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The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension
Einstein Adds a New Dimension
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2007
Price: $27.95
In volume three, students will look over Albert Einstein's shoulder as he and his colleagues develop a new kind of physics. It leads in two directions: to knowledge of the vast universe and its future (insights build on Einstein's theories of relativity), and to an understanding of the astonishingly small subatomic... Read more >
Einstein Adds a New Dimension
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2007
Price: $27.95
In volume three, students will look over Albert Einstein's shoulder as he and his colleagues develop a new kind of physics. It leads in two directions: to knowledge of the vast universe and its future (insights build on Einstein's theories of relativity), and to an understanding of the astonishingly small subatomic... Read more >
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Body
The Complete Human
Written by Patricia S. Daniels, Lisa Stein and Trisha Gura
Foreword by Richard Restak
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $40.00
Ideal for families, students, and anyone who's interested in maintaining good health, Body engagingly reveals the complex and fascinating systems of the human machine;from head to toe, cells to skin, inner workings to outward appearance.
Organized by body system, the chapters offer a balanced combination of basic anatomical and physiological information... Read more >
The Complete Human
Written by Patricia S. Daniels, Lisa Stein and Trisha Gura
Foreword by Richard Restak
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $40.00
Ideal for families, students, and anyone who's interested in maintaining good health, Body engagingly reveals the complex and fascinating systems of the human machine;from head to toe, cells to skin, inner workings to outward appearance.
Organized by body system, the chapters offer a balanced combination of basic anatomical and physiological information... Read more >
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The Knife Man
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $16.00
In an era when bloodletting was considered a cure for everything from colds to smallpox, surgeon John Hunter was a medical innovator, an eccentric, and the person to whom anyone who has ever had surgery probably owes his or her life. In this sensational and macabre story, we meet the surgeon... Read more >
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $16.00
In an era when bloodletting was considered a cure for everything from colds to smallpox, surgeon John Hunter was a medical innovator, an eccentric, and the person to whom anyone who has ever had surgery probably owes his or her life. In this sensational and macabre story, we meet the surgeon... Read more >
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My Einstein
Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy
Edited by John Brockman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $11.99
In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson... Read more >
Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy
Edited by John Brockman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $11.99
In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson... Read more >
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Descent
The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
Written by Brad Matsen
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.95
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to a considerable fortune, who... Read more >
The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss
Written by Brad Matsen
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.95
In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to a considerable fortune, who... Read more >
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eBook.
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A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $15.00
From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams comes this lyrical and insightful collection of science writing that delves into the mysteries of the scientific process and exposes its beauty and intrigue.In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate... Read more >
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $15.00
From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams comes this lyrical and insightful collection of science writing that delves into the mysteries of the scientific process and exposes its beauty and intrigue.In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Story of Science: Newton at the Center
Newton at the Center
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $27.95
In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe—to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and... Read more >
Newton at the Center
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $27.95
In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe—to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and... Read more >
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The Genome War
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $16.00
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Written by James Shreeve
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $16.00
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a... Read more >
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A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2005
Price: $11.99
From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams comes this lyrical and insightful collection of science writing that delves into the mysteries of the scientific process and exposes its beauty and intrigue.In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate... Read more >
Science and the Human Spirit
Written by Alan Lightman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2005
Price: $11.99
From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams comes this lyrical and insightful collection of science writing that delves into the mysteries of the scientific process and exposes its beauty and intrigue.In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Compass
A Story of Exploration and Innovation
Written by Alan Gurney
Read by John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 14, 2004
Price: $15.00
Read more >
A Story of Exploration and Innovation
Written by Alan Gurney
Read by John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 14, 2004
Price: $15.00
Read more >
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The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way
Aristotle Leads the Way
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2004
Price: $24.95
Readers will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. They will meet the world's first astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists and explore the lives and ideas of such famous people as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Brahmagupta, al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Ptolemy, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Hakim will introduce them to Aristotle—one... Read more >
Aristotle Leads the Way
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2004
Price: $24.95
Readers will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. They will meet the world's first astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists and explore the lives and ideas of such famous people as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Brahmagupta, al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Ptolemy, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Hakim will introduce them to Aristotle—one... Read more >
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The Scientists
A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors
Written by John Gribbin
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $17.95
A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientists, by the bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat
In this ambitious new book, John Gribbin tells the stories of the people who have made science, and of the... Read more >
A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors
Written by John Gribbin
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $17.95
A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientists, by the bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat
In this ambitious new book, John Gribbin tells the stories of the people who have made science, and of the... Read more >
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Shadows
Unlocking Their Secrets, from Plato to Our Time
Written by Roberto Casati
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $13.00
In this original, wide-ranging, and endlessly thought-provoking work of popular nonfiction, a leading science writer uncovers the pervasive presence of shadows in our world.
For Plato, shadows were the symbol of our limitations. For Galileo, they knocked the Earth from the center of the cosmos. They are a source of fear and... Read more >
Unlocking Their Secrets, from Plato to Our Time
Written by Roberto Casati
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $13.00
In this original, wide-ranging, and endlessly thought-provoking work of popular nonfiction, a leading science writer uncovers the pervasive presence of shadows in our world.
For Plato, shadows were the symbol of our limitations. For Galileo, they knocked the Earth from the center of the cosmos. They are a source of fear and... Read more >
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eBook.
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Time Traveling With Science and the Saints
Written by George A. Erickson
Format: Hardcover, 180 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2004
Price: $26.99
For sixteen centuries Christianity dominated Western culture, during which time a powerful church rigidly and sometimes ruthlessly imposed its dogma. Under these conditions progressive thinkers who departed from the Christian worldview encountered stiff opposition from ecclesiastical authorities. Persecution by both church and state as a means of stifling heretics became routine.
Using... Read more >
Written by George A. Erickson
Format: Hardcover, 180 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2004
Price: $26.99
For sixteen centuries Christianity dominated Western culture, during which time a powerful church rigidly and sometimes ruthlessly imposed its dogma. Under these conditions progressive thinkers who departed from the Christian worldview encountered stiff opposition from ecclesiastical authorities. Persecution by both church and state as a means of stifling heretics became routine.
Using... Read more >
