Category - Science
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The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account of humanity’s high-stakes rac...
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys (50th Anniversary Edition)
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moonThe years that have passed since Neil A...
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Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
PaperbackOriginal price $21.00Original price $21.00 - Original price $21.00Original price $21.00Current price $19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /The definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, and of director Stanley Kubr...
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Scientists Who Changed History
HardcoverOriginal price $25.00Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and boldly g...
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To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest
HardcoverOriginal price $24.50Original price $24.50 - Original price $24.50Original price $24.50Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a qui...
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When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /“Although When Death Becomes Life is about courage and innovation and dedication, it is foremost a book about hope…. This monumental and enthrall...
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The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Learn about the Big Bang theory, astrophysics and gravity in The Physics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky ...
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Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." —David Mitchell, The...
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /From one of the world’s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth’s final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans a...
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The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug
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Editing Humanity: The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /One of the world's leading experts on genetics unravels one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science and medicine. If our genes are,...
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Galileo: And the Science Deniers
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /An “intriguing and accessible” (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history’s greatest and most fascinating ...
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The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /An NPR Best Book of the Year An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians. Ja...
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Tales from the Ant World
PaperbackOriginal price $17.95 - Original price $17.95Original price $17.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /“In Mr. Wilson ants have found not only their Darwin but also their Homer.” —Economist In Tales from the Ant World, two-time Pulitzer Prize winne...
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To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest
PaperbackOriginal price $22.99Original price $22.99 - Original price $22.99Original price $22.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /“A rare gift: an inspiring tale about trees, trauma and the very purpose of life.” —Andrew Nikiforuk, author of Empire of the Beetle Diana Bere...
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The Sediments Of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Meave Leakey’s thrilling, high-stakes memoir—written with her daughter Samira—encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines o...
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The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Named a Best Book of 2020 by The Telegraph, The Times, and BBC History Magazine An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achieve...
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The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The story of the people who see beyond the stars—an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky. Humans from the earliest civiliz...
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Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /An acclaimed journalist seeks to understand the mysterious allure of peacocks—and in the process discovers unexpected and valuable life lessons. ...
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Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Post A revolutionary new account of our universe...
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Tesla: Wizard at War: The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /In this insightful and revelatory new book, the author of the highly acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller Wizard: The Life and Times...
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The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Finalist for the 2022 Edgar AwardWinner of the 2021 Quinn AwardAn innovative biography of Edgar A...
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Shackleton
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Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /From the world’s foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an...
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