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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach Publisher Comments "America’s funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal that Gulp explores is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions inspired by our insides are as taboo, in their way, as the... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, by Donovan Hohn Publisher Comments When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures by Virginia Morell Publisher Comments Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals. Did you know that ants teach, earthworms... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works by John Brockman Publisher Comments Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world. What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Letters to a Young Scientist by Edward O. Wilson Publisher Comments Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff and Tony Angell Publisher Comments Stan Coren’s groundbreaking The Intelligence of Dogs meets Bernd Heinrich’s classic Mind of the Raven in this astonishing, beautifully illustrated look at the uncanny intelligence and emotions of crows. New research indicates that crows are... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson Staff Pick The great Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, PBS/Nova host, and ambassador to all sorts of interstellar and cosmic awesomeness, is also the author of nearly a dozen books. His newest, Space Chronicles: Facing the... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science by Jenny Volvovski and Julia Rothman and Matt Lamothe Publisher Comments A science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose 75 of today's hottest artists onto life's vast questions, from how we got here to where we are going. Inside these pages some of the biggest (and smallest) mysteries of the natural... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health (Vintage) by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers Publisher Comments In the spring of 2005, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was called to consult on an unusual patient: an Emperor tamarin at the Los Angeles Zoo. While examining the tiny monkey’s sick heart, she learned that wild animals can die of a form of... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Social Conquest of Earth (13 Edition) by Edward O. Wilson Publisher Comments Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek Publisher Comments A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate Temple Grandin is a star, a Time Magazine top 100 Hero and an inspiration to millions worldwide. Since she started writing and speaking about autism, the... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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How to Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial by Darryl Cunningham Publisher Comments Is hydro-fracking safe? Is climate change real? Did the moon landing actually happen? How about evolution: fact or fiction? Author-illustrator Darryl Cunningham looks at these and other hot-button science topics and presents a fact-based, visual... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover
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The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People by Neil Shubin Publisher Comments From one of our finest and most popular science writers, the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery story as big as the world itself: How have astronomical events that took place millions of years ago created the... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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The Approaching Great Transformation: Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy by Joel Magnuson Publisher Comments The Approaching Great Transformation is about the coming shift in how we act and think in the world economically as the era of cheap oil comes to an end. The purpose of this book is to provide inspiration for those seeking to be part of the ongoing... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want by Frances Moore Lappe Publisher Comments In EcoMind, Frances Moore Lappéa giant of the environmental movementconfronts accepted wisdom of environmentalism. Drawing on the latest research from anthropology to neuroscience and her own field experience, she argues that the... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell Publisher Comments A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest. In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one- square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami by Gretel Ehrlich Publisher Comments A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to bear witness, listen to survivors, and experience their terror and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species by Quentin Wheeler Publisher Comments A chameleon so tiny it can fit on your thumbnail? A spider named after David Bowie? A fungus that turns ants into zombies? What on Earth? What on Earth? is a compendium of the 100 coolest, weirdest, and most intriguing new species of this century as... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter by Terrence W. Deacon Publisher Comments As scientists study the minutiae of subatomic particles, neural connections, and molecular compounds, their attempts at a "theory of everything" harbor a glaring omission: they still cannot explain us, the thoughts and perceptions that truly make us what... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood by David R. Montgomery Publisher Comments In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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