The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
by George Johnson


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From the acclaimed New York Times science writer George Johnson, an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science — moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a... (read more)

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What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
by John Brockman


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A collection of essays by some of the world's leading scientists describes ideas and advances that could have devastating repercussions in terms of both their use and philosophical implications, ranging from using medication to change personality to... (read more)

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FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
by Neil Gershenfeld


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What if you could someday put the manufacturing power of an automobile plant on your desktop? It may sound far-fetched-but then, thirty years ago, the notion of “personal computers” in every home sounded like science fiction. According to... (read more)

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Electric Universe
by David Bodanis


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For centuries, electricity was viewed as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention... (read more)

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel




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Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that “the longitude problem” was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day—and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the... (read more)

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A World Without Time: the Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein
by Palle Yourgrau


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In 1942, the logician Kurt Godel and Albert Einstein became close friends; they walked to and from their offices every day, exchanging ideas about science, philosophy, politics, and the lost world of German science. By 1949, Godel had produced a... (read more)

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The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
by Timothy Ferris


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From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly... (read more)

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The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images Through History
by Bruce Stephenson


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The search for understanding creates more than answers; it also produces instruments, books, maps, and other tools made and used by those seeking knowledge. The Universe Unveiled uniquely focuses on these artifacts and devices resulting from the attempts... (read more)

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The Best American Science Writing (Best American Science Writing)
by Atul Gawande


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Together these twenty-one articles on a wide range of today's most leading topics in science, from Dennis Overbye, Jonathan Weiner, and Richard Preston, among others, represent the full spectrum of scientific inquiry, proving once again that "good... (read more)

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What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
by John Brockman


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More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof. Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated... (read more)

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The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System
by Siva Vaidhyanathan


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The Anarchist in the Library is the first guide to one of the most important cultural and economic battlegrounds of our increasingly plugged-in world. Siva Vaidhyanathan draws the struggle for information that will determine much of the culture and... (read more)

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Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World
by Nick Lane


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Three hundred million years ago, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans nearly a yard across. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today-probably as much as 35 per cent. But oxygen is a toxic... (read more)

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A Sideways Look at Time
by Jay Griffiths


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Why does time seem so short? How does women's time differ from men's? Why does time seem to move slowly in the countryside and quickly in cities? How do different cultures around the world see time? In A Sideways Look at Time, Jay Griffiths takes readers... (read more)

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Practical Electronics for Inventors 2ND Edition
by Paul Scherz


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THE BOOK THAT MAKES ELECTRONICS MAKE SENSEThis intuitive, applications-driven guide to electronics for hobbyists, engineers, and students doesn't overload readers with technical detail. Instead, it tells you-and shows you-what basic and advanced... (read more)

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Dinosaurs (Collins Gem)
by Adam Yates


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A colorful, authoritative pocket guide to the lost world of dinosaurs Profiles of nearly seventy dinosaurs, from the Diplodocus to the Parasaurolophus Descriptions of their most significant features and habits Explanations of what the dinosaur names mean... (read more)

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Galileos Commandment an Anthology of Gre
by Edmund Blair Bolles


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This anthology of science writing includes Marie Curie's reminiscences on her own and her husband's efforts to isolate radium; Herodotus observing the Nile Valley; Carl Sagan arguing that aliens regularly visit Earth; and other contributions from writers... (read more)

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SYNC: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life
by Steven Strogatz


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The moon spins in perfect resonance with its orbit around the Earth; millions of neurons fire together to control our breathing; every night along the tidal rivers of Malaysia, thousands of fireflies flash in silent, hypnotic unison. All of these... (read more)

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Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio
by Danny Gregory




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Author Danny Gregory went to a flea market and found a ring binder containing 369 colorful and cryptic-looking postcards. Intrigued, he bought the collection and did some investigating. These cards were ham radio QSL cards, which are postcards that... (read more)

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