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10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A Guide to the Scientific Wilderness

10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet): A Guide to the Scientific Wilderness


Michael Hanlon



Review "Hanlon is a witty writer who takes esoteric science and makes it both intelligible and entertaining."--New Scientis...
The Best of Technology Writing 2007

The Best of Technology Writing 2007


Steven Levy



The Best of Technology Writing 2007...
Cogent science in context: the science wars, argumentation theory, and Habermas

Cogent science in context: the science wars, argumentation theory, and Habermas


William Rehg



Review "Rehg brilliantly summarizes the major debates in philosophy of science over the nature of discover...
The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)

The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)


Kim Sterelny



Review "...the frequent use of examples is one of the strengths of the book..." Marlene Zuk, Quarterly Review of Biolog...
Our Universe

Our Universe


Stern S.A.



From Publishers Weekly Stern, an astrophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., presents a fascina...
Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology

Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology


Sober E.



About the Author Timothy Besley is Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science and Director of STIC...
What makes biology unique

What makes biology unique


Mayr E.



Review "His mind is still remarkably sharp." Science "In this first book of the second century of his long career, the ...
Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence

Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence


Stephen J. Ceci



Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence...
Positioning the History of Science (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 248)

Positioning the History of Science (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 248)


Jürgen Renn, Kostas Gavroglu



Positioning the History of Science (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 248)...
Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience

Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience


Richard L. Knight, Susanne Riedel



Review ... this attractive book is wonderfully put together. It would serve either as a helpful introduction to those wh...
On Understanding Science: An Historical Approach (The Terry Lectures Series)

On Understanding Science: An Historical Approach (The Terry Lectures Series)


James Bryant Conant



On Understanding Science: An Historical Approach (The Terry Lectures Series)...
Quantum Leaps

Quantum Leaps


Jeremy Bernstein



From Publishers Weekly Bernstein, a former New Yorker staff writer and prolific popular-science author (Plutonium), embar...
The Vocation Lectures: Science As a Vocation, Politics As a Vocation

The Vocation Lectures: Science As a Vocation, Politics As a Vocation


Max Weber, Rodney Livingstone, David S. Owen, Tracy B. Strong



Review "...this is a highly readable tranlation of Weber's two most famous essays, and provides a good exposition of thei...
Science Research Writing: A Guide for Non-Native Speakers of English

Science Research Writing: A Guide for Non-Native Speakers of English




Review I managed to dramatically improve my writing skills. The best thing is that it is not generic but filled with conc...
RiverTime: Ecotravel on the World's Rivers

RiverTime: Ecotravel on the World's Rivers


Mary A. Hood



From Visually, audibly, even olfactorily, rivers are magnets for the senses and for the soul. In this profound and pensi...
What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything

What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything


John Brockman



From Publishers Weekly In this wide-ranging assortment of 150 brief essays, well-known figures from every conceivable fie...
The Intelligence of Flowers

The Intelligence of Flowers


Maurice Maeterlinck



From the Back Cover "The republication of Maurice Maeterlinck's `The Intelligence of Flowers,' regrettably forgotten in o...
Cosmic Adventure: Other Secrets Beyond the Night Sky

Cosmic Adventure: Other Secrets Beyond the Night Sky


Bob Berman



Review "Berman uses the sky as his classroom to convey thelimits of current cosmological knowledge.And he does it with su...
The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life

The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life


Joe Schwarcz



About the Author Dr. Joe Schwarcz is the director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society. He is the author...
The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2001 (The Best American Series)

The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2001 (The Best American Series)


Edward O. Wilson



About the Author Edward O. Wilson is the author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, On Human Nature and The Ants, as wel...
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries


Neil Degrasse Tyson



From Publishers Weekly What would it feel like if your spaceship were to venture too close to the black hole lurking at t...
Critical Race Theory: An Introduction

Critical Race Theory: An Introduction


Jean Stefancic, Richard Delgado



Review "Prolific contributors to the field, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic here combine their understandings in a marve...
Dr. Joe & What You Didn't Know: 99 Fascinating Questions About the Chemistry of Everyday Life

Dr. Joe & What You Didn't Know: 99 Fascinating Questions About the Chemistry of Everyday Life


Joe Schwarcz



Review "A book with an incredibly high 'Did you know that...?' quotient...Completely captivating..." -- Daphne Dykeman, N...
The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2000

The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2000


David Quammen, Burkhard Bilger



About the Author David Quammen, a former Rhodes scholar, has written the highly acclaimed SONG OF THE DODO (1997: Simon &...