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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
by Richard Preston
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Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained — the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have... (read more)

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Meteorology
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Unstoppable Global Warming : Every 1,500 Years,updated and Expanded Edition (08 Edition)
Unstoppable Global Warming : Every 1,500 Years,updated and Expanded Edition (08 Edition)
by S. Fred Singer
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In this New York Times bestseller, authors Singer and Avery present the compelling concept that global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely because of a natural cycle. Using historic data from two millennia of recorded history combined with... (read more)

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General
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The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
by Frank Wilczek
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Physicist understanding of the essential nature of reality changed radically over the past quarter century. Frank Wilczek has played a lead role in establishing the new paradigms. Transcending the clash and mismatch of older ideas about what matter is... (read more)

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Popular
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene
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Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more)

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Biographies and Classics
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Radio Tesla: The Secret of Tesla's Radio and Wireless Power
Radio Tesla: The Secret of Tesla's Radio and Wireless Power
by George Trinkaus
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In clear English, with 66 illustrations and a minimum of math, this booklet details the peculiar radio technology of Nikola Tesla. Early elemental radio devices like Tesla's are fascinating and worthy of study because they remind us that powerful radio... (read more)

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Astronomy
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Photoshop Astronomy
Photoshop Astronomy
by R. Scott Ireland
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I remember my first one-day class on how to use Photoshop in 1997. During the long drive home I was excited by the possibilities of what I had seen a Photoshop Master accomplish. However, as I began work on my own images I had great difficulty... (read more)

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Reference
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The Oxford Guide to the History of Physics and Astronomy
The Oxford Guide to the History of Physics and Astronomy
by John L Heilbron
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With over 150 alphabetically arranged entries about key scientists, concepts, discoveries, technological innovations, and learned institutions, the Oxford Guide to Physics and Astronomy traces the history of physics and astronomy from the Renaissance to... (read more)

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General History and Philosophy
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The Particle Odyssey: A Journey to the Heart of Matter
The Particle Odyssey: A Journey to the Heart of Matter
by Frank Close
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Boasting more than three hundred illustrations, the majority in full color, The Particle Odyssey takes us on an exhilarating tour of the subatomic world. The pictures here are truly marvelous--over 100 of the best images ever taken of particle 'events... (read more)

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The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture
The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture
by Mordechai Feingold
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Isaac Newton is a legendary figure whose mythical dimension threatens to overshadow the actual man. The story of the apple falling from the tree may or may not be true, but Isaac Newton's revolutionary discoveries and their importance to the... (read more)

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
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"Brian Greene presents the bizarre world of quantum mechanics and string theory using language accessible to all while taking the reader on an exciting journey through a truly unusual universe."... (read more)

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