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• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
  Biology
  Top Technology
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  Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe, Fourth Edition

  For one-semester Introduction to Astronomy courses.The authors incorporate three themes in the briefer of their two textbooks; process of science (how we know what we know), the size and scale of the ...  > read more
• Computer Modeling
  Genes
  Mathematical Modeling
  Weather
  Human Biology
  Biochemistry
   
  

  Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

  Probablistic models are becoming increasingly important in analyzing the huge amount of data being produced by large-scale DNA-sequencing efforts such as the Human Genome Project. For example, ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Bioethics
  Government Regulation
  Nature
  Cosmology
  Archaeology
   
  

  History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History

  Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so ...  > read more
• Space Policy
  Human Biology
  Anthropology
  Space Exploration
  Aviation
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Stiff

  An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Nature
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th Edition)

  To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challenges–and to evaluate solutions to related problems–the average citizen needs a basic awareness of the ...  > read more
• Albert Einstein
  Mathematics
  Mathematical Modeling
  Physics
  Statistics
  Economics
   
  

  Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law

  When does physics depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble theology? Peter Woit argues that string theory isn't just going in the wrong direction, it's not even science. Not Even ...  > read more
• Brain Injury
  Brain Tumor
  Intelligence
  Psychology Research
  Neuroscience
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves

  Is it really possible to change the structure and function of the brain, and in so doing alter how we think and feel? The answer is a resounding yes. In late 2004, leading Western scientists joined ...  > read more
• Solar System
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
  Computer Modeling
   
  

  In Quest of the Universe

  Thoroughly updated and revised, In Quest of the Universe, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive, one-semester introductory level astronomy text available. The authors' clear, concise writing ...  > read more
• Caving
  Archaeology
  Extreme Survival
  Ancient Civilizations
  Nature
  Anthropology
   
  

  The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art

  The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers. Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers ...  > read more
• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Physics
  Quantum Physics
  Earth Science
  Astrophysics
   
  

  Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story : Book 1 (Sharing Nature With Children Book)

  In this first of a trilogy, the Universe tells its own life story of chaos and creativity, science and struggle. Time after time the Universe nearly perishes, then bravely triumphs and turns itself ...  > read more

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