Jupiter Books

• Biology
  Top Science
   
  

  Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo

  Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own popularizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's ...  > read more
• Computer Science
  Distributed Computing
  Technology
  Computer Modeling
  Hacking
  Communications
   
  

  iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

  The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time.Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into ...  > read more
• Construction
  Statistics
  Physics
  Quantum Physics
  Social Issues
  Computer Modeling
   
  

  Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference

  This long awaited successor of the original Cook/Campbell Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings represents updates in the field over the last two decades. The book ...  > read more
• Staying Healthy
  Rodents
  Early Humans
  Extinction
  Mammals
  Behavioral Science
   
  

  A Buffalo in the House: The True Story About a Man, an Animal, and the American West

  Marley and Me meets All Creatures Great and Small, as an ailing but lovable orphan buffalo joins a Santa Fe household.A sprawling suburban house in Santa Fe is not the kind of home where a buffalo ...  > read more
• Sustainability
  World Development
  Monkeys
  Language Acquisition
  Nature
  Environmental Policies
   
  

  State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future (State of the World)

  "Top-ranked annual books on sustainable development."—GlobeScan survey of sustainability expertsIn State of the World 2007, the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team focuses on the ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Geography
  Apes
  Microbes and More
  Coral Reefs
   
  

  The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.)

  A book chronicling one of the worst human disasters in recorded history really has no business being entertaining. But John Kelly's The Great Mortality is a page-turner despite its grim subject ...  > read more
• Big Bang
  Cosmology
  Astrophysics
  Albert Einstein
  Physics
  Quantum Physics
   
  

  Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.)

  A baffling array of science books claim to reveal how the mysteries of the universe have been discovered, but Simon Singh's Big Bang actually delivers on that promise. General readers will find it to ...  > read more
• Space Telescopes
  Space Exploration
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Space Policy
  Astronomy
  Nebulae
   
  

  Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and How to Find Them

  A superb guidebook described in Bookwatch as 'the home astronomer's "bible"', Turn Left at Orion provides all the information beginning amateur astronomers need to observe the Moon, the planets and a ...  > read more
• Child Development
  Language Acquisition
  Social Psychology
  Sustainability
  Racial Disparity
  Relationships
   
  

  Mind in Society: Development of Higher Psychological Processes

  The great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But somewhat ironically, his theory of development has never been well understood in ...  > read more
• Trees
  Forest
  Cats
  Nature
  Geography
  Early Humans
   
  

  The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed

  A tale of obsession so fierce that a man kills the thing he loves most: the only giant golden spruce on earth. "Absolutely spellbinding."—William Grimes, New York TimesAs vividly as Jon ...  > read more

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