Category - Science
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A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /"A thrilling synthesis from a brilliant scientist who discovered one of the most important chapters in our history." —Sean B. Carroll Big History...
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Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /“A fascinating perspective on the age-old idea of Survival of the Fittest.” —LitReactorPopulation Wars is a paradigm-shifting look at why humans ...
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Oil Palm: A Global History
PaperbackOriginal price $32.95 - Original price $32.95Original price $32.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /Oil palms are ubiquitous—grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role ...
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Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /In a journey across four continents, acclaimed science writer Steve Olson traces the origins of modern humans and the migrations of our ancestors...
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Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science
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 radical retelling… Poskett deftly blends the achievements of little-known figures into the wider history of science… The book brims with clari...
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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a ...
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A Little History of Science
PaperbackOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price $15.00$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Science is fantastic. It tells us about ...
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
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 New York Times bestseller: A provocative, imaginative exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge“Dazzling.” – Steven Pinker, The Gua...
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The Chemical History of a Candle
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /The Chemical History of a Candle is an enlightening and engaging exploration of the science behind the humble candle. Written by the renowned scien...
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The Shortest History of Our Universe: The Unlikely Journey from the Big Bang to Us
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A complete history of the universe, spanning 13.8 billion years in an ultra-accessible, uncommonly illuminating, exhilarating chronicle of key even...
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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as ...
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The Environment in World History
PaperbackOriginal price $46.95 - Original price $46.95Original price $46.95$63.99$63.99 - $63.99Current price $63.99| /Covering the last five hundred years of global history, The Environment in World History examines the processes that have transformed the Earth a...
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Catastrophic Diplomacy: Us Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /Catastrophic Diplomacy offers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign r...
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Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century
HardcoverOriginal price $99.00 - Original price $99.00Original price $99.00$122.99$122.99 - $122.99Current price $122.99| /Catastrophic Diplomacy offers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign r...
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Chaos in the Heavens: The Forgotten History of Climate Change
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /POLITICIANS AND SCIENTISTS HAVE DEBATED CLIMATE CHANGE FOR CENTURIES IN TIMES OF RAPID CHANGENothing could seem more contemporary than climate ch...
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
PaperbackOriginal price $27.00Original price $27.00 - Original price $27.00Original price $27.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Notes From Your Bookseller A gifted historian with an eye for the unexpected connection, Peter Frankopan’s new work is a wholly unique and provoc...
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Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia
PaperbackOriginal price $27.50 - Original price $27.50Original price $27.50$40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /A forceful reckoning with the relationship between energy and power through the history of what was once East Asia's largest coal mine. The coal-m...
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
HardcoverOriginal price $37.50Original price $37.50 - Original price $37.50Original price $37.50Current price $30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.New York Times BestsellerA Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gate...
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development--and demis...
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Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The epic story of the planet's oldest trees and the making of the modern world Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared...
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Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained
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 superbly illustrated guide to 64 maps from all around the world! From examples of medieval Mappa Mundi and the first atlas to Google Earth and ...
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Red: A History of the Redhead
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Red is a brilliantly told, captivating history of red hair throughout the ages. A book that breaks new ground, dispels myths, and reinforces the ...
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Sapiens: De animales a dioses: Una breve historia de la humanidad (Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind)
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /El libro de no ficción del AÑOUn best seller internacional con más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos.Lúcido e iluminador: la historia de la hum...
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Energy and Civilization: A History
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel...
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