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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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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability -- Designing for Abundance by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Publisher Comments From the authors of Cradle to Cradle, we learn whats next: The Upcycle. The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, one of the most consequential ecological manifestos of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons ... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander Publisher Comments Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prizewinning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene Zuk Publisher Comments An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today. We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football — or did we?... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Sale - Hardcover
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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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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 Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science by Akiko Busch Publisher Comments A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York’s Hudson Valley led Akiko Busch to assorted other encounters with the natural world—local ecological monitoring projects, community-organized cleanup... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything by Philip Ball Publisher Comments With the recent landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, it seems safe to assume that the idea of being curious is alive and well in modern science—that it’s not merely encouraged but is seen as an essential component of the scientific mission... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Preserving: Putting Up the Season's Bounty by The Culinary Institute Of America Publisher Comments Everything you need to know about home preserving, from The Culinary Institute of America Home canning and preserving is more popular than ever. It's economical, environmentally smart, and a great way to get the most out of your backyard garden. It's a... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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Advances in Cyber Security: Technology, Operations, and Experiences by D. Frank (edt) Hsu Publisher Comments As you read this, your computer is in jeopardy of being hacked and your identity being stolen. Read this book to protect yourselves from this threat. The world's foremost cyber security experts, from Ruby Lee, Ph.D., the Forrest G. Hamrick professor of... (read more) Your price: $29.50 New - Trade Paper
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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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The Big, Bad Book of Beasts: The World's Most Curious Creatures by Michael Largo Publisher Comments The world's wildest collection of animal knowledge and lore! Lions, and tigers, and bears . . . and dinosaurs, dragons, and monsters. Oh my! For hundreds of years, the most popular books in the Western world next to the Bible were "bestiaries... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything by William Hartston Publisher Comments A playful and diverting, yet always scientifically rigorous look at those simple mysteries that are yet to be solved Why are so many giraffes gay? Has human evolution stopped? Where did our alphabet come from? Can robots become self-aware? Can... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Chilton Asian Service Manual: 2012 Edition, Volume 2 (Chilton Asian Service Manual) by Chilton Automotive Books Publisher Comments Chilton's editors have put together current automotive repair information for this 2012 edition Chilton Asian Service manual set. This new five-volume manual set allows users to accurately and efficiently diagnose and repair late-model cars and trucks... (read more) List Price $79.95 Your price: $71.95 New - Hardcover
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Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us by Andrew Keen Publisher Comments "Digital Vertigo provides an articulate, measured, contrarian voice against a sea of hype about social media. As an avowed technology optimist, I'm grateful for Keen who makes me stop and think before committing myself fully to the social revolution... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller Publisher Comments The near meltdown of Fukushima, the upheavals in the Middle East, the BP oil spill, and the looming reality of global warming have reminded the president and all U.S. citizens that nothing has more impact on our lives than the supply and demand for... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall Publisher Comments “A jaunty, insightful new book . . . [that] draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us.”—New York Times Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Chilton Asian Service Manual: 2012 Edition, Volume 4 (Chilton Asian Service Manual) by Chilton Automotive Books Publisher Comments Chilton's editors have put together current automotive repair information for this 2012 edition Chilton Asian Service manual set. This new five-volume manual set allows users to accurately and efficiently diagnose and repair late-model cars and trucks... (read more) List Price $79.95 Your price: $71.95 New - Hardcover
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Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe by Lee Smolin Publisher Comments From one of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals, a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos What is time? This deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing science as we probe more deeply into the... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski Publisher Comments A new paperback edition of Dr. Bronowski's classic history of humankind, with a foreword by Richard Dawkins Dr. Jacob Bronowksi's classic traces the development of human society through our understanding of science. First published in 1973 to... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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