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Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously
by William Gurstelle
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A Selection of the Scientific American Book Club Want to add more excitement to your life? This daring combination of science, history, and DIY projects will show you how. Written for smart risk takers, it explores why danger is good for you and details... ( read more)
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Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist
by Thomas Levenson
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In 1695, Isaac Newtonalready renowned as the greatest mind of his agemade a surprising career change. He left quiet Cambridge, where he had lived for thirty years and made his earth-shattering discoveries, and moved to London to take up the post of... ( read more)
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Isaac Newton and the Transmutation of Alchemy: An Alternative View of the Scientific Revolution
by Philip Ashley Fanning
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Isaac Newton was a dedicated alchemist, a fact usually obscured as unsuited to his stature as a leader of the scientific revolution. Author Philip Ashley Fanning has diligently examined the evidence and concludes that the two major aspects of Newton's... ( read more)
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Simulation and Its Discontents (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
by Sherry Turkle
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Over the past twenty years, the technologies of simulation and visualization have changed our ways of looking at the world. In Simulation and Its Discontents, Sherry Turkle examines the now dominant medium of our working lives and finds that simulation... ( read more)
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The Spirit of Invention: The Story of the Thinkers, Creators, and Dreamers Who Formed Our Nation
by Julie M. Fenster
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An illustrated appreciation of america's spirit of invention, which introduces unique characters whose insistence on change for the better made america what it is today The Spirit of Invention is a fascinating examination of innovation as a driving... ( read more)
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Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World (MacMillan Science)
by Eugenie Reich
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This is the story of wunderkind physicist Jan Hendrik Schön who faked the discovery of a new superconductor made from plastic. A star researcher at the world-renowned Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, he claimed to have stumbled... ( read more)
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The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity
by Jack Repcheck
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There are three men whose life's work helped free science from the strait-jacket of religion. Two of the three--Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin--are widely heralded for their breakthroughs. The third, James Hutton, is comparatively unknown, yet he... ( read more)
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The Chasing Icarus: The Seventeen Days in 1910 That Forever Changed American Aviation
by Gavin Mortimer
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A dramatic chronicle of a pivotal moment in the history of aviation. By 1910--seven years after the Wright brothers first lifted a plane off the ground at Kitty Hawk--America and the world were transfixed by the danger and challenge of mastering the air.... ( read more)
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A Guinea Pig's History of Biology
by Jim Endersby
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"Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved," Darwin famously concluded The Origin of Species, and for confirmation we look to...the guinea pig? How this curious creature and others as humble (and as fast-breeding... ( read more)
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Weighing the World: The Quest to Measure the Earth
by Dansonwin
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At the start of the 18th century there were no maps, anywhere in the world. No one knew, with any certainty, the shape of the earth or what lay beneath its surface. Was it hollow or solid? Were the Andes the highest mountains on the Earth or was it the... ( read more)
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (P.S.)
by Simon Winchester
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In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell--clear across England and,... ( read more)
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The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (Great Discoveries)
by Dan Hofstadter
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Celebrated, controversial, condemned, Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime... ( read more)
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Print Is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age
by Jeff Gomez
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For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, paper shortages, radio, TV, computer games, and fluctuating literacy rates, the bound stack of printed paper has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more... ( read more)
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In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb
by Daniel Meyerson
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In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened King Tutankhamun's tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international renown and an indelible place... ( read more)
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Secret Science: Spanish Cosmography and the New World
by Maria M. Portuondo
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"A work of meticulous scholarship, Secret Science is must reading for anyone interested in the history of early modern science, the history of cosmography, and the intellectual challenges posed by the discovery of the New World. Of key importance is... ( read more)
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The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive
by John Graham Cumming
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The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to... ( read more)
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The Design of Future Things
by Donald A. Norman
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In The Design of Future Things, best-selling author Donald A. Norman presents a revealing examination of smart technology, from smooth-talking GPS units to cantankerous refrigerators. Exploring the links between design and human psychology, he offers a... ( read more)
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Obesity: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)
by Judith S. Stern
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In this timely and revealing handbook, two of the foremost experts on obesity provide an up-to-date, scientifically accurate, yet accessible study of our current understanding of the causes, consequences, and most effective responses to this persistent... ( read more)
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The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius
by Mike Jay
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At the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, England, founded in the closing years of the eighteenth century, dramatic experiments with gases precipitated not only a revolution in scientific medicine but also in the history of ideas. Guided by the energy of... ( read more)
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The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History
by Robert W Duffner
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Adaptive optics is the most revolutionary breakthrough in astronomy since Galileo pointed his telescope skyward four hundred years ago. It is critical technology that will enable astronomers to answer challenging questions about the universe. Over the... ( read more)
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John the Physician's Therapeutics: A Medical Handbook in Vernacular Greek (Studies in Ancient Medicine)
by Barbara Zipser
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The "Therapeutics" of John the Physician is an important source on Medieval medicine, published here for the first time. It yields authentic insights into medicine as a craft and a large quantity of new evidence on the transition from ancient to modern... ( read more)
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Satyendra Nath Bose - His Life and Times: Selected Works (with Commentary)
by Kameshwar C. (edt) Wali
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Kinematics: The Lost Origins of Einstein's Relativity
by Mart
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