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Envisioning Information by Edward R Tufte Publisher Comments This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific... (read more) List Price $48.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff Synopsis Mr. Huff's lively, human-interest treatment of the dry-as-bones subject of statistics is a timely tonic. . . . This book needed to be written, and makes its points in an entertaining and highly readable manner.Illustrator and author pool their... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition by Edward R Tufte Publisher Comments The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski Synopsis How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s — the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovative Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Roadside Geology of Oregon (Roadside Geology) by David D Alt Publisher Comments "[It] provides a handy and understandable account, either to read at home, or to carry along on trips."-Oregon Historical... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Northwest Exposures: A Geologic Study of the Northwest by David D Alt Publisher Comments The tale of the Northwest's geology began more than two billion years ago when an ancient continent split, creating oceanfront property in what is now western Idaho. Pacific islands mashed into that coastline, making large parts of Washington and Oregon.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Staff Pick Krakatoa is the eloquent narrative of the cataclysmic destruction in 1883 of the volcanic island of the same name. Killing nearly 40,000 people (mostly from the resultant tsunamis), this violent eruption was "the most violent explosion ever recorded and... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Publisher Comments FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Vintage) by Jaron Lanier Staff Pick Proceed carefully. Reading this book is like biting into a jalapeño jelly bean that you thought was pear flavored. Startling, eye-opening, and a bit unnerving, Lanier's manifesto could be the key to preserving autonomy as increased technological... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Annals of the Former World by John McPhee From Powells.com In 1978, New Yorker science writer John McPhee set out on a series of road trips with prominent geologists. In each case, they remained close to Interstate 80, which spans the country at about the 40th parallel. McPhee's purpose was to write an... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection by Ethan Zuckerman Publisher Comments We live in an age of connection, one that is accelerated by the Internet. This increasingly ubiquitous, immensely powerful technology often leads us to assume that as the number of people online grows, it inevitably leads to a smaller, more cosmopolitan... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fire in the Valley 2ND Edition by Paul Freiberger Synopsis Freiberger and Swaine update their popular book that told the story of the making of the personal computer, adding outrageous tales about and photos of the pioneering individuals and the industries they have founded. 100+ photos.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure & Applied Mathematics) by Walter Rudin Publisher Comments The third edition of this well known text continues to provide a solid foundation in mathematical analysis for undergraduate and first-year graduate students. The text begins with a discussion of the real number system as a complete ordered field... (read more) List Price $138.85 Your price: $50.00 Used - Hardcover
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Publisher Comments This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin Publisher Comments Leonardo of Pisa-better known today as Fibonacci-was the first Westerner to recognize the power of the Hindu-Arabic number system (featuring the numerals 0 through 9), which offered a much simpler method of calculation than the finger reckoning and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology (Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology) by Richard Finkel Publisher Comments Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, Fourth Edition enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about the essentials of medical pharmacology. Clear, sequential pictures of mechanisms of action actually show... (read more) List Price $52.95 Your price: $37.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rocks, Gems and Minerals: Revised and Updated (Golden Guide) by Herbert S Zim Publisher Comments This handy identification guide to the most common kinds of rocks and minerals offers concise and fascinating information on; Physical and chemical properties Origins and geologic significance Gems and semiprecious stones How to find and collect... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Short-Cut Math by Gerard W Kelly Publisher Comments Clear, concise compendium of about 150 time-saving math short-cuts features faster, easier ways to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Each problem includes an explanation of the method, a step-by-step solution, the short-cut solution, and proof, as... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene Staff Pick Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Book Club Paperback
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Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (Cards, Coins, and Other Magic) by Martin Gardner Publisher Comments Famed puzzle expert explains math behind a multitude of mystifying tricks: card tricks, stage "mind reading," coin and match tricks, counting out games, geometric dissections, etc. Probability, sets, and theory of numbers clearly explained. Also... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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