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The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
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A typically bold and incisive book from one of our great science writers, The God Delusion pulls no punches. I gave a hardcover copy to my cousin last year, and he hasn't stopped citing passages since. "There are lots of people out there," Dawkins notes... ( read more)
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
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A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race.
Until around 11,000 b.c., all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the... ( read more)
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
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This learned and amusing work covers the origin of the universe to the human genome. A welcome journey with Bryson in typical wise and witty fashion.... ( read more)
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Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum
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Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation — many of the most urgent problems of twenty-first century require scientific solutions. And yet Americans are paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news,... ( read more)
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
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Are we on the brink of a new Dark Age of irrationality and superstition? In this stirring, brilliantly argued book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dragons of Eden and Cosmos shows how scientific thinking can cut through prejudice and hysteria... ( read more)
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Future of Life (02 Edition)
by Edward O. Wilson
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Includes bibliographical references and index.... ( read more)
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The way things work
by David Macaulay
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From levers to lasers, from cameras to computers, this 384-page volume is a remarkable overview of the machines and inventions that shape our lives, amusingly presented with a large dose of Macaulay's wit and personality.... ( read more)
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The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to Be as They Are.
by Henry Petroski
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Only Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil, could make one never pick up a paper clip again without being overcome with feelings of awe and reverence. In his new book the author examines a host of techno-trivia questions – how the fork got its tines... ( read more)
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Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions
by Susan R. Barry
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Not long ago, Susan Barry took a trip to Manhattan. As she emerged from the subway into daylight, she paused to take in a view that she had seen many times before but saw now in a completely new way. Buildings loomed out toward her like the bows of giant... ( read more)
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd Edition
by Thomas S Kuhn
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Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost... ( read more)
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
by Ray Kurzweil
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In his latest, thrilling foray into the future, a great inventor and futurist envisions an event--the "singularity"--in which technological change becomes so rapid and so profound that human bodies and brains will merge with machines.... ( read more)
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
by Natalie Angier
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Another winner from one of the best science writers around, The Canon, like Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything, provides a pleasurable understanding of science.... ( read more)
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
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"I've set myself the modest task of trying to explain the broad pattern of human history, on all the continents, for the last 13,000 years. Why did history take such different evolutionary courses for peoples of different continents? This problem has... ( read more)
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The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know about the World and How It Works
by National Geographic
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A delight for the casual reader, yet so complete and wide-ranging that science buffs and students will welcome it, The Science Book encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one richly illustrated volume. Natural phenomena, revolutionary inventions,... ( read more)
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Outside the Gates of Science: Why It's Time for the Paranormal to Come in from the Cold
by Damien Broderick
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The paranormal--phenomena "beyond the normal," manifested by apparent experiences of telepathy, remote viewing, psycho kinesis, and precognition, or the prediction of future events--has been comfortably dismissed as fiction by many reasonable folk. But... ( read more)
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Science Dictionary 4TH Edition
by Oxford University Pr
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With clear, concise definitions of more than 7,000 terms, this dictionary is an ideal reference for students and non-scientists searching for definitions of widely used scientific terminology. This revised edition has added many new terms, reflecting... ( read more)
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A New Kind of Science
by Stephen Wolfram
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This long-awaited work from one of the world's most respected scientists presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments — illustrated in the book by striking computer... ( read more)
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The New York Times Circuits
by Henry Fountain
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If you've ever wondered how the high-tech gadgets we encounter as we go about our daily lives work, from the computers on our desks, the CD players in our homes (and the remote controls we operate them with), the Automatic Teller Machines at the bank, to... ( read more)
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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
by Roger Penrose
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Since the earliest efforts of the ancient Greeks to find order amid the chaos around us, there has been continual accelerated progress toward understanding the laws that govern our universe. And the particularly important advances made by means of the... ( read more)
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow
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In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a... ( read more)
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