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This fascinating anthology introduces us to a wide range of arguments on the subject of memory, the thread that holds our lives, and our history, together. Arranged in themed sections, the book includes specially commissioned essays by the editors and by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780140243192Author Lewis ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593192153Author Carlo RovelliFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250181695Author Ellen UllmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

A Many-Colored Glass does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology into a unified theory. The emphasis is, instead, on the myriad ways in which the universe presents itself to us - and how, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316484923Author Toby OrdFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 38mm

An essential read for the legions of Sherlockians about the globe. Sherlock Holmes is the world's greatest-ever consulting detective. The huge popularity of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional creation, and his sixty stories, made Sherlock one of the...

In this riveting, eye-opening new book, preeminent astrophysicist Martin Rees charts out the future of science, offering a compelling vision of how scientists and laypeople can work together to address the most urgent issues of our era-including climate...

In Skeptic, Shermer "turns a critical eye toward questions big, small, and trivial." His trademark combination of deep scientific understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and devoted audience for years. Now, seventy-five of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805077698Author Michael ShermerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307278814Author Michael BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 194gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

For more than forty years, librarians and others have come to rely upon David Kronick's knowledge and expertise of the history and development of scientific journals. His writings have blazed a trail through the uncharted territory of scientific serial...

American prosperity and military superiority cannot be maintained with the current shortage of scientists with advanced degrees. How we arrived at this crisis-the embedding of scientific research at male-dominated universities-is less important than what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498095778Author John TyndallFormat PaperbackPage Count 482Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Here's something that doesn't happen every millennium: Roughly 35 million years ago, a stray meteorite dropped out of the sky over Virginia and left an impact that helped shape one of the continent's most distinctive coastlines. This scene of cataclysmic...

In 2009, the New Yorker declared chickens the "it bird" and heralded "the return of the backyard chicken." This honour occurred as, a host of American cities were changing their laws to allow chickens in residents' backyards. Philip Levy, a sometime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375708695Author Spencer NadlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307389312Author Max BrockmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Originally published separately, Weber's Science as a Vocation and Politics as a Vocation stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to...

What do you think about cloning, stem cell research, brain enhancement, or doing experiments on newly dead patients? Read Smart Mice, Not so Smart People and you'll know what Art Caplan thinks. But this assortment of pithy, provocative opinions on all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798200864935Author Leah ElsonFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Blackstone PublishingPublisher Blackstone PublishingWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 236mm...

Praise for the previous edition:"In order to acquaint a new generation with Fuller, his former architectural partner, Zung, gathers selections [from Fuller's writings] on topics ranging from education and environment to engineering and the Lord's Prayer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486849959Author De Kruif PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The next wave of science writing is here. Editor Max Brockman has talent-spotted 19 young scientists, working on leading-edge research across a wide range of fields. Nearly half of them are women, and all of them are great communicators: their passion...

In recent decades, an exciting new art movement has emerged in which artists utilize and illuminate the latest advances in science. Some of their provocative creations-a live rabbit implanted with the fluorescent gene of a jellyfish, a gigantic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127048Author Lewis DartnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328519009Author Sy MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Enquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (c. 370 c. 285 BCE) are a counterpart to Aristotle s zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant. In the former Theophrastus classifies and describes. His On...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538748510Author Basil HeroFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671628314Author Raymond SmullyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

"The phrase 'public intellectual' is much bandied about. Just a few real heavyweights in the world merit the title, and Steven Weinberg is preeminent among them."-Richard Dawkins"Weinberg has a knack for capturing a complex concept in a succinct,...

A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor renowned marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and series editor Jaime Green. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, renowned marine biologist and co-founder of...

The geeks will inherit the earth.With well over two hundred episodes and a dozen seasons, The Big Bang Theory is one of America's favorite television series, bringing a new class of character to mainstream television: the science nerd.In spite of its...

For thousands of years, people have used nature to justify their political, moral, and social judgments. Such appeals to the moral authority of nature are still very much with us today, as heated debates over genetically modified organisms and human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328987808Author Tim FolgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328715517Author Hope JahrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *...

Should we alter animals' DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth's deep past? How is the world's most expensive - and explosive - substance made?Great science writing offers fascinating insights into our...

Just as Henry David Thoreau "traveled a great deal in Concord," Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg sees much of the world from the window of his study overlooking Lake Austin. In Lake Views Weinberg, considered by many to be the preeminent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062109392Author John BrockmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Over five decades, Star Trek's celebration of mankind's technical achievements and positive view of the future have earned it an enduring place in our global culture. Its scientific vision has also had a profound effect on the past thirty years of...