Aspects (Academic)/Science/Technology Aspects
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50 Guns That Changed America: An Illustrated Guide
$24.99 Read moreThe History of America–And Our Guns
The history of the United States is, like it or not, interwoven with the history of firearms. The young colony needed technologically advanced arms to hunt for fo- Author: Wexler, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1510756388
- Language: English
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The New Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America
$17.99 Add to cart“I love this book. It is fun to read, beautifully laid out, and accompanied by exquisite illustrations. The sections called ‘Wow’ and ‘Remember’ on each page will elicit ‘I never knew that!’ from many… [more below]
- Series: Peterson Field Guides
- Author: Thompson III, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 054407047X
- Language: English
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Shore Fishes of Hawaii: Revised Edition
$23.99 Add to cartThis new edition of Shore Fishes of Hawai’i updates our knowledge of Hawaiian fishes and has been expanded to include 372 species. All are illustrated by the author’s 475 superb photographs. The most … [more below]
- Series: Latitude 20 Books (Paperback)
- Author: Randall, John E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0824834275
- Language: English
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The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the front office to the family room, sabermetrics has dramatically changed the way baseball players are assessed and valued by fans and managers alike. Rocketed to popularity by the 2003 bestsell
- Author: Baumer, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 22 2015
- ISBN10: 081222339X
- Language: English
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Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy
$39.95 Add to cartThe most authoritative illustrated book on flying reptiles available
For 150 million years, the skies didn’t belong to birds–they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the- Author: Witton, Mark P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 23 2013
- ISBN10: 0691150613
- Language: English
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
$21.00 Add to cartPulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement-and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line.
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- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0374534993
- Language: English
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
$19.99 Add to cartThe author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created–William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct–a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one
- Author: Standiford, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062251457
- Language: English
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Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMost people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and plea… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Atkins, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199683972
- Language: English
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The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World’s Most Fascinating Flora
$21.99 Add to cart“A wild ride through the plant world.”–The American Gardener
An entertaining and enlightening compendium of the world’s most amazing and bizarre plants, revealing their secrets, history, and lore
What
- Author: Largo, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0062282751
- Language: English
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Not Impossible: Do What Can’t Be Done
$18.99 Add to cartDiscover the “road map to changing your life by changing the lives of others” (Jillian Michaels, New York Times bestselling author) with the eye-opening and inspirational story of how one person–a fi
- Author: Ebeling, Mick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 07, 2021
- ISBN10: 1982185538
- Language: English
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Linear Algebra for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cart- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Sterling, Mary Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0470430907
- Language: English
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon
$20.00 Add to cartA top cybersecurity journalist tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare–one in which a digital attack can… [more below]
- Author: Zetter, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0770436196
- Language: English
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Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth – Updated Edition
$19.95 Add to cartAustralopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites–such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form onl
- Series: Princeton Science Library #35
- Author: Knoll, Andrew H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 22 2015
- ISBN10: 069116553X
- Language: English
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Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World
$49.00 Add to cartAsk anyone to picture a bird or a fish and a series of clear images will immediately come to mind. Ask the same person to picture plankton and most would have a hard time conjuring anything beyond a v… [more below]
- Author: Sardet, Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 05 2015
- ISBN10: 022618871X
- Language: English
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Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAstrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin and evolution of life on Earth in order to illuminate a… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Catling, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199586454
- Language: English
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Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
$19.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2014 BRAIN PRIZE
From the acclaimed author of Reading in the Brain and How We Learn, a breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our br- Author: Dehaene, Stanislas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 30 2014
- ISBN10: 0143126261
- Language: English
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A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
$15.95 Add to cartAugustin Fresnel (1788-1827) shocked the scientific elite with his unique understanding of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a brilliant feat of engineering that made lighthouses blaze ma… [more below]
- Author: Levitt, Theresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0393350894
- Language: English
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Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours: A James Beard Award Winner
$250.00 Add to cartWinner of the James Beard Award for Best Beverage Book, Named “Best Drinks Book” by Wine & Spirits magazine, Faiveley International Wine Book of the Year, OIV Best Viticulture Book
“This 1,280-page bo
- Author: Robinson, Jancis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1280
- Publish Date: November 06 2012
- ISBN10: 0062206362
- Language: English
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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover Albert Einstein’s groundbreaking theories with “”Relativity: The Special and the General Theory.”” This influential work provides a comprehensive exploration of the principles that revolutio
- Author: Einstein, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: June 01 2017
- ISBN10: 8175994657
- Language: English
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Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age
$21.95 Add to cartThe definitive account of Tesla’s life and work
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, pate- Author: Carlson, W. Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: April 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0691165610
- Language: English
