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Brain
The Complete Mind
Written by Michael S. Sweeney
Foreword by Richard Restak
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $40.00
Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain? Or that certain foods can help maintain mental fitness? Or that exercise can keep both body and mind in good shape? Delving into the science behind these strategies, Brain goes even deeper to reveal the brain’s inner workings.
Overseen by distinguished... Read more >
The Complete Mind
Written by Michael S. Sweeney
Foreword by Richard Restak
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $40.00
Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain? Or that certain foods can help maintain mental fitness? Or that exercise can keep both body and mind in good shape? Delving into the science behind these strategies, Brain goes even deeper to reveal the brain’s inner workings.
Overseen by distinguished... Read more >
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Simple Guides The Quest For Speed
Written by Peter Gosling
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95
Man’s quest for speed is driven by two ambitions. One is the competitive urge to excel — to go as fast as possible by any available means, and preferably to go faster than anybody else. The other, more practical, aim is to make travel and transport as swift and efficient as... Read more >
Written by Peter Gosling
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95
Man’s quest for speed is driven by two ambitions. One is the competitive urge to excel — to go as fast as possible by any available means, and preferably to go faster than anybody else. The other, more practical, aim is to make travel and transport as swift and efficient as... Read more >
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Relativity and Quantum Physics For Beginners
Written by Steven L. Manly
Illustrated by Steven Fournier
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $14.99
As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physics were... Read more >
Written by Steven L. Manly
Illustrated by Steven Fournier
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $14.99
As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physics were... Read more >
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Simple Guides The Theory of Evolution
Written by John Scotney
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95
Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the... Read more >
Written by John Scotney
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95
Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the... Read more >
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The Age of Entanglement
When Quantum Physics Was Reborn
Written by Louisa Gilder
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $17.00
In The Age of Entanglement, Louisa Gilder brings to life one of the pivotal debates in twentieth century physics. In 1935, Albert Einstein famously showed that, according to the quantum theory, separated particles could act as if intimately connected–a phenomenon which he derisively described as “spooky action at a distance.” In... Read more >
When Quantum Physics Was Reborn
Written by Louisa Gilder
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $17.00
In The Age of Entanglement, Louisa Gilder brings to life one of the pivotal debates in twentieth century physics. In 1935, Albert Einstein famously showed that, according to the quantum theory, separated particles could act as if intimately connected–a phenomenon which he derisively described as “spooky action at a distance.” In... Read more >
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Earth
An Intimate History
Written by Richard Fortey
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $20.00
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An Intimate History
Written by Richard Fortey
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $20.00
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Science as a Contact Sport
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Introduction by Tim Flannery
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00
It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Introduction by Tim Flannery
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00
It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
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Science as a Contact Sport
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00
It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00
It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
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Science, Sense & Nonsense
Written by Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $
When did "chemical" become a dirty word?
Forty or so years ago, chemistry - which had been recognized as a miracle-making boon to humanity - somehow became associated with warfare, sinister food additives, "toxins" and pollution.
It's a situation that Dr. Joe Schwarcz aims to put into perspective.
Yes, there's a... Read more >
Written by Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $
When did "chemical" become a dirty word?
Forty or so years ago, chemistry - which had been recognized as a miracle-making boon to humanity - somehow became associated with warfare, sinister food additives, "toxins" and pollution.
It's a situation that Dr. Joe Schwarcz aims to put into perspective.
Yes, there's a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Science, Sense & Nonsense
Written by Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $18.50
When did "chemical" become a dirty word?
Forty or so years ago, chemistry - which had been recognized as a miracle-making boon to humanity - somehow became associated with warfare, sinister food additives, "toxins" and pollution.
It's a situation that Dr. Joe Schwarcz aims to put into perspective.
Yes, there's a... Read more >
Written by Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $18.50
When did "chemical" become a dirty word?
Forty or so years ago, chemistry - which had been recognized as a miracle-making boon to humanity - somehow became associated with warfare, sinister food additives, "toxins" and pollution.
It's a situation that Dr. Joe Schwarcz aims to put into perspective.
Yes, there's a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Antarctica 2041
My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness
Written by Robert Swan and Gil Reavill
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.99
Adventurer turned environmentalist Robert Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041—the year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for review—and the many steps that can be taken to avoid environmental calamity.
In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was not high in his... Read more >
My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness
Written by Robert Swan and Gil Reavill
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.99
Adventurer turned environmentalist Robert Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041—the year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for review—and the many steps that can be taken to avoid environmental calamity.
In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was not high in his... Read more >
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eBook.
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Antarctica 2041
My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness
Written by Robert Swan and Gil Reavill
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.99
Adventurer turned environmentalist Robert Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041—the year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for review—and the many steps that can be taken to avoid environmental calamity.
In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was not high in his... Read more >
My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness
Written by Robert Swan and Gil Reavill
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.99
Adventurer turned environmentalist Robert Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041—the year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for review—and the many steps that can be taken to avoid environmental calamity.
In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was not high in his... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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National Geographic Concise History of Science and Invention
An Illustrated Time Line
Written by National Geographic
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $40.00
From the ancient conquest of fire and the first turn of a wheel to the latest in scientific leaps toward the stars, this easy-access history offers a panoramic perspective on humankind’s restless quest for the laws, theories, and tools by which we can grasp and master our universe.
This concise, concentrated, consistently... Read more >
An Illustrated Time Line
Written by National Geographic
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $40.00
From the ancient conquest of fire and the first turn of a wheel to the latest in scientific leaps toward the stars, this easy-access history offers a panoramic perspective on humankind’s restless quest for the laws, theories, and tools by which we can grasp and master our universe.
This concise, concentrated, consistently... Read more >
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The Bird
A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live
Written by Colin Tudge
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
• How are birds so good at flying and navigating?
• Why are birds so like mammals– and yet so very different?
• Did birds descend from dinosaurs, and if so, does that mean birds are dinosaurs?
• How do they court each other and fend off rivals?
• What' s being communicated in... Read more >
A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live
Written by Colin Tudge
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
• How are birds so good at flying and navigating?
• Why are birds so like mammals– and yet so very different?
• Did birds descend from dinosaurs, and if so, does that mean birds are dinosaurs?
• How do they court each other and fend off rivals?
• What' s being communicated in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Bird
A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live
Written by Colin Tudge
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
• How are birds so good at flying and navigating?
• Why are birds so like mammals– and yet so very different?
• Did birds descend from dinosaurs, and if so, does that mean birds are dinosaurs?
• How do they court each other and fend off rivals?
• What' s being communicated in... Read more >
A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live
Written by Colin Tudge
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
• How are birds so good at flying and navigating?
• Why are birds so like mammals– and yet so very different?
• Did birds descend from dinosaurs, and if so, does that mean birds are dinosaurs?
• How do they court each other and fend off rivals?
• What' s being communicated in... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Darwin Experience
The Story of the Man and His Theory of Evolution
Written by John Van Wyhe
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $50.00
Celebrating both the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the electrifying publication of On the Origin of Species, here’s the story of the man and the theory that opened a new chapter in the history of science—transformed into an engaging interactive experience that invites readers to unfold... Read more >
The Story of the Man and His Theory of Evolution
Written by John Van Wyhe
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $50.00
Celebrating both the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the electrifying publication of On the Origin of Species, here’s the story of the man and the theory that opened a new chapter in the history of science—transformed into an engaging interactive experience that invites readers to unfold... Read more >
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The Department of Mad Scientists
Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of
Written by Michael Belfiore
Read by Michael Belfiore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $20.00
The first-ever inside look at DARPA—the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—the maverick and controversial group whose futuristic work has had amazing civilian and military applications, from the Internet to GPS to driverless cars
America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known... Read more >
Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of
Written by Michael Belfiore
Read by Michael Belfiore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $20.00
The first-ever inside look at DARPA—the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—the maverick and controversial group whose futuristic work has had amazing civilian and military applications, from the Internet to GPS to driverless cars
America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known... Read more >
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Flora Mirabilis
How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty
Written by Catherine H. Howell
Foreword by Peter H. Raven
Introduction by Douglas Holland
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Flora Mirabilis is a sumptuously designed showcase of superb illustrations paired with fascinating stories of botanical exploration and trade through the ages. A collaboration between National Geographic and the world-renowned Missouri Botanical Garden, this book will prove an evergreen source of delight, not just for gardeners and flower aficionados, but for... Read more >
How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty
Written by Catherine H. Howell
Foreword by Peter H. Raven
Introduction by Douglas Holland
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Flora Mirabilis is a sumptuously designed showcase of superb illustrations paired with fascinating stories of botanical exploration and trade through the ages. A collaboration between National Geographic and the world-renowned Missouri Botanical Garden, this book will prove an evergreen source of delight, not just for gardeners and flower aficionados, but for... Read more >
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Jacques Cousteau
The Sea King
Written by Brad Matsen
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $27.95
Jacques Cousteau opened up the undersea world as no one has done before or since. But not generally know is the fascinating and compelling individual behind the acclaimed television personality.
With the cooperation of many of Jacques Cousteau’s collaborators, friends, and family, Brad Matsen gives us the first full picture of this... Read more >
The Sea King
Written by Brad Matsen
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $27.95
Jacques Cousteau opened up the undersea world as no one has done before or since. But not generally know is the fascinating and compelling individual behind the acclaimed television personality.
With the cooperation of many of Jacques Cousteau’s collaborators, friends, and family, Brad Matsen gives us the first full picture of this... Read more >
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Jacques Cousteau
The Sea King
Written by Brad Matsen
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $27.95
Jacques Cousteau opened up the undersea world as no one has done before or since. But not generally know is the fascinating and compelling individual behind the acclaimed television personality.
With the cooperation of many of Jacques Cousteau’s collaborators, friends, and family, Brad Matsen gives us the first full picture of this... Read more >
The Sea King
Written by Brad Matsen
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $27.95
Jacques Cousteau opened up the undersea world as no one has done before or since. But not generally know is the fascinating and compelling individual behind the acclaimed television personality.
With the cooperation of many of Jacques Cousteau’s collaborators, friends, and family, Brad Matsen gives us the first full picture of this... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, & Attraction
Written by Jena Pincott
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $15.00
How do the seasons affect your sex life? Is your lover more likely to get you pregnant than your husband? Are good dancers also good in bed?
If you’ve ever wondered how scientists measure love—or whether men really prefer blondes—this smart, sexy book provides real answers to these and many other... Read more >
Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, & Attraction
Written by Jena Pincott
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $15.00
How do the seasons affect your sex life? Is your lover more likely to get you pregnant than your husband? Are good dancers also good in bed?
If you’ve ever wondered how scientists measure love—or whether men really prefer blondes—this smart, sexy book provides real answers to these and many other... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The World Is Blue
How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One
Written by Sylvia A. Earle
Foreword by Bill McKibben
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
In recent decades we’ve learned more... Read more >
How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One
Written by Sylvia A. Earle
Foreword by Bill McKibben
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
In recent decades we’ve learned more... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The World Is Blue
Written by Sylvia A. Earle
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
In recent decades we’ve learned more... Read more >
Written by Sylvia A. Earle
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
In recent decades we’ve learned more... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Written by Frans de Waal
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.99
"An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness."
—Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape
Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? In this thought-provoking book, the... Read more >
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Written by Frans de Waal
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.99
"An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness."
—Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape
Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? In this thought-provoking book, the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Written by Frans de Waal
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.99
"An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness."
—Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape
Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? In this thought-provoking book, the... Read more >
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Written by Frans de Waal
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.99
"An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness."
—Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape
Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? In this thought-provoking book, the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
