'll be bound," once said some cheerful farmer as Hardy passed the score-board.
G.H. Hardy's elegant 1940 memoir has provided generations of mathematicians with pithy quotes and examples for their office walls, and plenty of inspiration to either be great or find something else to do. He is a worthy mentor, a man who understood deeply and profoundly the rewards and losses of true devotion. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Microbes and Manby John PostgateISBN 0521665795 (0-521-66579-5)
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The New Organonby Francis Bacon, Michael Silverthorne, Lisa JardineISBN 0521564832 (0-521-56483-2)
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Numerical Recipes Example Bookby Saul A. Teukolsky, William H. Press, William T. VetterlingISBN 0521437202 (0-521-43720-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing/Disk V 2.02by Saul A. Teukolsky, William H. Press, William T. VetterlingISBN 0521437245 (0-521-43724-5)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Numerical Recipes in C++: The Art of Scientific Computingby Saul A. Teukolsky, Brian P. Flannery, Vetterling, T, W., William H. PressISBN 052135465X (0-521-35465-X)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Numerical Recipes/C Diskette V1.0by William PressISBN 0521354668 (0-521-35466-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objectsby Christian B. Luginbuhl, Brian A. SkiffISBN 0521625564 (0-521-62556-4)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science/With Info-Trakby Tom GarrisonISBN 0534530826 (0-534-53082-6)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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Oceanography: Invitation to Marine Scienceby Tom GarrisonISBN 0534156002 (0-534-15600-2)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oceanography: Invitation to Marine Science'Book summary:This Fifth Edition of OCEANOGRAPHY conveys Garrison's enthusiasm for oceanography to non-science students and concentrates on maximizing student learning. Garrison brings focus and excitement to students' natural appreciation of the complexities of the ocean with integrated technology and a stunning visual program. Drawing on his more than thirty years of teaching experience, Garrison is intent on writing for how students learn best: he is the only oceanography author to consistently consult students about each new edition and incorporate their suggestions, creating a dynamic, current student focus. He provides students with a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use and the role and importance of the ocean in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet. Also, with a feel for students' excitement at discovering connections, Garrison increases the emphasis in this edition on the interdisciplinary nature of marine science, stressing its links to biology, chemistry, geology, physics, meteorology, astronomy, ecology, history, and economics. To further enrich the student experience, this edition is now fully integrated, on a concept level and with book-specific interactivities, with a FREE brand-new, student tutorial system called OceanographyNow. OceanographyNow is Web-based, assessment-driven, and completely flexible, offering a personalized learning plan based on each student's quiz results to help students focus on the concepts they don't yet understand. Enhanced illustrations, seamless integration of online resources, and a rich suite of student resources (with an optional regional emphasis) complete the Garrison learning experience. "This text is a must for any student searching for a detailed, yet easy to understand introduction to science." - Tanya Johnson, President of Associated Students at Skyline College, on Garrison's OCEANOGRAPHY. [via]
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Organic Chemistryby Christopher S. Foote, William H. Brown, Brent L. IversonISBN 0534467733 (0-534-46773-3)
Hardcover, Brooks/Cole Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Organic Chemistry'Book summary:This book provides an exciting introduction to organic chemistry for students majoring in chemistry and in related disciplines, especially the health and biological sciences. In this Fourth Edition, Brown, Foote, and Iverson build on the text's highly-praised hallmarks of unifying mechanistic themes, focusing on problem-solving, using applied problems from the pharmaceutical field, and making innovative use of color and emphasis on visualization. The new edition features increased coverage of mechanisms, more examples of bio-organic chemistry especially relevant to pre-medical students, new in-text learning aids including "How To" boxes, and state-of-the-art text/media integration with the Organic ChemistryNow" Website. [via]
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Organic Chemistry With Infotracby John McMurryISBN 0534362745 (0-534-36274-5)
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Organic Chemistry: With Infotrac Glassesby John McMurryISBN 0534363555 (0-534-36355-5)
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Origins of Lifeby Freeman J. DysonISBN 0521626684 (0-521-62668-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Origins of Life'Book summary:How did life on Earth originate? Did replication or metabolism come first in the history of life? In the second edition of the acclaimed Origins of Life, distinguished scientist and science writer Freeman Dyson examines these questions and discusses the two main theories that try to explain how naturally occurring chemicals could organize themselves into living creatures. The majority view is that life began with replicating molecules, the precursors of modern genes. The minority belief is that random populations of molecules evolved metabolic activities before exact replication existed and that natural selection drove the evolution of cells toward greater complexity for a long time without the benefit of genes. Dyson analyzes both of these theories with reference to recent important discoveries by geologists and chemists, aiming to stimulate new experiments that could help decide which theory is correct. This second edition covers the impact revolutionary discoveries such as the existence of ribozymes, enzymes made of RNA; the likelihood that many of the most ancient creatures are thermophilic, living in hot environments; and evidence of life in the most ancient of all terrestrial rocks in Greenland have had on our ideas about how life began. It is a clearly written, fascinating book that will appeal to anyone interested in the origins of life. [via]
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Passageby Connie WillisISBN 0553111248 (0-553-11124-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Passage'Book summary:Most of us would rather not spend a lot of time contemplating death, but the characters in Connie Willis's novel Passage make a living at it. Joanna Lander is a medical researcher specializing in Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and how the brain constructs them. Her partner in this endeavor is Richard Wright, a single-minded scientist who induces NDEs in healthy people by injecting a compound that tricks the brain into thinking it's dying. Joanna and Richard team up and try to find test subjects whose ability to report their experiences objectively hasn't been wrecked by reading the books of pop-psychologist and hospital gadabout Maurice Mandrake. Mandrake has gained fame and fortune by convincing people that they can expect light, warmth, and welcoming loved ones once they die. Joanna and Richard try to quantify NDEs in more scientific terms, a frustrating exercise to say the least.
The brain cells started to die within moments of death. By the end of four to six minutes the damage was irreversible, and people brought back from death after that didn't talk about tunnels and life reviews. They didn't talk at all.... But if the dying were facing annihilation, why didn't they say, "It's over!" or, "I'm shutting down"?... Why did they say, "It's beautiful over there," and, "I'm coming, Mother!"
When Joanna decides to become a test subject and see an NDE firsthand, she discovers that death is both more and less than she expected. Telling anything at all about her experience would be spoiling the book's suspenseful buildup, but readers are in for some shocks as Willis reveals the secrets and mysteries of the afterlife. Unfortunately, several running gags--the maze-like complexity of the hospital, Mandrake's oily sales pitch, and a tiresomely talkative World War II veteran--go on a little too long and threaten the pace of the story near the middle. But don't stop reading! We expect a lot from Connie Willis because she's so good, and Passage's payoff is incredible--the ending will leave you breathless, and more than a little haunted. Passage masterfully blends tragedy, humor, and fear in an unforgettable meditation on humanity and death. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Paul Dirac : The Man and His Workby Abraham Pais, Maurice Jacob, David I. Olive, Michael F. Atiyah, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0521583829 (0-521-58382-9)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paul Dirac : The Man and His Work'Book summary:Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was one of the founders of quantum theory. He is numbered alongside Newton, Maxwell and Einstein as one of the greatest physicists of all time. Together the lectures in this volume, originally presented on the occasion of the dedication ceremony for a plaque honoring Dirac in Westminster Abbey, give a unique insight into the relationship between Dirac's character and his scientific achievements. The text begins with the dedication address given by Stephen Hawking at the ceremony. Then Abraham Pais describes Dirac as a person and his approach to his work. Maurice Jacob explains how Dirac was led to introduce the concept of antimatter, and its central role in modern particle physics and cosmology. This is followed by David Olive's account of the origin and enduring influence of Dirac's work on magnetic monopoles. Finally, Sir Michael Atiyah explains the deep and widespread significance of the Dirac equation in mathematics. [via]
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Physics Lab in a Housewares Storeby Robert Friedhoffer, Joe HoskingISBN 0531158241 (0-531-15824-1)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Physics Lab in a Housewares Store'Book summary:Explores such topics in physics as levers, friction, heat transmission, and density with experiments using common household utensils. [via]
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The Planetsby Byron PreissISBN 0553051091 (0-553-05109-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Prehistory of Sex: Four Million Years of Human Sexual Cultureby Timothy TaylorISBN 055309694X (0-553-09694-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?by Alastair I.M. RaeISBN 0521542669 (0-521-54266-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?'Book summary:Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and the Byzantine empire. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, he was last seen fighting at the city walls, but the actual circumstances of his death have remained surrounded in myth. In the years which followed it was said that he was not dead but sleeping - the 'immortal emperor' turned to marble, who would one day be awakened by an angel and drive the Turks out of his city and empire. Donald Nicol's book tells the gripping story of Constantine's life and death, and ends with an intriguing account of the claims of reputed descendents of his family - some remarkably recent - to be the heirs of the Byzantine throne. [via]
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Red Marsby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553092049 (0-553-09204-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Mars'Book summary:The first novel in the astounding trilogy, Red Mars chronicles the lives of the first arrivals to Mars. The planet that the settlers find is empty of life and many of the pioneers want to begin changing the ecosystem right away to be suitable for human life. But the purity of the stark landscape convinces some scientists that it should be preserved. The stakes are high and the players on both sides range from politically naive idealists to ambitious manipulators without discernible scruples. No one can be sure that "terraforming" the planet will succeed, but it is certain to change the face of Mars beyond recognition. Red Mars won the 1994 Nebula Award. [via]
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Science in Ancient Greeceby Kathlyn GayISBN 0531159299 (0-531-15929-9)
Softcover, Franklin Watts
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Science in Ancient Greece'Book summary:Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosopher-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes scientific discoveries and their applications in ancient Greece. [via]
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Science Lab in a Supermarketby Robert Friedhoffer, Joe HoskingISBN 0531158446 (0-531-15844-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysicsby C.M.R. FowlerISBN 0521893070 (0-521-89307-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics'Book summary:The second edition of this acclaimed textbook has been brought fully up-to-date to reflect the latest advances in geophysical research. It is designed for students in introductory geophysics courses who have a general background in the physical sciences, including introductory calculus. New to this edition are a section of color plates and separate sections on the earth's mantle and core. The book also contains an extensive glossary of terms, and includes numerous exercises for which solutions are available to instructors from solutions@cambridge.org. First Edition Hb (1990): 0-521-37025-6 First Edition Pb (1990): 0-521-38590-3 [via]
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Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanicsby J. S. Bell, Alain AspectISBN 0521523389 (0-521-52338-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Mechanicsby J. S. BellISBN 0521368693 (0-521-36869-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Star-Hopping: Your Visa to Viewing the Universeby Robert A. GarfinkleISBN 0521598893 (0-521-59889-3)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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The Very Hungry Caterpillarby Eric CarleISBN 0529007754 (0-529-00775-4)
Hardcover, Collins Publishers
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Weatherby Martyn Bramwell, Christopher ForseyISBN 0531103579 (0-531-10357-9)
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Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes Our Pastby D. Draaisma, Arnold Pomerans, Erica PomeransISBN 0521691990 (0-521-69199-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Why Things Are the Way They Areby B. S. ChandrasekharISBN 0521456606 (0-521-45660-6)
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The Years of Rice and Saltby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553109200 (0-553-10920-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Years of Rice and Salt'Book summary:Award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson delivers a thoughtful and powerful examination of cultures and the people who shape them. How might human history be different if 14th-century Europe was utterly wiped out by plague, and Islamic and Buddhist societies emerged as the world's dominant religious and political forces? The Years of Rice and Salt considers this question through the stories of individuals who experience and influence various crucial periods in the seven centuries that follow. The credible alternate history that Robinson constructs becomes the framework for a tapestry of ideas about philosophy, science, theology, and politics.
At the heart of the story are fundamental questions: what is the purpose of life and death? Are we eternal? Do our choices matter? The particular achievement of this book is that it weaves these threads into a story that is both intellectually and emotionally engaging. This is a highly recommended, challenging, and ambitious work. --Roz Genessee [via]
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