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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Why did crime in New York drop so suddenly in the mid-90s? How does an unknown novelist end up a bestselling author? Why is teenage smoking out of control, when everyone knows smoking kills? What makes TV shows like Sesame Street so good at teaching kids... ( read more)
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The Tesla Papers: Nikola Tesla on Free Energy and Wireless Transmission of Power
by Nikola Tesla
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In the tradition of The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla, The Anti-Gravity Handbook and The Free-Energy Device Handbook, science and UFO author David Hatcher Childress takes us into the incredible world of Nikola Tesla and his amazing inventions... ( read more)
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Investigations
by Stuart A Kauffman
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A bold exploration of the very essence of life itself, "Investigations" supplies a novel answer to the question, "What is life?" 44 illustrations.... ( read more)
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The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture
by Andrew Keen
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Our most valued cultural institutions, Keen warns in THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR–our newspaper, magazine, music, and movie industries–are being supplanted by an avalanche of amateur, user-generated free content. Our newspapers’ advertising... ( read more)
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God and the New Physics
by Paul Davies
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How did the universe begin and how will it end? What is matter? What is mind, and can it survive death? What are time and space, and how do they relate to ideas about God? Is the order of the universe the result of accident or design? The most profound... ( read more)
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Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better
by Gina Trapani
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The second edition of this book will follow the best-selling format of the 1e with each section describing an overarching principle of the lifehacker, and then segue into concrete applications of that guideline offering useful life hacks for getting... ( read more)
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Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain
by Michael Paterniti
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A brilliant young writer, an 84-year-old pathologist, and Albert Einstein's brain rocket across the country through the palpable zeitgeist of contemporary America. Part travelogue, part memoir, part history, part biography, "Driving Mr. Albert" is one of... ( read more)
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The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla
by Nikola Tesla and David Hatcher Childress
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From the publishers that bring you such cherished yumminess as The Case for the Face, Who Killed Diana?, and Dark Moon comes this fine printing of some of Tesla's own writings along with additional material by David Hatcher Childress. Includes:
The... ( read more)
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Mind Hacks : Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain (04 Edition)
by Tom Stafford
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O'Reilly's Hacks Series has sold well over 100,000 books since its launch in 2003. We've reclaimed the term hacking for the good guys--innovators who want to explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools, and come up with fun things to... ( read more)
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
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"Brian Greene presents the bizarre world of quantum mechanics and string theory using language accessible to all while taking the reader on an exciting journey through a truly unusual universe."... ( read more)
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A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
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Stephen Hawking& #8217; s worldwide bestseller, < i> A Brief History of Time< /i> , has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author& #8217; s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is... ( read more)
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Where Does the Weirdness Go?: Why Quantum Mechanics is Strange, But Not as Strange as You Think
by David Lindley
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Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching—but less understood—than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the sub-atomic world, where quantum effects become all-important. Here, particles can... ( read more)
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Possession
by Ann Rule
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Joanne Lindstrom's camping trip to Washington's Cascade mountains goes terribly awry--leaving her husband dead, and Joanne's only hope for survival with a twisted stranger.... ( read more)
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Digital Libraries (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing)
by William Arms
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The emergence of the Internet and the wide availability of affordable computing equipment have created tremendous interest in digital libraries and electronic publishing. This book is the first to provide an integrated overview of the field, including a... ( read more)
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Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy & the Global Information Infrastructure
by Brian Kahin
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Today millions of technologically empowered individuals are able to participate freely in international transactions and enterprises, social and economic. These activities are governed by national and local laws designed for simpler times and now... ( read more)
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Quantum World (Princeton Science Library)
by John Polkinghorne
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The author's life as well as his oeuvre, especially this lovely little book, bear testimony to the fact that . . . science and nature can coexist in harmonious complementarity.... ( read more)
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BIOCOSM: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life Is the Architect of the Universe
by James N. Gardner
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.... ( read more)
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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
by Michio Kaku
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A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible (from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks) revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.
One hundred years ago... ( read more)
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Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance (Princeton Science Library)
by M Manfred Eigen
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Using game theory and examples of actual games people play, Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler show how the elements of chance and rules underlie all that happens in the universe, from genetic behavior through economic growth to the... ( read more)
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
by Mario Livio
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What do the music of J. S. Bach, the basic forces of nature, Rubik's Cube, and the selection of mates have in common? They are all characterized by certain symmetries. Symmetry is the concept that bridges the gap between science and art, between the... ( read more)
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