Ecco Press, August 2014. Trade Paperback. New York Times bestselling author and renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins delivers an intimate look into his own childhood and intellectual development, illuminating his path to becoming one of the foremost thinkers in modern science today "A memoir that is funny and..... More
Norton*(ww Norton Co, January 1988. Trade Paperback. More
Oxford Univ Pr, March 2006. Trade Paperback. Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology..... More
Oxford Univ Pr, March 2006. Trade Paperback. Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, August 2016. Trade Paperback. The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution..... More
Columbia Global Reports, April 2023. Paper Back. Can flying be green? Everyone loves to travel, and the industry's room for growth seems almost limitless--except that flying will soon be responsible for 19 percent of global emissions. Some people have even decided never to fly. Over the coming decades, aviation will..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2023. Paper Back. In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to argue that despite the linkage between gender and biological sex, biology does not automatically support the traditional gender roles in..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 2017. Hardcover. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few..... More
Grove Press, August 1997. Trade Paperback. An Unforgettable Journey into the Dark Heart of the Information Age In Escape Velocity Mark Dery takes is on an electrifying tour of the high-tech subcultures that both celebrate and critique our wired world: would-be cyborgs who believe the body is obsolete and dream..... More
University of Chicago Press, May 1992. Hardcover. Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the..... More
Riverhead Books, February 2023. Hardcover. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's moving narrative of a group of patient advocates who are revolutionizing the way medical research is conducted. For more than half a century, medical advances have been driven by investigators launching experiments inside labs. Science is often conducted in isolation and..... More
History of Health Sciences / Crossroads Books, 1985. First Edition. Paper Back. More
The MIT Press, May 1981. First Thus. Hardcover. What distinguishes clever computers from stupid people (besides their components)? The author of "Seeing and Knowing" presents in his new book a beautifully and persuasively written interdisciplinary approach to traditional problems--a clearsighted interpretation of information theory.Psychologists, biologists, computer scientists, and those seeking..... More
Pantheon, May 2011. Hardcover. If the conscious mind--the part you consider to be you--is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2023. Hardcover. Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it's also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2023. Hardcover. Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it's also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In..... More
Dover Publications, June 1952. Trade Paperback. This collection of original papers on the special and general theories of relativity is an unabridged translation of the 4th edition of Das Relativitatsprinzip, together with a revised edition of an additional paper by H. A. Lorentz. CONTENTS: I. Michelson's Interference Experiment by H...... More
Philosophical Library. Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo. {4' x 6 & 1/2'} In dustjacket with heavy tanning, especially of spine. Chipping to edges. One & one-half inch parallel closed tears bottom of front panel. Front flap is not clipped. Pale blue-grey paper covered boards with black lettering along spine & Philosophical Library..... More
Cengage India, January 2014. Paper Back. Very little highlighting and a few dogeared pages. More
Simon & Schuster, July 1998. Trade Paperback. From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly written overview of current research..... More
Signet, June 1965. Mass Market PaperBack. More
One World, March 2022. Hardcover. The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind "Gripping . .... More
Knopf, April 2023. Hardcover. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development--and demise--of civilizations across time *Detailing many years of extensive research, endnotes for this edition run to more than 200 pages. They are available online via..... More
Aegean Park Press, 1976. First Thus. Paper Back. Quarto; Pale blue cardstock cover with sun-tanned spine and edges. Dust stained top and bottom edge and fore-edge. 113 pages. I assume this is first softcover edition. More
Aegean Park Press, 1976. First Thus. Paper Back. Quarto; Firs Aegean Park Press, soft cover edition. Pale blue cardstock cover. Sun-tanned spine. Textblock top edge foxed/dust stained. 86 pages. More
