The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe (Science Masters Series)
Basic Books, October 1994. Trade Paperback. More
Science & Nature
Edison's Concrete Piano: Flying Tanks, Six-Nippled Sheep, Walk-on-Water Shoes, and 12 Other Flops from Great Inventors
Ecw Press, November 2009. Trade Paperback. Edison's Concrete Piano highlights the careers of famous inventors -- revealing the lesser-known and most fascinating facts about their careers, their wackier hobbies, and especially their big flops and great successes. Take Thomas Edison for example, who revolutionized our world with the light bulb..... More
Walking with the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas
Mariner Books, March 1992. Trade Paperback. Studies the work and unique methods of three women scientists who contributed to understanding chimpanzees, mountain gorillas, and orangutans. Here is the story of three gifted women trained by the famed Louis Leakey. This book, 'a sensitive and revealing contribution to the legend of..... More
Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle
Holt McDougal, December 2004. Trade Paperback. The dramatic, untold story of the discovery of the first wonder drug, the men who led the way, and how it changed the modern world In his wonderfully engaging book, acclaimed author Eric Lax tells the real story behind the discovery and why it..... More
Spell of the Tiger: The Man-Eaters of Sundarbans (Revised)
Mariner Books, April 1996. Trade Paperback. For centuries along the Bay of Bengal, tigresses have taught their cubs to hunt humans. Tigers swim out to boats and seize fishermen, carrying away full-grown human bodies as easily as a cat holds a fish. On land they ambush honey gatherers and woodcutters..... More
Dolphin Conferences, Elephant Midwives, and Other Astonishing Facts About Animals
Tarcher, September 1990. Trade Paperback. More
A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth
Fourth Estate, May 2000. Trade Paperback. A gripping story of obsession, adventure and the search for our oldest surviving ancestor - 400 million years old - a four-limbed dinofish! In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, a young South African museum curator, caught sight of a specimen among a fisherman's trawl that she..... More
A History of Honey in Georgia and the Carolinas (American Palate)
The History Press, April 2015. Trade Paperback. In the late 1800s, Georgia and the Carolinas produced millions of pounds of honey and created a lasting legacy within the industry. The uses for the sweet nectar go well beyond flavor. Bee pollination extensively benefits agricultural crops in the area. Elements from..... More
The Geometry of Art and Life
Dover Publications, June 1977. Trade Paperback. For the philosopher, scientist, archaeologist, art historian, biologist, poet and artist, as well as the general reader who wants to understand more about the fascinating properties of numbers and geometry, and their relationship to art and life, this is a thought-provoking book. More
Sciencia: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Astronomy for All (Wooden Books)
Walker & Company, October 2011. Reprint. Hardcover. From basic mathematical and physical formulas that govern much of our world to the components of matter; from the structure of the cosmos to that of the human body-the discoveries of scientists over the last millennium have been remarkable. Sciencia gathers together Useful..... More
Consulting the Genius of the Place: An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture
Counterpoint, October 2011. Trade Paperback. Locavore leaders such as Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver all speak of the need for sweeping changes in how we get our food. A longtime leader of this movement is Wes Jackson, who for decades has taken it upon himself to speak for..... More
Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo Da Vinci
HarperCollins Publishers, March 2006. Trade Paperback. The Nature of Genius Leonardo da Vinci was one of history's true geniuses, equally brilliant as an artist, scientist, and mathematician. Readers of The Da Vinci Code were given a glimpse of the mysterious connections between math, science, and Leonardo's art. Math and the..... More
Bogs, Meadows, Marshes, and Swamps: A Guide to 25 Wetland Sites of Washington State
Mountaineers Books, May 1996. Trade Paperback. More
Silent Spring
Easton Press, January 1991. Leather. Gilt-decorative green cloth. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. All edges gilt. More
BULLY FOR BRONTOSAURUS
Easton Press, 1991. First Edition. Leather. Navy blue leather with gold lettering and gold decorative cover design. Moire end pages. Two different pieces of Easton empherma laid in. One is unused Easton Press Ex-libris. The other a 4' x 6' double side cardstock 'note about Bully for Brontosaurus and the..... More
The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
E. P. Dutton, April 1977. Trade Paperback. More
The meaning of relativity: Including the relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field
Easton Press, January 1994. Leather. Easton Press Leather Bound Collector's Edition. Chocolate brown leather with gold lettering and gold design. Ribbed spine. Taffeta end pages. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon marker. More
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
Princeton University Press, September 2021. Hardcover. A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health--and in ways..... More
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
Workman Publishing Company, November 2021. Hardcover. From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks--how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written..... More
Fighting Westway: Environmental Law, Citizen Activism, and the Regulatory War That Transformed New York City
Cornell University Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. From 1971 to 1985, battles raged over Westway, a multibillion-dollar highway, development, and park project slated for placement in New York City. It would have projected far into the Hudson River, including massive new landfill extending several miles along Manhattan's Lower West Side..... More
Botanica Magnifica - Deluxe Edition: Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants
Abbeville Press, November 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Botanica Magnifica features two hundred and fifty stunning photographs by Hasselblad Laureate Award winner Jonathan M. Singer, representing--in the words of an ARTnews critic--rare or exotic plants and flowers in large scale and exquisite detail, emerging from the shadows in a manner evocative..... More
Writing Nature: Henry Thoreau's Journal
University of Chicago Press, January 1989. Paper Back. At his death, Henry Thoreau left the majority of his writing unpublished. The bulk of this material is a journal that he kept for twenty-four years. Sharon Cameron's major claim is that this private work (the Journal) was Thoreau's primary work, taking..... More
How Life Learned to Live: Adaptation in Nature
MIT Press, January 1982. First Thus. Cloth. First English edition. Bound in cream cloth with blue lettering along the spine. Jacket has moderate shelf wear, a sunned spine and a half inch closed tear. More
Katz on Dogs: A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs
Villard Books, October 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting..... More
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Milkweed Editions, September 2020. Hardcover. "Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." --NPR From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. As a child, Nezhukumatathil..... More
