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New Arrivals Browse more New Arrivals in Science Reference $42.25 New Trade Paper add to wish list Web Wisdom: How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web, Second Edition Marsha Ann Tate $126.75 New Hardcover add to wish list The Masters Athletes: Understanding the Role of Sport and Exercise in Optimizing Aging Joseph (edt) Baker $14.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list Your Flying Car Awaits: Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century Paul Milo $179.25 New Hardcover add to wish list Nanocasting: A Versatile Strategy for Creating Nanostructured Porous Materials (Rsc Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) An-hui Lu $34.50 New Trade Paper add to wish list FAQs about the Use of Animals in Science: A Handbook for the Scientifically Perplexed Ray Greek $12.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list U.S. Army Hand-To-Hand Combat U. S. Department Of The Army Browse more New Arrivals in Science Reference General Browse more titles in Science Reference-General My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Taylor Publisher Comments The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list Philosophy of Science Browse more titles in Science Reference-Philosophy of Science Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter Publisher Comments In this provocative and headline- making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet. In Denialism, New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter reveals that Americans have come to... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover add to wish list Technology Browse more titles in Science Reference-Technology Civilians Guide to the U.S. Military: A Comprehensive Reference to the Customs, Language and Structure of the Armed Forces by Barbara Schading Publisher Comments A basic primer on military life, this authoritative book provides explanations of military language and protocol and breaks down information by branch and includes military slang. Perfect for anyone looking to verify military information or learn more... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list Essays Browse more titles in Science Reference-Essays Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever Publisher Comments From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to The Year Without Summer, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold--real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover add to wish list Experiments Browse more titles in Science Reference-Experiments 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: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list Featured Titles Browse more titles in Science Reference-Featured Titles The Illustrated Longitude by Dava Sobel and William J. H. Andrewes Publisher Comments A fully illustrated edition of the international best-seller Longitude. The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determining how a... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list Inventions Browse more titles in Science Reference-Inventions Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors: The Lives, Loves, and Deaths of 30 Pioneers Who Changed the World by Jeremy Coller Publisher Comments A brilliant and humorous analysis of thirty inventors who changed the... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover add to wish list How Things Work Browse more titles in Science Reference-How Things Work The way things work by David Macaulay Publisher Comments From levers to lasers, from cameras to computers, this 384-page volume is a remarkable overview of the machines and inventions that shape our lives, amusingly presented with a large dose of Macaulay's wit and personality.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list Sale Books Browse more titles in Science Reference-Sale Books Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age by James Essinger Publisher Comments Circuits from silk? Today's technophiles probably have no idea how much today's computer technology owes to the invention of one ingenuous textile manufacturer in nineteenth-century France. Here, master storyteller James Essinger shows through a series... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list Used Books Browse more titles in Science Reference-Used Books Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming by Paul Hawken Staff Pick Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list

Bestsellers Friday, December 18, 2009 A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Taylor The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter Guests | December 11, 2009 Show the Children the Beauty and the Power 1 comment By Theodore Gray Science is the most powerful force on earth. Science and science alone can move mountains, cure disease, land on the moon, and explain who we are... Continue » $24.95 New Hardcover add to wish list Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home -- But Probably Shouldn't Theodore W. Gray Guests | December 10, 2009 The Danger of Not Doing Dangerous Experiments 0 comments By Theodore Gray How many children dying each year from school science experiments do you think is an acceptable number? I recently heard a radio report on the FDA's... Continue » $29.98 New Hardcover add to wish list The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe Theodore Gray Guests | December 9, 2009 Beautiful Science and the Science of Beauty 0 comments By Theodore Gray When science was first invented, its creators saw it work hand in hand with art and literature to seek out the deep truths of the world. What went... Continue » $29.98 New Hardcover add to wish list The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe Theodore Gray Guests | December 8, 2009 The Importance of Speaking Truth to Ignorance 0 comments By Theodore Gray 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 » $29.98 New Hardcover add to wish list The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe Theodore Gray Guests | December 7, 2009 The Cornucopia of Home Science 0 comments By Theodore Gray Reading old books of science experiments for children, it's easy to become nostalgic for the days when you could buy jugs of sulfur and mercury at... Continue » $29.98 New Hardcover add to wish list The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe Theodore Gray

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