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Roald Hoffmann on the Philosophy, Art, and Science of Chemistry
Roald Hoffmann on the Philosophy, Art, and Science of Chemistry
by Jeffrey (edt) Kovac
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Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann's contributions to chemistry are well known. Less well known, however, is that over a career that spans nearly fifty years, Hoffmann has thought and written extensively about a wide variety of other topics, such as chemistry'... (read more)

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Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
by Alison Winter
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Picture your twenty-first birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? Now step back: how clear are those memories? Should we trust them to be accurate, or is there a chance that you’re remembering incorrectly? And where... (read more)

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The Beagle Record: Selections from the Original Pictorial Records and Written Accounts of the Voyage of HMS Beagle
The Beagle Record: Selections from the Original Pictorial Records and Written Accounts of the Voyage of HMS Beagle
by Richard Darwin Keynes
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This 1979 volume gathers together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letters of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and FitzRoy in 1839. It is... (read more)

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I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy
I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy
by Lori Andrews
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Social networks are the defining cultural movement of our time, empowering us in constantly evolving ways. We can all now be reporters, alerting the world to breaking news of a natural disaster; we can participate in crowd-sourced scientific research... (read more)

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Science in World History (Themes in World History)
Science in World History (Themes in World History)
by James Trefil
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In Science in World History, James Trefil presents a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of science from its roots in different cultures around the world through to the present day. He explores crucial milestones in scientific development and... (read more)

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Science in World History (Themes in World History)
Science in World History (Themes in World History)
by James Trefil
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In Science in World History, James Trefil presents a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of science from its roots in different cultures around the world through to the present day. He explores crucial milestones in scientific development and... (read more)

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UFO: Strange Space on Earth (Wooden Books)
UFO: Strange Space on Earth (Wooden Books)
by Paul Whitehead
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Are we alone in the universe? Is Earth really being visited by entities from other worlds? Could UFOs be stranger yet? Top UFO researchers Paul Whitehead and George Wingfield tell the story of UFOs from their first appearance in cave art, in the Bible... (read more)

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The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World
The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World
by Laura J. Snyder
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The Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones.  Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good... (read more)

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A Vertical Empire: History of the British Rocketry Programme (2nd Edition)
A Vertical Empire: History of the British Rocketry Programme (2nd Edition)
by C. N. Hill
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A Vertical Empire: History of the British Rocketry Programme (2nd Edition)
A Vertical Empire: History of the British Rocketry Programme (2nd Edition)
by C. N. Hill
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The Construction of the Heavens
The Construction of the Heavens
by Michael Hoskin
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