Science & Technology
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Unrooted: Botany, Motherhood, and the Fight to Save an Old Science
$28.99 Read more“Evolutionary botanist Zimmerman discusses her passion for plants and inveighs against sexism in the sciences in her marvelous debut memoir…Throughout, Zimmerman’s enthusiasm and expertise make the … [more below]
- Author: Zimmerman, Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1685890709
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of Nasa’s Visionary Leader George M. Low
$29.95 Add to cartFrom the late 1950s to 1976, the U.S. human spaceflight program advanced as it did largely due to the extraordinary efforts of Austrian immigrant George M. Low. Described as the “ultimate engineer” du
- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight
- Author: Jurek, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 149622941X
- Language: English
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The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth
$16.99 Read moreAt once joyful and profoundly shocking, this is the story of birth, straight from the delivery room.
Strongest supporter, best friend, expert, cheerleader, and chief photographer . . .
Before, duri- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1789464579
- Language: English
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Galileo: And the Science Deniers
$18.00 Add to cartAn “intriguing and accessible” (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history’s greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and… [more below]
- Author: Livio, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1501194747
- Language: English
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Breached!: Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It
$31.99 Add to cartA novel account of how the law contributes to the insecurity of our data and a bold way to rethink it.
Digital connections permeate our lives-and so do data breaches. Given that we must be online for … [more below]- Author: Solove, Daniel J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0190940557
- Language: English
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The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy’s Vanishing Explorers
$25.99 Add to cartThe story of the people who see beyond the stars–an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky
Embark on a captivating cosmic journey with The Last Stargazers. This enthralling book t
- Author: Levesque, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1492681075
- Language: English
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Privacy and Freedom
$24.95 Read more“He was the most important scholar of privacy since Louis Brandeis.”–Jeffrey Rosen
In defining privacy as “the claim of individuals…to determine for themselves when, how and to what extent informati
- Author: Westin, Alan F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1935439979
- Language: English
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Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist Who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell
$21.99 Add to cartIn the 1930s, while the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression sent most of America into the doldrums, a lively intellectual and artistic community formed in the West, revolving around three legendary fri
- Author: Tamm, Eric Enno
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 28 2005
- ISBN10: 1560256893
- Language: English
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Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption
$12.99 Read moreThe gripping and untold story of how Global Witness have uncovered a worldwide network of highly organized criminality, kleptocracy and corruption and exposed the people behind it.
Arms trafficking,- Author: Alley, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1913183505
- Language: English
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Journey Through Genius: Great Theorems of Mathematics
$40.00 Add to cartPraise for William Dunham s Journey Through Genius The GreatTheorems of Mathematics “Dunham deftly guides the reader throughthe verbal and logical intricacies of major mathematical questionsand proofs… [more below]
- Series: Wiley Science Editions
- Author: Dunham, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 16 1991
- ISBN10: 0471500305
- Language: English
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Carl Sagan: A Life
$30.95 Add to cartA penetrating, mesmerizing biography of a scientific icon
“Absolutely fascinating . . . Davidson has done a remarkable job.”-Sir Arthur C. Clarke
“Engaging . . . accessible, carefully documented . . . s
- Author: Davidson, Keay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 580
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0471395366
- Language: English
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Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics
$27.99 Add to cartHe studied with Niels Bohr, taught Richard Feynman, and boned up on relativity with his friend and colleague Albert Einstein. John Archibald Wheeler’s fascinating life brings us face to face with the
- Author: Wheeler, John Archibald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0393319911
- Language: English
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The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic
$23.99 Add to cartWorlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut
In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenect- Author: Strand, Ginger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536538
- Language: English
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100 Science Discoveries That Changed the World
$29.95 Read moreArranged in chronological order from the early Greek mathematicians, Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, 100 Science Discoveries That Changed the World charts the great b
- Author: Salter, Colin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 12, 2021
- ISBN10: 1911663542
- Language: English
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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
$17.99 Add to cartThe science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughs
What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world — those creative geniuses- Author: Schilling, Melissa A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1541724534
- Language: English
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It’s Been a Good Life
$28.99 Add to cartNew one-volume autobiography spans Asimov’s life for the first time!As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov became legendary for his inexhaustible creativ… [more below]
- Author: Asimov, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: March 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1573929689
- Language: English
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Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World
$26.23 Add to cartA critically acclaimed nature writer explores the citizen scientist movement through the lens of entomological field research in the American Southwest.
Award-winning nature writer Sharman Apt Russel- Author: Russell, Sharman Apt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1504083008
- Language: English
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William A. Richards Diaries of a Frontier Surveyor: in Nebraska and Wyoming
$26.95 Add to cartThese unique diaries give a vivid, you-are-there view of what surveyors went through during the westward expansion. Richards, who eventually becomes governor of Wyoming and commissioner of the U.S. Ge
- Author: McCreery, Lucia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: July 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988101604
- Language: English
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The Calculus of Friendship: What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life While Corresponding about Math
$22.95 Add to cartThe Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty years of letters between them. What makes their relations
- Author: Strogatz, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0691150389
- Language: English
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Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist
$20.99 Add to cartA fascinating slice of true-crime history that unfolds in 1695, when law enforcement was unheard of and modern money was little more than a concept
When renowned scientist Isaac Newton took up the po
- Author: Levenson, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0547336047
- Language: English
