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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...
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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,...
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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.
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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
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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...
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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...
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On Being Certain
Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
Robert A. Burton, MD
St. Martin's Griffin
“A fascinating read. Burton’s engaging prose takes us into the deepest corners of our subconscious, making us question our most solid contentions. Nobody who reads this book will walk away from it and say ‘I know this for sure’ ever again."—
Sylvia Pagán Westphal, science reporter,
The Wall Street Journal
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The Lost King of France
How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Deborah Cadbury
St. Martin's Griffin
Royalty, revolution, and scientific mystery---the dramatic true account of the fate of Louis XVII, son of Marie Antoinette, and an extraordinary detective...
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The Birth of a New Science
James Case
Hill and Wang
"James Case strikes at the heart of modern neoclassical analysis with this penetrating exploration of the reigning orthodoxy and the alternatives we need to consider. The implications for economic thought are startling. The implications for economic policy are stunning."—
Louis Galambos, professor of history, Johns Hopkins University
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The Science of Star Wars
An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books
Jeanne Cavelos
St. Martin's Griffin
Former NASA astrophysicist Jeanne Cavelos examines the scientific possibility of the fantastical world of Star Wars. She explains to non-technical readers how...
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Trials of the Monkey
An Accidental Memoir
Matthew Chapman
Picador
"When Darwin called his second book The Descent of Man instead of The Ascent of Man he was thinking of his progeny." So declares Darwin's great-great...
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Planets
A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
Mark R. Chartrand, Ph.D.; Illustrated by Ron Miller
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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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Night Sky
A Guide To Field Identification
Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press
Mark R. Chartrand, Senior Vice President, National Space Society; Illustrated by Helmut K. Wimmer
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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Evolution
A Little History of a Great Idea
Wooden Books
Gerard Cheshire
Walker & Company
The smallest book on evolution asks big questions. Anticipating the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species throughout 2009, Evolution...
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The God Effect
Quantum Entanglement, Science's Strangest Phenomenon
Brian Clegg
St. Martin's Griffin
"A superb exploration of this weird and wonderful physical phenomenon and the ways it could change our lives."—
Popular Science
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Instant Egghead Guide
Physics
Brian Clegg
St. Martin's Griffin
Scientific American's daily Sixty-Second Science podcast was such an unexpected success, with millions of downloads, that a spin-off site was created around...
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Armageddon Science
The Science of Mass Destruction
Clegg, Brian
St. Martin's Press
Climate change. Nuclear devastation. Bio-hazards. The Large Hadron Collider. What do these things have in common? They all have the potential to end our world....
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Almost Chimpanzee
Searching for What Makes Us Human, in Rainforests, Labs, Sanctuaries, and Zoos
Jon Cohen
Times Books
The captivating story of how a band of scientists has redrawn the genetic and behavioral lines that separate humans from our nearest cousins In the fall of...
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Carrying the Fire
An Astronaut's Journeys
Michael Collins; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing...
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What If the Earth Had Two Moons?
Neil F. Comins
St. Martin's Griffin
“What if?” questions have always stimulated people to think in new ways. What if the Earth Had Two Moons leads us on a fascinating 10 world journey exploring...
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