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Marine Biology Coloring Book 2ND Edition
by Thomas M Niesen  Publisher Comments Enter the delicate, complex world of underwater life through extraordinarily detailed, hand-drawn illustrations and newly updated text. The Marine Biology Coloring Bookwill serve as an excellent resource and guide. The process of coloring will focus your...
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The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants
by Anna Pavord Publisher Comments An exhilarating new book from the author of the worldwide bestseller The Tulip. The Naming of Names traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe. ...
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What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
by John Brockman Publisher Comments A collection of essays by some of the world's leading scientists describes ideas and advances that could have devastating repercussions in terms of both their use and philosophical implications, ranging from using medication to change personality to...
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A Field Guide to Animal Tracks (Peterson Field Guides)
by Olaus J Murie Publisher Comments Second edition....
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Practical Electronics for Inventors 2ND Edition
by Paul Scherz Publisher Comments THE BOOK THAT MAKES ELECTRONICS MAKE SENSEThis intuitive, applications-driven guide to electronics for hobbyists, engineers, and students doesn't overload readers with technical detail. Instead, it tells you-and shows you-what basic and advanced...
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High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them
by Jeanfranco Rischard Publisher Comments In this age of instant communication and biotechnology, on this ever-smaller planet, what kinds of problems have we created for ourselves? How do we tackle them in a world where the accustomed methods used by nation-states may be reaching their natural...
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What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty
by John Brockman Publisher Comments More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proof. Scientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated...
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
by Mario Livio Publisher Comments What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic principles. Yet the mathematical...
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Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
by Julia Butterfl Hill 
Publisher Comments On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousandyear-old redwood in Humboldt County, California. Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a...
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The Anatomy of Insects & Spiders: Over 600 Exquisite Forms
by Claire Beverley Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-281) and index....
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)
by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Though we share 98% of our genes with the chimpanzee, our species evolved into something quite extraordinary. Jared Diamond explores the fascinating question of what in less than 2% of our genes has enabled us to found civilizations and religions...
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Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics (Modern Library Chronicles)
by David Berlinski Publisher Comments In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author of The Advent of the Algorithm, A Tour of the Calculus, and Newton's Gift, tells the story of mathematics, bringing to life with wit, elegance, and deep insight a 2,500-year-long intellectual...
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Adventures from the Technology Underground: Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them
by William Gurstelle Publisher Comments The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly—and occasionally hurl pumpkins...
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
by Al Gore
Publisher Comments An Inconvenient Truth — Gore's groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance — is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of...
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Cartoon Guide to the Environment
by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments Chapter 1. Forests and Water Chapter 2. More Cycles Chapter 3. Evolving Systems, Struggling Individuals Chapter 4. Communities Wet... Chapter 5. ...And Dry Chapter 6. Let's Eat! Chapter 7. From Hunting to Planting Chapter 8. What Limiting Factors...
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The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Publisher Comments Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a Crayon? Veteran journalist and lifelong sky-watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney reveals...
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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.)
by Eric Brende
Publisher Comments What is the least we need to achieve the most? With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refrigerator, running water, and everything else motorized or "...
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The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images Through History
by Bruce Stephenson Publisher Comments The search for understanding creates more than answers; it also produces instruments, books, maps, and other tools made and used by those seeking knowledge. The Universe Unveiled uniquely focuses on these artifacts and devices resulting from the attempts...
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Cartoon Guide To Genetics Updated Edition
by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments Illustrates, simplifies, and humor-coats the important principles of classical and modern genetics and their experimental bases, with amusing anecdotes about how the ancients tried to explain inheritance and sex determination....
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Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
by Richard Tarnas Publisher Comments From a philosopher whose magisterial history of Western thought was praised by Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith comes a brilliant new book that traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns of human experience. Drawing on years of...
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