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by John Medina  Publisher Comments Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know — such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best. How do we... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies 
by James Schwartz Publisher Comments If you have ever wondered what goes on in a genetics lab, here is the answer. In this sparkling and timely book James Schwartz reveals the remarkable history of the gene from its nineteenth-century origins as an entirely imaginary concept to the modern... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse Publisher Comments Beautifully illustrated and designed, this gorgeous reference book explores the world of trees from every perspective: from the world's great forests to the lifespan of a single leaf. Arresting color photographs of a wide variety of trees and close-ups... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Sharon Moalem Publisher Comments Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Carl Zimmer Publisher Comments -Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli, They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year... (read more) Your Price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Maddalena Bearzi Publisher Comments Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Gilbert Waldbauer Publisher Comments A water strider darts across a pond, its feet dimpling the surface tension; a giant water bug dives below, carrying his mate's eggs on his back; hidden among plant roots on the silty bottom, a dragonfly larva stalks unwary minnows. Barely skimming the... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Masha Gessen Publisher Comments In 2004 genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer. The discovery initiated Gessen into a club of sorts: the small (but exponentially expanding) group of people in possession of a new and... (read more) Your Price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Peter Gluckman Publisher Comments We have built a world that no longer fits our bodies. Our genes - selected through our evolution - and the many processes by which our development is tuned within the womb, limit our capacity to adapt to the modern urban lifestyle. There is a mismatch... (read more) Your Price $21.50 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Meg Greene Synopsis This biography relates the fascinating story of Jane Goodall, a naive young woman who started her work without even a college degree and eventually developed into a dedicated scientist and a world-famous conservationist and humanitarian.... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Gary Greenberg Publisher Comments Every grain of sand is a jewel waiting to be discovered. That’s what Dr. Gary Greenberg found when he first turned his specially designed 3-D microscope on beach sand. Gemlike mineral grains, colorful coral fragments, and delicate microscopic... (read more) Your Price $20.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Elisabeth A. Lloyd Publisher Comments This book brings together important essays by the one of the leading philosophers of science at work today. Elisabeth A. Lloyd examines several of the central topics in philosophy of biology, including the structure of evolutionary theory, units of... (read more) List Price $94.25 Your Price $83.25 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Joel (edt) Greenberg Publisher Comments In the literary imagination, Chicago evokes images of industry and unbridled urban growth. But the tallgrass prairie and deep forests that once made up Chicago’s landscape also inspired musings from residents and visitors alike. In Of Prairie... (read more) Your Price $53.50 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Mark A. (edt) Bedau Publisher Comments Emergence, largely ignored just thirty years ago, has become one of the liveliest areas of research in both philosophy and science. Fueled in part by advances in complexity theory, artificial life, physics, psychology, sociology, and biology and by the... (read more) List Price $43.25 Your Price $40.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Paul Humphreys Publisher Comments Emergence, largely ignored just thirty years ago, has become one of the liveliest areas of research in both philosophy and science. Fueled in part by advances in complexity theory, artificial life, physics, psychology, sociology, and biology and by the... (read more) Your Price $83.25 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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Read an original essay by Simon Winchester and save 30% on The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom.
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