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Consilience : The Unity of Knowledge
Edward O. Wilson, Edmund O. Wilson
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The biologist Edward O. Wilson is a rare scientist: having over a long career made signal contributions to population genetics, evolutionary biology, entomology, and ethology, he has also steeped himself in philosophy, the humanities, and t
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Star Trek Deep Space Nine Technical Manual : Technical Manual (Star Trek, Deep Space Nine)
Herman Zimmerman
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Current:
9.7 |
Whether you're looking for a cross-section of a Bajoran tricorder, plan drawings of the USS Defiant, or a detailed explanation of station wastewater treatment, you'll find everything you need in the Deep Space Nine Technical Manua
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Cats' Paws and Catapults : Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People
Steven Vogel, Kathryn K. Davis (Illustrator)
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9.6 |
"Life is what biology's all about. Technology is something else altogether. Or so I believed before I got into a kind of biology that's about technology as well as life," begins biomechanics expert Steven Vogel in the preface to more]
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Climbing Mount Improbable
Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward (Illustrator)
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9.4 |
How do species evolve? Richard Dawkins, one of the world's most eminent zoologists, likens the process to scaling a huge, Himalaya-size peak, the Mount Improbable of his title. An alpinist does not leap from sea level to the summit; neither
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The Baltimore Case : A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character
Daniel J. Kevles
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9.4 |
In a perfect world, science wouldn't be done by human beings, since despite our best efforts, we aren't truly objective about anything. When personality and emotion inevitably get mixed up with science, sparks can fly. The most notorious su
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The T-Factor 2000 Diet: The Best Diet Ever, Now Made Better
Martin Katahn, Jamie Pope
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9.4 |
The Best Diet Ever . . . Now Made Better. The revolutionary low-fat, metabolism-boosting diet now revised and expanded to help you lose weight faster than ever (and forever!). Long-term statistics tell us that most dieters eventually regain
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What Einstein Didn't Know : Scientific Answers to Everday Questions
Robert L. Wolke
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Current:
9.4 |
A "Washington Post" columnist offers a fun, fascinating guide to everyday science for those who never wore a slide rule or a pocket protector. Read more
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The Ascent of Science
Brian L. Silver
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Current:
9.3 |
The Ascent of Science is a remarkable achievement: a concise, informative, and easily readable book that breathes life into an often dry, impenetrable subject. The lengthy text spans several centuries of scientific discovery and theo
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Visions : How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
Michio Kaku(Preface)
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Current:
9.2 |
Take it easy: that's Michio Kaku's motto. Given the extraordinary advances science has thrown up in time for the millennium, the only way you could possibly fit them into a single volume is by a correspondingly massive simplification. S
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The Quotable Einstein
Albert Einstein
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9.1 |
The Quotable Einstein is a complete compendium of quotes from the great physicist, organized thematically, usefully indexed, and thorough in its inclusion and documentation of attributed material, sources, and dates. As a resource fo
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Apollo 8 : The NASA Mission Reports With CDRom
Robert Godwin, United States National Aeronautics and Space adm
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Current:
9.0 |
On December 21st 1968 the United States' National Aeronautics & Space Administration sent three men to orbit the moon. It was the boldest step yet taken in the quest to fulfill President John Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the moon by t
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A Walk Through Time : From Stardust to Us : The Evolution of Life on Earth
Sidney Liebes
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9.0 |
Every step you take in A Walk Through Time moves you millions of years forward in Earth's history. Inspired by the idea of a one-mile stroll through the evolution of life, Sidney Liebes recruited some terrific writers and artists to
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Full House : The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
Stephen Jay Gould
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Current:
8.9 |
The human mind has a trusty device for simplifying a complex world: reduce to averages and identify trends. Although valuable, the risk is that we ignore variations and end up with a skewed view of reality. In evolutionary terms, the result
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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!
Arthur C. Clarke, Ian MacAuley
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Current:
8.9 |
"Nobody has done more in the way of enlightened prediction than Arthur C. Clarke," wrote Isaac Asimov, no slouch in that department himself. And indeed, this collection of Clarke's essays contains an astonishing amount of prophecy, in every
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A Mathematical Mystery Tour : Discovering the Truth and Beauty of the Cosmos
A. K. Dewdney
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Current:
8.9 |
A.K. Dewdney takes readers on a theoretical world tour to answer the question: Did humans make up mathematics, or did mathematics make up everything, including humans? After all, mathematical formulas seem to perfectly govern the cosmos, an
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The Mathematical Universe : An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems and Personalities
William W. Dunham
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Current:
8.8 |
The Mathematical Universe is a solid collection of short essays, with each addressing a particular mathematical topic. Titles range from "Isoperimetric Problem" to "Where Are the Women?" Author Dunham is unafraid
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The Universe and the Teacup : The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty
K. C. Cole
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Current:
8.8 |
"Pure mathematics," Albert Einstein once remarked, "is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." In The Universe and the Teacup, Los Angeles Timesmore]
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The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
D. G. Wells
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Current:
8.7 |
Revised with nearly 200 new entries, this dictionary contains all the information that anyone ever wanted to know about numbers--from minus one and its square root to cyclic, weird, perfect, untouchable and lucky numbers to Pascal's triangl
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Throughput Accounting
Thomas Corbett
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Current:
8.7 |
Learn How To Apply The Theory Of Constraints To Management Accounting. The Theory of Constraints, a management philosophy derived from physics, assumes that constraints prevent organizations from achieving better performance. The Theory
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New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics : An Anthology
Thomas Tymoczko
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Current:
8.5 |
The traditional debate among philosophers of mathematics is whether there is an external mathematical reality, something out there to be discovered, or whether mathematics is the product of the human mind. This provocative book, now availab
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Keys to Infinity
Clifford A. Pickover
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8.4 |
Clifford Pickover is by most standards a mathematics geek (Ph.D. research scientist for IBM, associate editor for two computer journals), but he is the coolest math geek you might ever meet. For this book he has compiled 30 chapters of math
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Introductory Discrete Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)
V. K. Balakrishnan
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Current:
8.4 |
This concise text offers an introduction to discrete mathematics for undergraduate students in computer science and mathematics. It emphasizes combinatorics, graph theory with applications to some standard network optimization problems, and
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The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics
D. G. Wells
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Current:
8.3 |
A window into the wacky and wonderful world of math. This intriguing anthology of strange facts and weird anecdotes spans history and the globe to point out the impressive problems mathematicians have attempted to solve, and the often humor
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Merriam-Webster's Pocket Guide to Business and Everyday Math (Pocket Reference Library)
Brian Burrell
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Current:
8.3 |
A practical, easy-to-use guide to every day math. Includes hundreds of sample problems showing you how to use basic concepts of computation, measurement, geometry, algebra, statistics, probability, and more. more]
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics
Mathematical Society of Japan
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Current:
8.3 |
The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics, as put out by the Mathematical Society of Japan, is as complete and comprehensive an opus as one could wish for, concisely comprising in its two volumes all significant mathematical results
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Mathemagics : How to Look Like a Genius Without Really Trying
Arthur, Phd Benjamin, Michael, Phd Shermer
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8.3 |
Using proven techniques, this volume shows how to add, subtract, multiply and divide faster than is possible with a calculator or pencil and paper, and helps readers conquer their nervousness about math. more]
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Handbook of Mathematics
I. N. Bronshtein
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Current:
8.2 |
This guide book to mathematics contains in handbook form the fundamental working knowledge of mathematics that is needed as an everyday guide for working scientists and engineers, as well as for students. Easy to understand, and convenient
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Gnomon : From Pharaohs to Fractals
Midhat J. Gazale
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8.1 |
How are the great pyramids like seashells? Ask mathematician Midhat J. Gazale, then brace yourself for a heady ride through the wilds of self-similar geometry in Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals, his paean to the roiling mysteries t
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Christopher Clapham
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8.0 |
Featuring explanatory figures, diagrams, and tables for ready reference to complement the succinct definitions and clear explanations, helpful examples of a wide range of mathematical terms and concepts, and brief biographical sketches of g
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Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel
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8.0 |
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Turn Left at Orion : A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope-And How to Find Them
Dan M. Davis
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8.0 |
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 1999-2000 : A Ready-Reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data (CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 80th ed
David R. Lide
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8.0 |
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Jupiter's Travels : Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
Ted Simon
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7.9 |
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Lessons from the Field : Applying Appreciative Inquiry
Sue Annis Hammond, Cathy Royal
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7.8 |
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Apollo 10 : The Nasa Mission Reports
Robert Godwin
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7.7 |
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The Demon-Haunted World : Science As a Candle in the Dark
Carl Sagan
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7.6 |
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Apollo 9 - The NASA Mission Reports
Robert Godwin, United States National Aeronautics and Space adm
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7.6 |
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Scientific Style and Format : The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (6th Ed)
Edward J. Huth
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7.6 |
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Higher Superstition : The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science
Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt
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7.5 |
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The Mathematics of Financial Derivatives : A Student Introduction
Paul Wilmott
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7.5 |
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The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Eric W. Weisstein
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7.5 |
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CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae (30th Ed)
Daniel Zwillinger, Chemical Rubber Company
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7.5 |
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Auto Math Handbook : Calculations, Formulas, Equations and Theory for Automotive Enthusiasts
John Lawlor
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7.4 |
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Life's Other Secret: The New Mathematics of the Living World
Ian Stewart, Aan Stewart
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7.4 |
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Probability and Measure, 3rd Edition
Patrick Billingsley
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 46
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Life's Other Secret : The New Mathematics of the Living World
Ian Stewart, Aan Stewart
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7.2 |
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You Are a Mathematician : A Wise and Witty Introduction to the Joy of Numbers
D. G. Wells
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7.1 |
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HarperCollins Dictionary of Mathematics
E. J. Borowski, J. M. Borwein
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7.1 |
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Merriam-Webster's Guide to Everyday Math : A Home and Business Reference
Brian Burrell
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7.0 |
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A Field Guide for Science Writers
Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson
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6.9 |
Science writers are translators of sorts: they transform the jargon-laden language and arcane concepts of the science world into something the rest of us can understand and even appreciate. For this, they must be able to comprehend (and ass
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