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Wizard : the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla : Biography of a Genius (96 Edition) by Marc J. Seifer Publisher Comments Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited by many as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Yet very few people know about his life and work. Based on original source materials and previously... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company by Owen W. Linzmayer Publisher Comments "Apple Confidential examines the tumultuous history of America's best-known Silicon Valley start-up--from its legendary founding almost 30 years ago, through a series of disastrous executive decisions, to its return to profitability, and including Apple... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution by Carolyn Merchant Publisher Comments Nature as Female<P>The world we have lost was organic. From the obscure origins of our species, human beings have lived in daily, immediate, organic relation with the natural order for their sustenance. In 1500, the daily interaction with nature... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves by W. Brian Arthur Publisher Comments More than any thing else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being, says W. Brian Arthur. Yet, until now the major questions of technology have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from -- how... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America by Steven Johnson Publisher Comments From the author of The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new national bestseller: the exhilarating (Los Angeles Times) story of a founding father long forgotten.(Newsweek) National bestselling author Steven Johnson tells the fascinating... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.20 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to Be as They Are. by Henry Petroski Publisher Comments Only Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil, could make one never pick up a paper clip again without being overcome with feelings of awe and reverence. In his new book the author examines a host of techno-trivia questions – how the fork got its tines... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession by Adam Leith Gollner Publisher Comments Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new worlds. An expedition through the fascinating world of fruit, The Fruit Hunters is the engrossing story of some of Earth's... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images Through History by Bruce Stephenson Publisher Comments The search for understanding creates more than answers; it also produces instruments, books, maps, and other tools made and used by those seeking knowledge. The Universe Unveiled uniquely focuses on these artifacts and devices resulting from the attempts... (read more) List Price $47.75 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Almost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles Publisher Comments Almost Heaven tells the stories of the remarkable women who have bravely met two challenges: the risk of space travel and the struggle to succeed in a man's world. From Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Sally Ride in 1983 to Kalpana Chawla and Lauren... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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