Conflict Books

• Virology
  Viruses
  Herpes
  HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  Microbes and More
   
  

  The Demon in the Freezer

  On December 9, 1979, smallpox, the most deadly human virus, ceased to exist in nature. After eradication, it was confined to freezers located in just two places on earth: the Center for Disease ...  > read more
• Space Probes
  Space Station
  Satellites
  Space Exploration
  Space Policy
  NASA
   
  

  Sputnik: The Shock of the Century

  On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly ...  > read more
• Environmental Issues
  Mining
  Construction
  Sustainability
  Nature
  Environmental Policies
   
  

  Collapse

  Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the ...  > read more
• Wildfires
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Invasive Species
  Forest
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Young Men and Fire

  On August 5, 1949, lightning came crashing down in the vast spruce forest above Seeley Lake, Montana, and touched off a roaring blaze. As every Westerner knows, lightning means fire, but the fire ...  > read more
• Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policies
  Earth Science
  Sustainability
  Ocean Policy
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future (10th Edition)

  As the field of environmental science continues to evolve, this highly readable guide presents a full spectrum of views and information to help readers evaluate issues and make informed decisions. ...  > read more
• Geochemistry
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Astrophysics
  Thermodynamics
  Biochemistry
   
  

  Chemistry For Changing Times (11th Edition)

  This popular book is a useful and interesting read for the layperson, as it is colorful, conversational in tone, and easily understandable. Knowledge of chemistry leads to better understanding about ...  > read more
• Geography
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Human Evolution
  Consumer Behavior
  Nature
   
  

  Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography

  By offering access to the latest ideas, concepts, and theories in human geography – accompanied by a strong foundation in the fundamentals – this handbook builds knowledge about places ...  > read more
• Apes
  Acoustics
  Consumer Behavior
  Astronomy
  Teen Health
  Funding Policy
   
  

  The Great Gatsby

  In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately ...  > read more
• Physics
  Earth Science
  Nuclear Energy
  Engineering
  Biology
  World Development
   
  

  How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary

  Why do golf balls have dimples? How does an iPod turn binary digits into Bon Jovi? How do microwave ovens cook? How does a pitcher make a curveball curve and a knuckleball jitter?Why don't you ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
   
  

  Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)

  It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama, of moments less public but no less dramatic in the ...  > read more

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