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Biology: Concepts & Connections with Student CD-ROM (5th Edition)
Biology: Concepts and Connections invites readers into the world of biology with a new revision of this best-selling text. It is known for scientific accuracy and currency; a modular presentation ... > read more -
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
I don't know if people will ever be able to talk to animals the way Doctor Doolittle could, or whether animals will be able to talk back. Maybe science will have something to say about that. But I do ... > read more -
Chemistry for Dummies
We’re all natural born chemists. Every time we cook, clean, take a shower, drive a car, use a solvent, such as fingernail polish remover, or perform any of the countless everyday activities ... > read more -
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
With the singular intelligence and exuberance that made Woman an international sensation, Natalie Angier takes us on a “guided twirligig through the scientific canon.” She draws on ... > read more -
The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God
You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant ... > read more -
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850
"Climate change is the ignored player on the historical stage," writes archeologist Brian Fagan. But it shouldn't be, not if we know what's good for us. We can't judge what future climate change will ... > read more -
All Creatures Great and Small
Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants-- four-legged and otherwise-- with the world's best-loved animal doctor.For over 25 years-- since ... > read more -
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for ... > read more -
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple ... > read more -
Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
All the best stuff about some of the worst stuff on earth. From the liquids, solids, and gases - especially the gases! - of the human body to the creepy, crawly, fetid, and foul phenomena of the ... > read more
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