Zone Books, October 1992. Oversize Softcover. This volume of ZONE explores the ongoing convergence of what were once the distinct worlds of the machine and the organism. Incorporations, through essays, image-text projects, photographic dossiers, and philosophical and scientific articles, examines the increasing breakdown of the boundaries between biology and technology..... More
Harvard University Press, June 1957. Trade Paperback. For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical problem can alter..... More
Harvard Business School Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs. Frans Johansson's..... More
Routledge, September 1995. Trade Paperback. First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. More
Mariner Books, June 2022. Hardcover. New from the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (A masterpiece of science writing --Washington Post) and "one of the stars of modern paleontology" (National Geographic), a sweeping and revelatory history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the..... More
Random House Inc, February 1994. Trade Paperback. 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..... More
Viking, May 2022. Hardcover. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors... [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world's toughest challenges."--Bill Gates "Provocative but perceptive... More
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2022. Hardcover. A camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap when it comes to..... More
Catapult, June 2022. Paper Back. Nineteen leading literary writers from around the globe offer timely, haunting first-person reflections on how climate change has altered their lives--including essays by Lydia Millet, Alexandra Kleeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Omar El Akkad, Lidia Yuknavitch, Melissa Febos, and more In this riveting anthology, leading literary..... More
Basic Books, June 2022. Hardcover. A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks. The problem..... More
Putnam Publishing Group, The. Trade Paperback. As is. Shelf wear. Remainder dot on the bottom edge of the print block. Corner torn off the half title page. More
Knopf, August 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a...... More
Mariner Books, June 2022. Hardcover. "An intense look at the high-stakes world of a NYC paramedic in the months before and after COVID-19 altered our landscape."--Damon Tweedy, MD, author of Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine The education of a New York City..... More
N/A, October 1995. Paper Back. "Beyond Einstein" takes readers on an exciting excursion into thediscoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect intheoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory andwhy is it important? This revolutionary breakthrough may well be thefulfillment of Albert Einstein's lifelong dream..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2011. Hardcover. Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and best-selling author, offers a...... More
W. W. Norton & Company, June 2022. Paper Back. Invisible in the food we eat, the people we kiss, and inside our own bodies, viruses flourish--with the power to shape not only our health, but our social, political, and economic systems. Drawing on his expertise in microbiology, Joseph Osmundson brings..... More
William Morrow, June 2022. Hardcover. Fierce, absorbing, and ultimately inspiring. --ELIZABETH KOLBERT One of the finest scientific memoirs ever written. --DAVID W. BROWN From one of the world's leading planetary scientists, a luminous memoir of exploration on Earth, in space, and within oneself--equal parts ode to the beauty of science..... 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
Penguin Books, December 1990. First Thus. Paper Back. Every so often a writer finds a way of reinterpreting the cosmos, of guiding readers through new fields of knowledge to transcendent understanding. Hardison is just such a writer, and Disappearing Through the Skylight is just such a book--a provocative, groundbreaking work..... More
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Mariner Books, May 2022. Paper Back. Now an AMC+ series starring Ben Whishaw The acclaimed multimillion-copy bestseller, This Is Going to Hurt is Adam Kay's equally blisteringly funny (Boston Globe) and "heartbreaking" (New Yorker) secret diaries of his years as a young doctor. Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, December 2016. Trade Paperback. The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space--a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America..... More
Sage Publications Ltd, February 2018. Trade Paperback. ***Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner*** The dynamic, student focused textbook provides step-by-step instruction in the use of R and of statistical language as a general research tool. It is ideal for anyone hoping to: Complete an introductory course in statistics Prepare for..... More
Riverhead Books, May 2022. Hardcover. A delightful intellectual feast from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time One of the world's most prominent physicists and fearless free spirit, Carlo Rovelli is also a masterful storyteller. His bestselling books have introduced millions of readers..... More
Basic Books, August 1997. Trade Paperback. In this remarkable account, evolutionary biologist Christopher Wills takes us on a voyage of discovery through the exotic pasts of the viruses and bacteria that periodically emerge with such disastrous results for our species. It is our knowledge of their secret lives, the eons..... More
Russell Sage Foundation, April 2004. Hardcover. The past thirty years have witnessed a dramatic decline in the number of U.S. students pursuing advanced degrees in science and an equally dramatic increase in the number of professionals leaving scientific careers. Leaving Science provides the first significant examination of this worrisome new..... More
