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Creation: How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself

de Adam Rutherford

What is life?

Humans have been asking this question for thou­sands of years. But as technology has advanced and our understanding of biology has deepened, the answer has evolved. For decades, scientists...

Lousy Sex: Creating Self in an Infectious World

de Gerald N. Callahan

In Lousy Sex, Gerald Callahan explores the science of self, illustrating the immune system’s role in forming individual identity. Blending the scientific essay with deeply personal narratives, these poignant...

Ecology of the Planted Aquarium: A Practical Manual and Scientific Treatis

de Diana Louise Walstad

Hobbyist reference book for keeping natural planted aquariums.

Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind

de Ajit Varki & Danny Brower

The history of science abounds with momentous theories that disrupted conventional wisdom and yet were eventually proven true. Ajit Varki and Danny Brower's "Mind over Reality" theory is poised to be one such...

Beyond Numeracy

de John Allen Paulos

From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for...

A Woman of Science: An Extraordinary Journey of Love, Discovery, and the Sex Life of Mushrooms

de Cardy Raper & Remeline M.D. Damasco

A STORY OF TRUE LOVE, DETERMINATION, SACRIFICE, AND DISCOVERY.

A Woman of Science catalogues a decades-long journey of inspirational hardship and success that serves as a model for what women can do in a field...

Elephants In the Volkswagen

de Lindsey Grant

In the last century, the United States has grown from 75 million people to 250 million. Have we gone too far? How can an optimum population be identified and achieved, and how can we confront the problems now...

Don't Know Much About Geography

de Kenneth C. Davis

Who killed the Dead Sea? What can you build with BRICS? Does the World Bank have ATMs? Is all the talk of global warming just a lot of hot air?

In Don't Know Much About® Geography, Kenneth C. Davis, New York...

Practical Math Success in 20 Minutes a Day

de LLC Learning Express

LearningExpress's 20 Minutes a Day guides make challenging subject areas more accessible by tackling one small part of a larger topic and building upon that knowledge with each passing day. Practical Math Success...

501 Calculus Questions

de LLC Learning Express

This comprehensive study guide walks you step-by-step though 501 calculus questions-helping you sharpen your skills, prepare for academic exams, and build math problem-solving techniques.

Perspectives in Bioethics, Science, and Public Policy

de Jonathan Beever & Nicolae C. Morar

In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks originally given at the annual "Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science," the chapters...

1,001 Math Problems

de LLC Learning Express

Whether you're a student who needs guidance outside of your textbook or you're just looking to brush up on your skills, 1001 Math Problems gives you all the practice you need to succeed.

Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)

de George Johnson

"A short, excellent account of [Leavitt's] extraordinary life and achievements."-Simon Singh, New York Times Book ReviewAt the beginning of the twentieth century, scientists argued over the size of the universe:...

Possibilities in Parallel

de Scientific American Editors

Parallel universes are a staple of science fiction, and it's no wonder. They allow us to explore the question, "what if?" in a way that lets us step completely outside of the world we know, rather than question...

Evolved: Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind

de Maximilian Werner & John Alcock

With startling insights, Werner explores how our Pleistocene instincts inform our everyday decisions and behaviors in this modern day Walden.

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

de Annalee Newitz

In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful...

Supersymmetry and Beyond: From the Higgs Boson to the New Physics

de Gordon Kane

The epic story of the quest to uncover a fully unified theory of physics, revised to reflect the possible discovery of the Higgs Boson.

Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

de Mario Livio

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. Nobody’s perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough.

Charles Darwin, William Thomson...

Leonardo's Foot: How 10 Toes, 52 Bones, and 66 Muscles Shaped the Human World

de Carol Ann Rinzler

Step right up for a toe-curling cultural biography of humanity’s earthbound extremity!

Countdown!: Or, How Nigh is the End?

de Sir Patrick Moore

Examines the multfarious theories of how and when the world can end, from St Augustine to the Millennium Bug, via Nostradamus. This title investigates and dismisses the weird and wonderful predictions of sometimes...