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Fundamentals of Conservation Biology (3RD 07 Edition)
by Malcolm Hunter  Publisher Comments In the new edition of this highly successful book, Malcolm Hunter and new co-author James Gibbs offer a thorough introduction to the fascinating and important field of conservation biology, focusing on what can be done to maintain biodiversity through...
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Origin of Species (03 Edition)
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments The book that shook the world First time from Signet Classic This is the book that revolutionized the natural sciences and every literary, philosophical and religious thinker who followed. Darwin's theory of evolution and the descent of man remains as...
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What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
by Avery Gilbert Publisher Comments - How many smells are there? And how many molecules would it take to create every smell in nature, from roses to stinky feet? - Who was the bigger scent freak: the perfume-obsessed Richard Wagner or Emily Dickinson, with her creepy passion for flowers? -...
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Thread of the Silkworm
by Iris Chang Publisher Comments The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became--to America's continuing chagrin--the father of the Chinese missile program....
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Naturalist
by Edward O Wilson Publisher Comments Edward O. Wilson - University Professor at Harvard, winner of two Pulitzer prizes, eloquent champion of biodiversity - is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. His career represents both a blueprint and a challenge to...
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The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera
by Sandra Hempel Publisher Comments In 1831, an unknown, horrifying, and deadly disease from Asia swept across continental Europe and North America, killing millions and throwing the medical profession into confusion. A killer with little respect for class or wealth, cholera ravaged the...
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Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys Into the Time Before Bones
by Sue Hubbell Publisher Comments In this fascinating book, Hubbell journeys into the remarkable lives of the little-known creatures that really run the world--the animals without backbones, including one of the most elusive and enigmatic of all, "Aphrodite" the sea mouse....
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Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective (Princeton Science Library)
by Paul Colinvaux Review A mind-tingling survey . . . of the many factors involved in the interrelationships of all living things. . . . An incisive and stirring book, and a model of scientific explanation....
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Microbe Hunters
by Paul De Kruif Publisher Comments In this classic bestseller, Paul de Kruif dramatizes the pioneering bacteriological work of such scientists as Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, Koch, Pasteur, Reed, and Ehrlich. This seventieth anniversary edition features a new introduction by F. Gonzalez...
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach 
Powells.com Staff Pick What happens to your body after you?re dead? If you?ve been generous enough to donate your body to science, quite a lot can happen to it. Author Mary Roach writes a strangely compelling?and often quite funny?book about dead bodies. While it might appear...
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Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
by Pamela Ronald Publisher Comments By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of...
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Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul
by Kenneth R Miller Publisher Comments A leading scientist examines the battle between evolution and Intelligent Design in America At the dawn of the twenty- first century, the debate over Darwin's theory of evolution is nearly as contentious as it was in the notorious Scopes trial a century...
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
by Jonathan Weiner
Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not...
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Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams Publisher Comments In "The Hitchhiker's Trilogy" and the bestselling "Dirk Gently" novels, Douglas Adams has taken his millions of fans on wild excursions through time and space. Last Chance to See continues the trip--but this time the place is Earth, the date is today...
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Shrinking the Cat : Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes (01 Edition)
by Sue Hubbell Publisher Comments In this timely and controversial work, Sue Hubbell contends that the concept of genetic engineering is anything but new, for humans have been tinkering with genetics for centuries. Focusing on four specific examples -- corn, silkworms, domestic cats, and...
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Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write a Successful Nih Grant Application
by Otto O. Yang Publisher Comments Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write a Successful NIH Grant is written to help the 100,000+ post-graduate students and professionals who need to write effective proposals for grants. There is little or no formal teaching about the process of...
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Cosmic Serpent : Dna and the Origins of Knowledge (98 Edition)
by Jeremy Narby
Publisher Comments A personal adventure, a fascinating study of anthropology and ethnopharmacology, and, most important, a revolutionary look at how intelligence and consciousness come into being. This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune...
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World
by Kevin Kelly Publisher Comments Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things....
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Investigative Biology Lab Manual 5 (5TH 05 - Old Edition)
by Judith Giles Morgan Publisher Comments With its distinctive investigative approach to learning, this laboratory manual encourages students to become active participants in the science of biology. While teaching basic concepts and laboratory procedures important for all biology majors to learn,...
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Human Anatomy Coloring Book
by Margaret Matt Publisher Comments Careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body's organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, reproductive, etc. Numerous views, cross-sections, diagrams. Suggestions for coloring. Complete text. 43 plates....
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