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B. Greene - The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Einstein was simply ahead of his time. More than a half a century later, his dream of a unified theory has become the Holy Grail of modern physics. And a sizeable part of the physics and mathematics community is becoming increasingly convinced that string theory may provide the answer. From one prin... Read more

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$5.00 - $21.00

John A. McPhee - Basin and Range

McPhee traces the geologic history of the region extending from eastern Utah to eastern California, juxtaposes descriptions of this terrain as it was eons ago with its contemporary features, and examines the plate tectonics revolution. ... Read more

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$4.64 - $10.20

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

An evolutionary biologist dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns. Read by Grover Gardner. ... Read more

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$11.00 - $23.00

Douglas R. Hofstadter - Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Read more

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$14.00 - $17.00

John McPhee - Annals of the Former World

Originally published in stages, here at last, is the long-awaited complete geology chronicles based on author John McPhee's travels across North America with geologists since 1978. As clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology, and a mas... Read more

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$14.00 - $23.00

Richard Rhodes - Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

The Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb now tells the defintive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the H-Bomb and the birth of the Cold War, based on secret files found in the United States and the former Soviet Union. "A d... Read more

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$13.00 - $13.00

Edward O. Wilson - On Human Nature

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$17.00 - $26.00

Carl Sagan - The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries."A history of the human brain from the big b... Read more

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$4.81 - $7.99

Daniel Dennett - Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life

In this title, the author explains the scientific theory of natural selection in vivid terms, and shows how it extends far beyond biology. In addition, he outlines current debates on the subject and challenges the views of many famous scientists, including Stephen Jay Gould and Roger Penrose. ... Read more

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$9.00 - $13.00

Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson - The Ants

Making up nearly 15 per cent of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and dominatrices of the insect fauna. ... Read more

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$96.00 - $118.00

Jonathan Weiner - The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

On a remote outpost of the Galapagos, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent 20 years measuring the beaks of generations of finches--to prove that Darwin did not know the strength of this own theory. "Spark(s) no... Read more

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$10.00 - $12.00

Richard Rhodes - The Making of the Atomic Bomb

A gripping, authoritative account of the men, women, science, drama and intrigue behind the single most important event of the century: the discovery of nuclear energy and construction of the atomic bomb. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs. ... Read more

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$14.00 - $14.00

Joel Williamson - The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South Since Emancipation