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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Written by Bill Bryson, Read by Bill Bryson
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ISBN: 9780739302958
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A Short History of Nearly Everything

Written by Bill Bryson
Read by Bill Bryson


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 6, 2003
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One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of... Read more >
Demon-Haunted World
Demon-Haunted World
Written by Carl Sagan
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ISBN: 9780307801043
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Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
Written by Carl Sagan


Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $13.99

"A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought."

*Los Angeles Times



"POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing."

*The... Read more >
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Physics of the Future
Physics of the Future
Written by Michio Kaku
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ISBN: 9780385530811
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Physics of the Future
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Written by Michio Kaku


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 15, 2011
Price: $12.99

Imagine, if you can, the world in the year 2100.

In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku—the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible—gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world’s top scientists who are...

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Toms River
Toms River
Written by Dan Fagin
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ISBN: 9780345538611
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Toms River
A Story of Science and Salvation
Written by Dan Fagin


Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99

“A thrilling journey through the twists and turns of cancer epidemiology, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Dan Fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the honesty of a journalist, and the dramatic skill of a novelist.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of... Read more >
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The Science of Consequences
The Science of Consequences
Written by Susan M. Schneider
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ISBN: 9781616146627
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The Science of Consequences
How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World
Written by Susan M. Schneider


Format: Trade Paperback, 383 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $21.00

Featuring illustrative human, pet, and wild-animal anecdotes, this book is a unique and fascinating introduction to a science that is truly epic in scope. Children quickly learn that actions have consequences. This elementary lesson is repeated again and again throughout adulthood as we adjust our behaviors according to the reactions they... Read more >
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Hyperspace
Hyperspace
Written by Michio Kaku
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ISBN: 9780385477055
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Hyperspace
A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens ion
Written by Michio Kaku


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1995
Price: $16.00

The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for. Read more >
The Female Brain
The Female Brain
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780767920094
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The Female Brain

Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $24.95

Every brain begins as a female brain. It only becomes male eight weeks after conception, when excess testosterone shrinks the communications center, reduces the hearing cortex, and makes the part of the brain that processes sex twice as large.

Louann Brizendine, M.D. is a pioneering neuropsychiatrist who brings together the latest... Read more >
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Pale Blue Dot
Pale Blue Dot
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
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ISBN: 9780345376596
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Pale Blue Dot
A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 8, 1997
Price: $16.00

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."
--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around... Read more >
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species
Written by Charles Darwin
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ISBN: 9780553214635
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The Origin of Species
By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Written by Charles Darwin


Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1999
Price: $6.95

The publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought. The volume had taken Darwin more than twenty years to publish, in part because he envisioned the storm of controversy it was certain to unleash. Indeed, selling out its first edition on its... Read more >
Evolution
Evolution
Written by Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu, Photographed by Patrick Gries, Translated by Linda Asher
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781609803681
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Evolution

Written by Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu
Photographed by Patrick Gries
Translated by Linda Asher


Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: November 15, 2011
Price: $45.00

Now updated and presented in a smaller format with fifteen new gorgeous photographs, Evolution steps beyond the debate and presents the undeniable truth of Darwin's theory, showing through skeletons both obscure and commonplace, but always intriguing, the process by which life has transformed itself, again and again.

Here is a powerful pairing... Read more >
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