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| About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
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Adam Frank.
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| Publisher: Free Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781439169599. Daedalus Item Code: 23757 |
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| The Big Bang is all but dead, says astrophysicist Adam Frank; our universe's "beginning" is at an end, though we do not yet know what will replace it. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? ... (Read More)
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| The Achievement of Galileo
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James Brophy & Henry Paolucci, eds.
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| Publisher: Bagehot Council. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780918680952. Daedalus Item Code: 31142 |
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| Deemed by Albert Einstein to be "the father of modern science," Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and his accomplishments are portrayed in this collection of writings and documents by and about the great ... (Read More)
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| Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
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Michael Erard.
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| Publisher: Free Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781451628258. Daedalus Item Code: 31740 |
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| What do an Italian cardinal, a Connecticut blacksmith, and a German diplomat have in common with an MIT linguist, a Hungarian translator, and a Scottish church organist? They all were, or are, hugely ... (Read More)
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| The Big Idea: How Breakthroughs of the Past Shape the Future
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Timothy Ferris, foreword.
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| Publisher: National Geographic. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781426208102. Daedalus Item Code: 30599 |
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| From the Pythagorean theorem to the double helix of DNA, from the discovery of microscopic life forms to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the big ideas of science and technology shape our ... (Read More)
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| Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
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Susannah Cahalan.
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| Publisher: Free Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781451621372. Daedalus Item Code: 29415 |
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| (First Edition, Signed Bookplate) One day in 2009, journalist Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A ... (Read More)
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| Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age
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Michael J. Gelb & Kelly Howell. Tony Buzan, foreword.
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| Publisher: New World Library. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781608680733. Daedalus Item Code: 38755 |
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| Though the fear of mental deterioration is one of the great apprehensions of aging, over the past 30 years neuroscientists have discovered that the structure of the brain allows it to actually ... (Read More)
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| The Carnivorous Dinosaurs
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Kenneth Carpenter, ed.
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| Publisher: Indiana. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780253345394. Daedalus Item Code: 31941 |
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| The meat-eating dinosaurs, or Theropoda, include some of the fiercest predators that ever lived, and they have long fascinated scientists and laypeople alike. This book presents 17 papers by ... (Read More)
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| The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
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Greg Pahl.
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| Publisher: Chelsea Green. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781933392127. Daedalus Item Code: 00652 |
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| In the wake of weather and seismic disasters and crude oil prices soaring to all-time highs, more people than ever accept global warming as a reality, and reckon that the peak of the petrochemical ... (Read More)
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| The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition
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Claire Brock.
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| Publisher: Icon. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781840467208. Daedalus Item Code: 22073 |
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| Drawing on original sources—including diaries and letters—Claire Brock tells the story of Britain's first professional scientist, Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), who escaped domestic servitude in ... (Read More)
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| Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science
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John D. Barrow.
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| Publisher: Norton. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780393337990. Daedalus Item Code: 21114 |
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| We live in a visual age—one of iconic and persuasive images—and certain key pictures embody our understanding of life and the universe we inhabit, posits science writer John Barrow. In this book of ... (Read More)
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| Creation: Life and How to Make It
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Steve Grand.
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| Publisher: Phoenix. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780753812778. Daedalus Item Code: 81111 |
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| Humankind has within its grasp the power to synthesize true artificial life, according to the managing director of Britain's Cyberlife Research Ltd., Steve Grand. A leading exponent of artificial ... (Read More)
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