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Richard Dawkins
[Hardcover 2008]
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Boasting almost one hundred pieces, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a breathtaking celebration of the finest writing by scientists--the best such collection in print--packed with scintillating essays on everything from "the discovery of Lucy" to "the terror and vastness of the universe." Edited by best-selling author and... more
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Ben Goldacre
[Paperback 2010]
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Dr Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this eye-opening book he takes on... more
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Jerome Groopman
[Paperback 2010]
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Edited by "New York Times" bestselling author Jerome Groopman, "The Best American Science Writing 2010" collects in one volume the most crucial, thought-provoking, and engaging science writing of the year. Distinguished by new and impressive voices as well as some of the foremost names in science writing--David Dobbs, Elizabeth Kolbert,... more
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Alan Grafen ,
Mark Ridley
[Paperback 2007]
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Max Brockman
[Paperback 2009]
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Will climate change force a massive human migration to the Northern Rim? How does our sense of morality arise from the structure of the brain? What does the latest research in language acquisition tells us about the role of culture in the way we think? What does current neurological research... more
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John Brockman
[Paperback 2007]
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This collection of essays about Albert Einstein reflect views, perspectives, and an estimation of him and the implications of his work. 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... more
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Steven Weinberg
[Paperback 2003]
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Each of the essays included here struggles with the necessity of facing up to the discovery that the laws of nature are impersonal, with no preference for any species. In a recent "New York Times" profile, James Glanz remarked, "Steven Weinberg is perhaps the world's most authoritative proponent of the... more
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Steven Weinberg
[Hardcover 2010]
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Just as Henry David Thoreau "traveled a great deal in Concord," Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg sees much of the world from the window of his study overlooking Lake Austin. In "Lake Views" Weinberg, considered by many to be the preeminent theoretical physicist alive today, continues the wide-ranging reflections that... more
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John Brockman ,
Brian Eno
[Paperback 2009]
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Even geniuses change their minds sometimes. Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about? The answers were brilliant, eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes shocking, and certain to kick-start countless passionate debates. Read Steven... more
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Jonathan B Losos ,
David Quammen ,
Janet Browne
[Hardcover 2011]
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Mark P Silverman
[Hardcover 2007, 2nd Edition]
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The essays in this book are based on researches the author has undertaken on a wide range of topics, some using equipment no more elaborate than what one can find in an ordinary kitchen, others making elegant use of sophisticated experimental apparatus. Presenting a personal odyssey in physics, Silverman investigates... more
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Gerald Esch ,
Esch Gerald W
[Hardcover 2004]
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Professor Gerald W. Esch, one of the world's leading ecological parasitologists, presents a series of essays on classic examples of field parasitology. The essays focus on the significance of the work and its contribution to the field but also on the people and, particularly, the sites at which the work... more
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Richard L Knight ,
Suzanne Riedel ,
Susanne Riedel
[Paperback 2002]
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In Aldo Leopold and an Ecological Conscience ecologists, wildlife biologists, and other professional conservationists explore the ecological legacy of Aldo Leopold and his A Sand County Almanac and his contributions to the environmental movement, the philosophy of science, and natural resource management. Twelve personal essays describe the enormous impact he... more
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Richard Henderson ,
Torsten Krude
[Hardcover 2003]
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Since the revelation of the double helical structure of DNA by Watson and Crick fifty years ago, research into this important molecule has had a dramatic impact on science and society. This volume brings together some of the key workers in the field to explore DNA fingerprinting, the extraction of... more
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Kostas Gavroglu ,
Jurgen Renn
[Paperback 2010]
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This volume, compiled in honor of Sam Schweber, an outstanding historian of science, physicist and exceptional human being, offers a comprehensive survey of the present state of the history of science. It collects essays written by leading representatives in the field. The essays examine the state of the history of... more
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John Brockman
[Paperback 2006]
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In reverence to the force of scientific truth, join fifteen preeminent thinkers whose clear, accessible, and passionate essays reveal the fact and power of evolution, and the beauty of the scientific endeavor. Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin's theory has withstood... more
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Jeremy Bernstein
[Paperback 2010]
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Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the world's most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their motives, and their contributions. Even... more
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Ernst Mayr
[Hardcover 2004]
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As Ernst Mayr, the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, turns 100 years old, he offers this collection of essays that argue that biology is an autonomous science rather than a branch of the physical sciences. He offers insights on the history of evolutionary thought, critiques the conditions... more
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Kim Sterelny ,
Michael Ruse
[Paperback 2000]
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Karl Sabbagh
[Paperback 2011]
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From the dinosaurs that caused sonic booms to the irrational nature of the number pi, essays on scientific strangeness Science is full of surprises, such as the peculiar peepshow beginnings of baby incubators, the unexpected positive fallout from the H-bomb, or the fifth taste sensation lurking in everyone's taste buds... more
