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Junk Science

An Overdue Indictment of Government, Industry, and Faith Groups That Twist Science for Their Own Gain

Dan Agin, Ph.D. St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

"Junk Science is a passionate, minutely-informed and scrupulously fair analysis of all the abuses and misuses of science that are rampant today—a clarion call to action which concerns us all. One might wish that such a book were not needed, but it is, more now than ever before."—Oliver Sacks, M.D., author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

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Instant Egghead Guide

The Mind

Emily Anthes & Scientific American, with a Foreword by Steve Mirsky St. Martin's Griffin

The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind thoroughly covers the human brain, explaining everything from neurons to consciousness in the blink of an eye (which takes 300 milliseconds). Based on Scientific American’s wildly popular "60-Second Science" podcast, The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind takes you though the whorls and curves of the human brain, explaining everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think faster) to why being bad feels so good (yes, there’s a biochemical explanation).

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Creatures of Accident

The Rise of the Animal Kingdom

Wallace Arthur Hill and Wang

"Creatures of Accident richly deserves to be read widely. With biology teaching becoming increasingly reductionist, it offers the (gloriously coined) 'megaevolutionary' perspective. Lay readers will find plenty of surprises, and those with a more scientific background will find Arthur's straightforward and non-posturing style hugely enjoyable."—Matthew A. Willis, Nature

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Biological Exuberance

Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

Bruce Bagemihl Stonewall Inn Editions

"A scholarly, exhaustive, and utterly convincing refutation of the notion that human homosexuality is an aberration in nature . . . Bagemihl does realize that some among us will never be convinced that homosexuality occurs freely and frequently in nature. But his meticulously gathered, congently delivered evidence will quash any arguments to the contrary."—Kirkus Reviews

ALA Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book - Nonfiction

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The Body Toxic

How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being

Nena Baker North Point Press

“This important book will make it impossible to ignore the inconvenient truths about products we use everyday. Be prepared to be amazed at what is known and not known about thousands of chemicals that are used in our clothes, our homes, our pizza boxes, and just about everything else.”—Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D., President, National Research Center for Women & Families

Trade Paperback : $6.95 Buy	Stars A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press Herbert S. Zim, Ph.D., Sc.D. and Robert H. Baker, Ph.D., D.Sc., Revised and Updated by Mark R. Chartrand, Ph.D.; Illustrated by James Gordon Irving Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press have been updated and revised to revitalize the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.

Hardcover : $27.00 Buy	The Devil's Doctor Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science Philip Ball Farrar, Straus and Giroux Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, who called himself Paracelsus, stands at the cusp of medieval and modern times. A contemporary of...

Trade Paperback : $17.00 Buy	Critical Mass How One Thing Leads to Another Philip Ball Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks Are there “natural laws” that govern the ways in which humans behave and organize themselves, just as there are physical laws that govern the motions of atoms...

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The Myth of Monogamy

Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People

David P. Barash, Ph.D. and Judith Eve Lipton, M.D. Holt Paperbacks

"The revelation that social pair-bonds do not necessarily imply exclusive mating relationships has spurred a revolution in how scientists think about mating systems. This book explores when and why social and sexual monogamy often do not coincide."—Paul W. Sherman, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University

Trade Paperback : $19.00 Buy	The Survival Game How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition David P. Barash Holt Paperbacks "An accessible, intriguing explanation of game theory . . . that can help explain much human behavior." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer Humans, like...

Hardcover : $16.95 Buy	Why Sht Happens The Science of a Really Bad Day Peter J. Bentley, PhD Rodale Books Have you ever fallen victim to Murphy’s law? Sometimes bad things just happen. In Why Sht Happens, esteemed British scientist Peter J. Bentley takes readers...

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Adam's Tongue

How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans

Derek Bickerton Hill and Wang

“The great puzzle of how human language evolved, and how it relates to animal communication, is tackled here with enthusiasm and directness by the always interesting Derek Bickerton. Being neither a complete gradualist nor a believer in Divine sparks, the author touches on all the issues and positions that are hotly debated today.”—Frans de Waal, Professor of Psychology, Emory University, and author of Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are

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Hardcover : $45.00 Buy	The Wisdom of Birds An Illustrated History of Ornithology Tim Birkhead Bloomsbury USA What the birds have taught us: a gorgeously rendered and comprehensive history of ornithology, from folklore to facts—the perfect gift for bird enthusiasts...

Trade Paperback : $13.00 Buy	The Flying Book Everything You've Ever Wondered About Flying On Airplanes David Blatner Walker & Company Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bothered to stop and think about the wonder of commercial flight, The Flying Book will inform, surprise,...

Hardcover : $25.00 Buy	E=mc2 A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation David Bodanis; With a new introduction by Simon Singh Walker & Company To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s miracle year of discoveries, a new edition of the bestselling “biography” of his famous equation Generations...

Trade Paperback : $24.00 Buy	Galileo's Commandment 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing Edited by Edmund Blair Bolles Holt Paperbacks Bolles has scoured the literature of science to build a treasury that is accessible and riveting, and therefore appealing to readers unfamiliar with science,...

Trade Paperback : $17.99 Buy	The Virus and the Vaccine Contaminated Vaccine, Deadly Cancers, and Government Neglect Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher St. Martin's Griffin Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is regarded as a veritbale medical miracle, for it largely eradicated one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century. But the...

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Thin Ice

Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains

Mark Bowen A John Macrae/Holt Paperbacks Book

“One of the best books yet published on climate change . . . The best compact history of the science of global warming I have read.”—Bill McKibben, The New...

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Trees of North America

A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated

Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press

C. Frank Brockman; Illustrated by Rebecca Marrilees; Revised by Jonathan P. Latimer and Karen Stray Nolting with David Challinor, Scientist Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

Golden Field Guides from St. Martin's Press are the leading nature guides for the classroom. Thorough and authoritative, they are also compact and lightweight, designed for portability and easy access.

Trade Paperback : $6.95 Buy	Poisonous Animals A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., Ph.D.; Illustrated by John D. Dawson Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press have been updated and revised to revitalize the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.

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Reptiles of North America

A Guide to Field Identification

Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press

Hobart M. Smith and Edmund D. Brodie, Jr; Illustrated by David M. Dennis and Sy Barlowe Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

Golden Field Guides from St. Martin's Press are the leading nature guides for the classroom. Thorough and authoritative, they are also compact and lightweight, designed for portability and easy access.

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Fixing Climate

What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat--and How to Counter It

Wallace S. Broecker and Robert Kunzig Hill and Wang

“A remarkably readable and compelling account of the important advances in our understanding of the complexity of global climate that have taken place over the past 40 years. The book is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand the unique nature of the climate change underway today.”—Michael McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies, Harvard University

Trade Paperback : $17.00 Buy	Red Moon Rising Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age Matthew Brzezinski Holt Paperbacks “In his exuberant narrative of the superpower space race . . . [Brzezinski] tells the story of American and Soviet decisions with remarkable dramatic—even...

Hardcover : $24.95 Buy	The Social Atom Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You Mark Buchanan Bloomsbury USA The idiosyncrasies of human decision-making have confounded economists and social theorists for years. If each person makes choices for personal (and often...