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...
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Infinite Potential
What Quantum Physics Reveals About How We Should Live
Written by Lothar Schafer
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $26.00
A hopeful and controversial view of the universe and ourselves based on the principles of quantum physics, offering a way of making our lives and the world better, with a foreword by Deepak Chopra
In
Infinite Potential, physical chemist Lothar Schäfer presents a stunning view of the universe as interconnected, nonmaterial...
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Radiation
What It Is, What You Need to Know
Written by Robert Peter Gale and Eric Lax
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $26.95
The essential guide to radiation: the good, the bad, and the utterly fascinating, explained with unprecedented clarity.
Earth, born in a nuclear explosion, is a radioactive planet; without radiation, life would not exist. And while radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now Robert Peter...
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The Turbulent Universe
Written by Paul Kurtz
Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $20.00
In his final book, the late Paul Kurtz outlines his personal vision for a planetary ethics inspired by scientific wisdom. Blending realism and optimism, he lays out the basic principles of an ethical approach that he calls humanist eupraxsophy--that is, the application of practical moral choices inspired by scientific wisdom. Emphasizing...
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Physics of the Impossible
A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
Written by Michio Kaku
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $11.99
Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships—the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of
Star Trek, Star Wars, and
Back to the Future, renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku takes an informed, serious, and often surprising look at what...
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Empires of Light
Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
Written by Jill Jonnes
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $17.00
In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In
Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless...
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Mushrooms Demystified
Written by David Arora
Format: Trade Paperback, 1056 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1986
Price: $39.99
Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, plus detailed chapters on terminology...
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