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Slaves of the Machine: The Quickening of Computer Technology by Gregory J Rawlins Publisher Comments In Moths to the Flame, Gregory J. E. Rawlins took lay readers on a tour of the exciting and sometimes scary world to which compters are leading us. This new book is for those who are new to computers and want to know what is andquot;under the hood... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $2.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology Tag: Au of Who Got Einstein... by Ed Regis Publisher Comments Nano tells the gripping story of how K. Eric Drexler and other scientists pioneered this emerging science and explores what it could mean for our future.... (read more) List Price $21.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Roots of Reason: Philosophical Essays on Rationality, Evolution, and Probability by David Papineau Publisher Comments David Papineau presents a controversial view of human reason, portraying it as a normal part of the natural world, and drawing on the empirical sciences to illuminate its workings. In these six interconnected essays he discusses both theoretical and... (read more) List Price $104.25 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain Publisher Comments North Korean radios that are altered to receive only the official stations. Cars that listen in on their owners' conversations. Digital video recorders ordered to self-destruct in viewers' homes thanks to a lawsuit against the manufacturer thousands of... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by Eric Drexler Publisher Comments This brilliant work heralds the new age of nanotechnology, which will give us thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter. Drexler examines the enormous implications of these developments for medicine, the economy, and the environment... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Middle World the Restless Heart of Matte by Mark Haw Publisher Comments Between the microscopic world of quarks and atoms, and the macroscopic one of pebbles, planets, and galaxies there is another world, strangely neglected by science since Isaac Newton. It is inhabited by pollen, DNA and viruses, not to mention globules of... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ubiquity: The Science of History...or Why the World is Simpler Than We Think by Mark Buchanan Review “There are many subtleties and twists in the story to which we shall come later in this book, but the basic message, roughly speaking, is simple: The peculiar and exceptionally unstable organization of the critical state does indeed seem to be... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless by John D Barrow Publisher Comments An examination of Infinity — in history and science — with excursions into literature, philosophy and religion, written by one of the most successful writers of popular science. Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Third Window: Natural Life Beyond Newton and Darwin by Robert W Ulanowicz Publisher Comments Thus far, the dominant paradigms through which modern scientists have viewed nature have been structured primarily around Newtonian and Darwinian approaches. As theoretical ecologist Robert E. Ulanowicz observes in his new work, A Third Window, neither... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy by Guy Murchie Publisher Comments "All life in all worlds" -- this was the object of the author's seventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating in this book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves into the interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius (Evil Genius) by Bob Bonnet Publisher Comments SHAKE UP YOUR SCIENCE FAIRWITH THESE CUTTING-EDGE,ATTENTION-GRABBING PROJECTS! Want to win first place in the next science fair? 46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius has everything you need to create amazing, sophisticated projects that will wow... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality by Michael Heim Publisher Comments Computers have dramatically altered life in the late twentieth century. Today we can draw on worldwide computer links, speeding up communications by radio, newspapers, and television. Ideas fly back and forth and circle the globe at the speed of... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $2.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Science, Truth, and Democracy (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) by Philip Kitcher Publisher Comments 'Striving to boldly redirect the philosophy of science, this book by renowned philosopher Philip Kitcher examines the heated debate surrounding the role of science in shaping our lives. Kitcher explores the sharp divide between those who believe that the... (read more) List Price $59.50 Your price: $21.95 Used - Hardcover
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Why Things Break by Mark E Eberhart Publisher Comments Did you know— • It took more than an iceberg to sink the Titanic. • The Challenger disaster was predicted. • Unbreakable glass dinnerware had its origin in railroad lanterns. • A football team cannot lose momentum. •... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Instrumental Realism: The Interface Between Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology) by Don Ihde Synopsis Ihde is perhaps uniquely situated to provide authoritative accounts of such diverse philosophical traditions as those involved in current explorations of the technology of scientific instruments.... Ihde's book breaks new ground and... makes an important... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience by Clifford A Pickover Publisher Comments Playful and profound, bizarre and brilliant--Pickover blends science fiction with science, religion, and philosophy in a unique and user-friendly manner.... (read more) List Price $22.75 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Science Says: A Collection of Quotations on the History, Meaning, and Practice of Science by Rob Kaplan Publisher Comments This is just a sample of the wit and wisdom to be found in Science Says, a wonderfully entertaining and useful collection of science quotations. Ranging from brief insights to longer, thought-provoking quotes, the passages in this handy volume encompass... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Advancement of Learning (Modern Library Science) by Francis Bacon Publisher Comments Francis Bacon, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher, remains one of the most effectual thinkers in European intellectual history. We can trace his influence from Kant in the 1700s to Darwin a century later. <b>The Advancement of Learning&... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mirror Mirror: A History of the Human Love Affair with Reflection by Mark Pendergrast Publisher Comments Of all human inventions, the mirror is perhaps the one most closely connected to our own consciousness. As our first technology for contemplation of the self, the mirror is arguably as important an invention as the wheel. Mirror Mirror is the fascinating... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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