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Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery
by Jeff Goldberg  Synopsis A true scientific page-turner that traces a remarkable scientific breakthrough (the isolation of endorphins in the brain) as dedicated scientists race--not only with their fellow scientists--but against time and the profit hungry giant pharmaceutical...
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Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything
by F David Peat Publisher Comments "Peat grapples with these amazingly recondite notions and succeeds brilliantly in making them clear." --Publishers Weekly...
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Where next, Columbus? :the future of space exploration
by Valerie Neal Publisher Comments In the decades since the launch of Sputnik, the world has thrilled to the long-dreamed-of moon walks of the Apollo astronauts, marvelled at spectacular photographs of the outer planets brought to us by Voyager, and watched in horror as the Challenger...
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Immortality:: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span--And Changing the World
by Ben Bova Publisher Comments That arresting statement sounds as if it might come from a science fiction story. But it is astonishing, exciting fact-as explained by Dr. Ben Bova. In his distinguished career, Dr. Bova has predicted many scientific developments. Now he explores the...
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The Bourbaki Gambit
by Carl Djerassi Synopsis This novel, like Jurassic Park, hinges on the real-world technology incorporated in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), one of the most important breakthroughs in biomedical science. The 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized the immense significance...
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Light At the Edge of the Universe
by Michael D Lemonick Publisher Comments Will the universe expand forever? Or will it collapse in a Big Crunch within the next few billion years? If the Big Bang theory is correct in presenting the origins of the universe as a smooth fireball, how did the universe come to contain structures as...
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The Bigger Bang
by James E Lidsey Publisher Comments A clear, concise, and highly accessible account of the latest ideas on the origin and early evolution of the universe....
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The Muse in the Machine: Computerizing the Poetry of Human Thought
by David Gelernter Book News Annotation The author, one of the leaders in artificial intelligence research, begins with the question: can we introduce emotion into the computer? In providing an answer, he not only points to a future revolution in computers but changes views about the human...
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Prisons of Light: Black Holes
by Kitty Ferguson Publisher Comments In this jargon-free review of one of the most fascinating topics in modern science, acclaimed science writer, Kitty Ferguson, examines the discovery of black holes, their nature, and what they can teach us about the mysteries of the universe. In search...
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Why Nothing Can Travel Faster Than Light...
by Barry E Zimmerman Publisher Comments The Zimmermans range broadly across the enormous spectrum that is nature: from how the universe began to its probable fate, from microscopic viruses to dinosaurs, from the effects of radiation to the depletion of the ozone layer. This collection of...
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Paradigms Lost: Images of Man in the Mirror of Science
by John L. Casti Book News Annotation The author is an applied mathematician (econometrics, systems theory) who has been associated with the RAND Corporation, the University of Arizona and the Technical University of Vienna. He is a man of evidently wide-ranging curiosity and considerable...
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Science At the Frontier Volume 1
by Addison Greenwood Synopsis Astronomy, biology, mathematics - all fields of science are leaping ahead in their unique directions with discoveries that reveal the universe and have the potential to change our daily lives. At the same time, there is growing recognition that all...
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Too Hot to Handle: The Race for Cold Fusion
by Frank Close Book News Annotation Close, a leading physicist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the Rutherford Laboratory in Britain) and popular science writer, makes accessible to a wide audience the scientific premises of cold fusion, its potential to be a practical...
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From Quark to Quasar
by Peter Cadogan Publisher Comments From the invisibly small world of elementary particles to the inconceivable immensity of the most remote astronomical objects, extremes of size and distance are lmost impossible to imagine. From Quark to Quasar takes the reader on a pictorial journey...
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Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems (Harvest Book)
by Ken Croswell Publisher Comments A leading astronomer provides an “excellent introduction” (New York Times Book Review) to the search for faraway planets and extraterrestrial life-a “fascinating” guide (Astronomy) that is “everything a good science-for-the...
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Blinded by the light :the secret life of the sun
by John Gribbin Book News Annotation Gribbin, author of In search of Schrodinger's cat, a popular introduction to quantum physics, here turns his attention to recent findings in solar research, including the sun's role in the search for the missing "cold dark matter" in the universe. For...
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Common Science?: Women, Science, and Knowledge (Race, Gender, & Science)
by Jean Barr Synopsis While science and technology permeate our lives, for most women and many men, scientific knowledge is outside their experience. It remains largely unaccountable to the public that pays for it. The authors of Common Science? survey the wide range of...
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New Cosmology Demise of Big Bang Cosmo
by Harold W G Allen
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A scientist in the city
by James Trefil
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Is Anyone Out There? The Scientific Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
by Frank Drake and Dava Sobel Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240) and index....
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