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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
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Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers (some willingly, some unwittingly) have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They... (read more)

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Somewhere along the way to guru-dom, Malcolm Gladwell got tagged as a business writer. Fair enough — The Tipping Point speaks more powerfully to the principles of succesful marketing than any pedestrian semester in the classroom. But while raves from... (read more)

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
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by Dustyn Roberts
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The Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
by Mary Roach
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more)

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The Starship and the Canoe
by Kenneth Brower
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Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M Benyus
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This profound and accessible book details how science is studying natures best ideas to solve our toughest 21st-century problems. If chaos theory transformed our view of the universe, biomimicry is transforming our life on Earth. Biomimicry is innovation... (read more)

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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
by David Deutsch
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Einstein's God: Conversations about Science and the Human Spirit
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
by Natalie Angier
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