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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School with DVD
by John Medina  Publisher Comments Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know — such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best. How do we...
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In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA
by James Schwartz Publisher Comments If you have ever wondered what goes on in a genetics lab, here is the answer. In this sparkling and timely book James Schwartz reveals the remarkable history of the gene from its nineteenth-century origins as an entirely imaginary concept to the modern...
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Trees: A Visual Guide
by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse Publisher Comments Beautifully illustrated and designed, this gorgeous reference book explores the world of trees from every perspective: from the world's great forests to the lifespan of a single leaf. Arresting color photographs of a wide variety of trees and close-ups...
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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.)
by Sharon Moalem Publisher Comments Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other...
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Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life
by Carl Zimmer Publisher Comments -Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli, They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year...
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Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins
by Maddalena Bearzi Publisher Comments Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side...
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A Walk Around the Pond: Insects in and Over the Water
by Gilbert Waldbauer Publisher Comments A water strider darts across a pond, its feet dimpling the surface tension; a giant water bug dives below, carrying his mate's eggs on his back; hidden among plant roots on the silty bottom, a dragonfly larva stalks unwary minnows. Barely skimming the...
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Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene
by Masha Gessen Publisher Comments In 2004 genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer. The discovery initiated Gessen into a club of sorts: the small (but exponentially expanding) group of people in possession of a new and...
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Mismatch: The Lifestyle Diseases Timebomb
by Peter Gluckman Publisher Comments We have built a world that no longer fits our bodies. Our genes - selected through our evolution - and the many processes by which our development is tuned within the womb, limit our capacity to adapt to the modern urban lifestyle. There is a mismatch...
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Jane Goodall: A Biography
by Meg Greene Synopsis This biography relates the fascinating story of Jane Goodall, a naive young woman who started her work without even a college degree and eventually developed into a dedicated scientist and a world-famous conservationist and humanitarian....
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A Grain of Sand: Nature's Secret Wonder
by Gary Greenberg Publisher Comments Every grain of sand is a jewel waiting to be discovered. That’s what Dr. Gary Greenberg found when he first turned his specially designed 3-D microscope on beach sand. Gemlike mineral grains, colorful coral fragments, and delicate microscopic...
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Science, Politics, and Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
by Elisabeth A. Lloyd Publisher Comments This book brings together important essays by the one of the leading philosophers of science at work today. Elisabeth A. Lloyd examines several of the central topics in philosophy of biology, including the structure of evolutionary theory, units of...
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Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing
by Joel (edt) Greenberg Publisher Comments In the literary imagination, Chicago evokes images of industry and unbridled urban growth. But the tallgrass prairie and deep forests that once made up Chicago’s landscape also inspired musings from residents and visitors alike. In Of Prairie...
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Emergence Emergence: Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science (Bradford Books)
by Mark A. (edt) Bedau Publisher Comments Emergence, largely ignored just thirty years ago, has become one of the liveliest areas of research in both philosophy and science. Fueled in part by advances in complexity theory, artificial life, physics, psychology, sociology, and biology and by the...
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Emergence Emergence: Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science (Bradford Books)
by Paul Humphreys Publisher Comments Emergence, largely ignored just thirty years ago, has become one of the liveliest areas of research in both philosophy and science. Fueled in part by advances in complexity theory, artificial life, physics, psychology, sociology, and biology and by the...
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Evolution for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Greg Krukonis Publisher Comments Today, most colleges and universities offer evolutionary study as part of their biology curriculums. Evolution For Dummies will track a class in which evolution is taught and give an objective scientific view of the subject. This balanced guide explores...
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On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science
by Felice Frankel and George M. Whitesides Publisher Comments Using innovative photographic technology, Felice Frankel finds startling abstract beauty on the surfaces of objects all around us. Chemist George M. Whitesides explains each photograph, describing why and how each of these phenomena occur....
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Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development
by Christiane Nusslein-volhard Publisher Comments Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, winner of The Nobel Prize in Medicine, gives a concise and illustrative overview of genetics, evolution, and cellular processes as well as a discussing of current ethical issues in human biology. Coming to Life is a...
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Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
by Margaret S. Livingstone Publisher Comments Now in paperback, this groundbreaking study by Harvard neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone explores the inner workings of vision, demonstrating that how we see art depends ultimately on the cells in our eyes and our brains. In Vision and Art, Livingstone...
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40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, Oxycontin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania
by Matthew Chapman Publisher Comments In this fascinating story of evolution, religion, politics, and personalities, Matthew Chapman captures the story behind the headlines in the debate over God and science in America. Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of Education, decided in late 2005, pitted the...
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