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The Powell's Shuffle: Science

Shuffle through Powell's City of Books — it's never the same place twice!
Below, you'll find a random selection of used books available today at Powells.com. Each time you shuffle, you'll find eight more!

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Biology


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After a review of the islands' oceanographic and geologic settings, contributions utilize a taxonomic approach to explore: the genera and species of shallow-water invertebrates, biogeographic affinities, factors controlling the occurrence of species... (read more)

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Physics


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Many important observational clues about our understanding of how stars and planets form in the interior of molecular clouds have been amassed using recent technological developments. ESO's Very Large Telescope promises to be a major step forward in the... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover



Anthropology


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The issue of practising anthropology in one's own society is the focus of this volume of seventeen essays, originally published in 1981. The contributions, written by US and Canadian anthropologists, deal with methods, theories and styles of doing... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper



Anthropology


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Sex at Dawn is nonfiction at its best. Writing across a range of disciplines, from anthropology to philosophy, the authors explore and challenge everything we thought we knew about human sexuality in this provocative and profound book.... (read more)

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Oceanography


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A companion volume to the exhibition of the same name that opened at the Smithsonian Institution in 1995 and will travel around the country for five years. Collected here are a variety of essays and accounts by ocean scientists, conservationists... (read more)

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History of Science


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When Orville and Wilbur Wright soared over Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina's outer banks and solved the problem of aerial navigation, they wrote the last chapter in a long story. For decades prior, a small community of engineers, scientists, and... (read more)

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Biology


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Microbe, a brand-new, general microbiology textbook intended for upper-division undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, is an exciting introduction to the world of microbes. With a distinct ecological and evolutionary orientation, Microbe invites... (read more)

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Biology


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In this remarkable account, evolutionary biologist Christopher Wills takes us on a voyage of discovery through the exotic pasts of the viruses and bacteria that periodically emerge with such disastrous results for our species. It is our knowledge of... (read more)

Your Price $5.50
Used - Trade Paper





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