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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd Publisher Comments Today, an entomologist in a laboratory can gaze at a butterfly pupa with a microscope so powerful that the swirling cells on the pupas skin look like a galaxy. She can activate a single gene or knock it out. What she cant do is discover how the insect... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (P.S.) by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. In this extraordinary... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life by J. Craig Venter Publisher Comments The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific history Of all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.25 Used - Hardcover
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The History of Radiology in Scotland 1896-2000 by John F Calder Synopsis Published to celebrate the centenary of Scottish radiology, from the establishment of the first medical radiology department in the world at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1896, this book traces the evolution of the profession and the contributions of... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $23.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection by Deborah Blum Publisher Comments In this meticulously researched and masterfully written book, Pulitzer Prize-winner Deborah Blum examines the history of love through the lens of its strangest unsung hero: a brilliant, fearless, alcoholic psychologist named Harry Frederick Harlow... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rosalind Franklin and DNA by Anne Sayre Publisher Comments In this classic work Anne Sayre, a journalist and close friend of Franklin, puts the record straight.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life by J Craig Venter Publisher Comments The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific history Of all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Win the Nobel Prize: An Unexpected Life in Science (Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures) by J Michael Bishop Publisher Comments In 1989 Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that normal genes under certain conditions can cause cancer. In this book, Bishop tells us how he and Varmus made their momentous discovery. More than a lively... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection (Science Matters) by Deborah Blum Publisher Comments We take it for granted today that babies need love. But less than a century ago, psychologists warned women against showing their children "too much affection"-predicting dire consequences ranging from deadly disease to sexual dysfunction in adulthood... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life by J. Craig Venter Publisher Comments A leading genomic research scientist traces his lackluster education and military service in Vietnam before discovering his interest in scientific pursuits, his early achievements at the National Institutes of Health, and his sequencing of the first... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Louis Pasteur, Free Lance of Science (Da Capo Series in Science) by Rene Jules Dubos Publisher Comments }In the words of one of his English contemporaries, Louis Pasteur was the most perfect man who ever entered the kingdom of science. His contributions to the development of microbiology and medicine were profound, both practically (Pasteurization and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Extreme Measures by Martin Brookes Publisher Comments "Count wherever you can" was the motto of Sir Francis Galton's extraordinary life. His measuring mind left its mark all over the scientific landscape. Explorer, inventor, meteorologist, psychologist, anthropologist, and statistician, Galton was one of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science by James D Watson Publisher Comments Watson--who helped discover the secret of life and won the Nobel Prize by the time he was 34--shares everything he has learned about getting good work done, in this delightful and wittily instructive memoir. Photos throughout.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think by Alan Grafen Publisher Comments Subtitled, "How A Scientist Changed The Way We Think". This is a stimulating tribute to a remarkable intellectual, written by some of the finest writers and scientists working today.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Art and Politics of Science by Harold Varmus Publisher Comments "The Art and Politics of Science is a unique work by a remarkable global leader: a brilliant scientist with the sensibilities of an artist and the leadership skills of a consummate politician. Harold Varmus has done it all--Nobel Prize-winning... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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What Mad Pursuit?: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery by Francis Crick Publisher Comments Candid, provocative, and disarming, this is the widely-praised memoir of the co-discoverer of the double helix of DNA.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd Publisher Comments Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Merian. An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, she was born just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty she sailed from Europe... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science by James D. Watson Publisher Comments Remembered Lessons from Childhood on Chicago's South Side 1. Avoid fighting bigger boys or dogs As a child I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathythey encouraged constant trips to the local... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art and Politics of Science by Harold Varmus Publisher Comments A PhD candidate in English literature at Harvard University, Harold Varmus discovered he was drawn instead to medicine and eventually found himself at the forefront of cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco. In this "timely memoir... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Homage To Gaia: the Life of an Independent Scientist by James Lovelock Publisher Comments With over fifty patents to his name and a stream of awards--including one from the Queen of England--James Lovelock is a distinguished scientist who has been widely recognized by the international scientific community. In this inspiring autobiography... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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