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The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
by Theodore Gray
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Beautiful and informative, surprising and smart, The Elements will appeal to your inner geek (even if you didn't know you had one). With unique stories, bizarre facts, and dazzling photographs of the 118 elements in the periodic table, this book will... (read more)

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Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs: Wild Reads
Dinosaurs: Wild Reads
by Paul May
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This marvelous book about dinosaurs covers a wide range of topics, from a day in the life of a brachiosaurus 200 million years ago to the dinosaur detectives who are making new and exciting discoveries about dinosaurs today. Packed with facts and... (read more)

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Philosophy of Science
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Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives
Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives
by Michael Specter
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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)

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Technology
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Civilians Guide to the U.S. Military: A Comprehensive Reference to the Customs, Language and Structure of the Armed Forces
Civilians Guide to the U.S. Military: A Comprehensive Reference to the Customs, Language and Structure of the Armed Forces
by Barbara Schading
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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)

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Patents and Inventions
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101 Un Useless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu
101 Un Useless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu
by Kenji Kawakami
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Strangely practical and utterly eccentric inventions for a life of ease-and hilarity. In Japan, inventor and visionary Kenji Kawakami is famous for his creation and tireless promotion of chindogu-the art of "the unuseless idea." This book features the... (read more)

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Essays
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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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The Illustrated Longitude
The Illustrated Longitude
by Dava Sobel and William J. H. Andrewes
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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)

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Inventions
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Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors: The Lives, Loves, and Deaths of 30 Pioneers Who Changed the World
Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors: The Lives, Loves, and Deaths of 30 Pioneers Who Changed the World
by Jeremy Coller
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A brilliant and humorous analysis of thirty inventors who changed the... (read more)

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Robot Builder's Sourcebook (Tab Electronics)
Robot Builder's Sourcebook (Tab Electronics)
by Gordon Mccomb
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A great companion to the bestselling "Robot Builder's Bonanza, " this much-needed directory for amateur and educational robotics contains over 2,500 listings of robot suppliers, including mail order and local area businesses. 225 illustrations.... (read more)

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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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Review-a-Day | November 20, 2009

The Age of Wonder



The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes Reviewed by Benjamin Moser Harper's... Continue »
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