Category - Science
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On Life: Cells, Genes, and the Evolution of Complexity
HardcoverOriginal price $32.99 - Original price $32.99Original price $32.99$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /Franklin M. Harold's On Life reveals what science can tell us about the living world.All creatures, from bacteria and redwoods to garden snails a...
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Failure: Why Science Is So Successful
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /The general public has a glorified view of the pursuit of scientific research. However, the idealized perception of science as a rule-based, meth...
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The Principles of Quantum Mechanics / Edition 4
HardcoverOriginal price $49.99Original price $49.99 - Original price $49.99Original price $49.99Current price $43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /"The standard work in the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, indispensable both to the advanced student and to the mature research work...
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The Machines of Evolution and the Scope of Meaning
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A groundbreaking account of the origin and place of meaning in the earthly biosphereWhat is meaning? How does it arise? Where is it found in the ...
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Understanding Forensic DNA
HardcoverOriginal price $49.99Original price $49.99 - Original price $49.99Original price $49.99Current price $43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /Forensic DNA analysis plays a central role in the judicial system. A DNA sample can change the course of an investigation with immense consequenc...
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Big Pacific: Passionate, Voracious, Mysterious, Violent
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of Earth’s surface—more than all of the planet’s landmasses combined. It contains half of the world’s water, h...
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UFOs and Water: Physical Effects of UFOs on Water Through Accounts by Eyewitnesses
HardcoverOriginal price $34.99 - Original price $34.99Original price $34.99$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /UFOs have approximately 75% of this planet in which to operate undetected. Adding another piece to the puzzle From dissimilar puzzle pieces suppl...
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Whose Egg Is That?
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /A nonfiction guessing game that explores the connections between an animal, its eggs, and its habitat.Written by a mammalogist at the Smithsonian...
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Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusi...
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Storm Watchers: The Turbulent History of Weather Prediction from Franklin's Kite to El Niño
HardcoverOriginal price $38.00Original price $38.00 - Original price $38.00Original price $38.00Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /A lively, inspiring account of the pioneers who sought toaccurately predict the weather Benjamin Franklin . . . James P. Espy . . . Cleveland Ab...
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Virus: An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /An essential illustrated guide to the 101 most fascinating virusesThis stunningly illustrated book provides a rare window into the amazing, varie...
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The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization
HardcoverOriginal price $31.99Original price $31.99 - Original price $31.99Original price $31.99Current price $30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /The great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, "I know of no familiar substance forming part of our every-day knowledge and experience, ...
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Earth-Shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in Our Universe
HardcoverOriginal price $38.00Original price $38.00 - Original price $38.00Original price $38.00Current price $37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between The...
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The Future Chesapeake: Shaping the Future
HardcoverOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /The Chesapeake Bay is the nation’s largest estuary. After slow deterioration for several centuries, the Chesapeake Bay Program was launched in 19...
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The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
HardcoverOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /An Outside Magazine 2021 Science book pick One of Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of 2021 A taboo-busting romp through the shame, stink, and ...
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Tsunami: The World's Greatest Waves
HardcoverOriginal price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /Every year that passes without a tsunami means that we're just that much closer to our next one. What can we do to ensure we're prepared when the...
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If the World Were 100 Animals: A Visual Guide to Earth's Amazing Creatures
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Help your child understand the creatures that share our world and how we can protect them with these big ideas expressed through bite-size chunks...
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Breath Taking: The Power, Fragility, and Future of Our Extraordinary Lungs
HardcoverOriginal price $26.00Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00Original price $26.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /From an expert in pulmonary medicine, the story of our extraordinary lungs, the organ that both explains our origins and holds the keys to our fu...
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The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein: The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922-1923
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Albert Einstein’s travel diary to the Far East and Middle EastIn the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, along with his then-wife, Elsa Einstein, emba...
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Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 • A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 • A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022 “Keen observer [and] de...
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Quantum Reality: The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics - a Game of Theories
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely mad. Although the theory quite obviously works, it le...
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In Search of Perfumes: A Lifetime Journey to the Source of Nature's Scents
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /"[An] immersive debut... with detailed accounts of his trips and vivid descriptions of the scents ... [Roques'] rich travelogue will transport re...
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The Atom: A Visual Tour
HardcoverOriginal price $39.95Original price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /An accessible and engaging guide to the atom, the smallest, most fundamental constituent of matter.Until now, popular science has relegated the a...
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The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /The full inside story of the high-stakes, global race for the lifesaving vaccine to end the pandemic Heroic science. Chaotic politics. Billionair...
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