Virtual Environment Books

• Geology
  Earth Science
  Origin of Life
  Healthy Aging
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Zoology
   
  

  Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

  "Do you feel lucky? Well do ya?" asked Dirty Harry. Paleontologist Peter Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee think all of us should feel lucky. Their rare Earth hypothesis predicts that while simple, ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Nebulae
  Communications
   
  

  Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe

  In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur ...  > read more
• World Development
  Communications
  Monkeys
  Internet
  Mathematics
  Mathematical Modeling
   
  

  Multivariable Calculus (Stewart's Calculus Series)

  Success in your calculus course starts here! James Stewart's CALCULUS texts are world-wide best-sellers for a reason: they are clear, accurate, and filled with relevant, real-world examples. With ...  > read more
• Veterinary Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
  Health Policy
  Asthma
  Caregiving
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Professional Guide to Diseases (Professional Guide Series)

  Professional Guide to Diseases, Eighth Edition is the newest edition of the health care professional's guide to disease management and patient care. This complete yet concise reference covers over ...  > read more
• Acoustics
  Perception
  Popular Culture
  Nature
  Language Acquisition
  Intelligence
   
  

  This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

  In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Global Warming
  Dinosaurs
  Early Climate
  Fossils
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities: The Causes of Mass Extinctions

  This is a book about the dramatic periods in the Earth's history called mass extinctions - short periods (by geological standards) when life nearly died out on Earth. The most famous is the mass ...  > read more
• Personalized Medicine
  Genetics
  Human Biology
  Genes
  Human Evolution
  Biology
   
  

  Human Molecular Genetics, Third Edition

  Following the completion of the Human Genome Project the content and organization of the third edition of Human Molecular Genetics has been thoroughly revised.* Part One (Chapters 1-7) covers basic ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Lost Treasures
  New Species
  Fossils
  Earth Science
  Ice Ages
   
  

  The First American: The Suppressed Story of the People Who Discovered the New World

  Forty years ago, an amateur prehistorian discovered an engraved mastodon bone near Mexico City, showing a virtual bestiary from the Ice Age. Harvard University took notice and excavated nearby ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Physics
  Astronomy
  Quantum Physics
  Albert Einstein
  Nuclear Energy
   
  

  The Physics of Astrophysics Volume II: Gas Dynamics

  Presented in two volumes, The Physics of Astrophysics is ideally suited for a year-long astrophysics course for university seniors and first-year graduate students. This second volume deals with the ...  > read more
• Psychiatry
  Eating Disorders
  Eating Disorder Research
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Children's Health
  Insomnia
   
  

  Introduction to Communication Disorders: A Life Span Perspective (3rd Edition)

  Introduction to Communication Disorders: A Life Span Perspective, Third Edition,is a comprehensive overview of the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, written in an appealing and ...  > read more

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