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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
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This learned and amusing work covers the origin of the universe to the human genome. A welcome journey with Bryson in typical wise and witty fashion.... (read more)

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Googled: The End of the World As We Know It
Googled: The End of the World As We Know It
by Ken Auletta
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A revealing, forward-looking examination of the outsize influence Google has had on the changing media Landscape. There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. As only he can, bestselling author Ken Auletta takes... (read more)

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Wizard : the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla : Biography of a Genius (96 Edition)
Wizard : the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla : Biography of a Genius (96 Edition)
by Marc J. Seifer
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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)

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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin
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A revelation for music buffs and science geeks ... (read more)

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Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
by Carol Kaesuk Yoon
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Biologist and journalist Carol Kaesuk Yoon takes us beyond genus and species to deep cognition, revealing our drive to name life. She tells the strange story of scientists leading people away from the impulse to name the living world, even as they are... (read more)

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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks
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With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he... (read more)

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The Best American Science Writing 2009 (Best American Science Writing)
The Best American Science Writing 2009 (Best American Science Writing)
by Natalie Angier
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Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author Natalie Angier, The Best American Science Writing 2009 collects into one volume the premier science writing of the year. Distinguished by new and impressive voices as well... (read more)

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K Dick
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time. By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet... (read more)

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The Physics of Superheroes
The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios
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Praise for The Physics of Superheroes "Surprisingly enough, according to Kakalios, comic books get their physics right more often than you'd think." The Boston Globe "Writing with tongue firmly planted in cheek, Kakalios looks at classic comics with a... (read more)

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Digital Media Revisited: Theoretical and Conceptual Innovations in Digital Domains
Digital Media Revisited: Theoretical and Conceptual Innovations in Digital Domains
by Gunnar Liestøl and Andrew Morrison and Terje Rasmussen
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Interdisciplinary essays on the relationship between practice and theory in new media.... (read more)

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Theodore Gray: IMG The Importance of Speaking Truth to Ignorance



It is easy to take for granted that no matter how much we tolerate irrationality, truth will prevail and sanity will win out in the end. The history... Continue »
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Theodore Gray: IMG The Cornucopia of Home Science



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