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
W. W. Norton & Company, August 2023. Paper Back. In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on..... More
Harper Perennial, September 2006. Trade Paperback. The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for now. Warped Passages is a brilliantly readable and altogether..... More
Doubleday, March 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast--the gorilla--only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution In 1856..... More
The Penguin Press, August 2009. Hardcover. Bestselling author T. R. Reid guides a whirlwind tour of successful health care systems worldwide, revealing possible paths toward U.S. reform. In "The Healing of America, New York Times" bestselling author T. R. Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies have achieved something..... More
Picador, March 2022. Paper Back. From Nathaniel Rich, author of Losing Earth, comes a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing. We live in a time when scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental..... More
Picador, March 2022. Paper Back. From Nathaniel Rich, author of Losing Earth, comes a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing. We live in a time when scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental..... More
Picador, March 2022. Paper Back. From Nathaniel Rich, author of Losing Earth, comes a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing. We live in a time when scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2022. Paper Back. "What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that--the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 2004. Trade Paperback. Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers--some willingly, some unwittingly--have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the..... More
Medical Library Association / Waverly Press, January 1965. Cloth. Octavo. Navy blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. [300 pp.]. More
Sirius, May 2017. Hardcover. Neuroscience is the science of the brain and the nervous system. It relates to sensory matters as well as motor. There are some fairly obvious examples, such as Phineas Gage and Spallanzani's frog legs, studies of madness and genius, early physical treatments for psychiatric disorders, the..... More
Basic Books, May 1988. First Edition. Cloth. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'} In only slightly shelf worn jacket. Brick red cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Complete number string. [229 pages]. More
University of Alabama Research Foundation, 2014. First Edition. Cloth. {6' x 9'} Amber colored cloth covered boards with black lettering. Clean, sound. Tightly bound. Well cared for. Pine green end pages. [177 pages]. More
Riverhead Books, February 2023. Turtleback Binding. The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in..... More
University of Washington Press, November 2018. Paper Back. "Should feminists clone?" "What do neurons think about?" "How can we learn from bacterial writing?" These and other provocative questions have long preoccupied neuroscientist, molecular biologist, and intrepid feminist theorist Deboleena Roy, who takes seriously the capabilities of lab "objects"--bacteria and other..... More
Milkweed Editions, August 2023. Hardcover. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick, selected by booksellers A Vogue Most Anticipated Book of 2023 A WBUR Summer Reading Recommendation A Next Big Idea Club's August 2023 Must-Read BookAn astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist..... More
Milkweed Editions, August 2023. Hardcover. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick, selected by booksellers A Vogue Most Anticipated Book of 2023 A WBUR Summer Reading Recommendation A Next Big Idea Club's August 2023 Must-Read BookAn astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist..... More
Aegean Park Press, 1977. Paper Back. Quarto; {8 & 1/2' x 11'}; heavily sunned spine. Dust stained textblock top edge. Cover is blue cardstock with marginal sunning and a few stray ink marks. Textblock is curled from improper storage. 193 pages. More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 1970. Paper Back. {5' x 7 & 3/4'} Clean, solid, no underlinings. 646 pages. More
W. W. Norton & Co, January 1970. Reprint. Paper Back. {5' x 7 & 3/4'}. Sound without markings. No underlining. No sidenotes. 554 page. More
Shambhala, August 2023. Paper Back. A 10-step holistic guide to help you cope with the climate crisis--from the founders of the Good Grief Network. Eco-distress is real. How to Live in a Chaotic Climate is here to help you rediscover meaning, joy, and connection as the tumult around us increases..... More
Cambridge Univ Pr, December 1992. Trade Paperback. Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the..... More
Tennessee Valley Publishing, January 2008. Hardcover. No jacket as issued. Appears unread. More
Vintage Books USA, June 1989. Trade Paperback. Challenging the fundamental assumptions of modern science, this ground-breaking radical hypothesis suggests that nature itself has memory. Sheldrake's hypothesis has been featured in Science, Nature, New Scientist, USA TODAY, and Newsweek. Drawings and photos throughout. More
