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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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| 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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| 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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| Defects and Defect Processes in Nonmetallic Solids
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W. Hayes & A.M. Stoneham.
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| Publisher: Dover. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780486434834. Daedalus Item Code: 04187 |
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| Acclaimed by Nature as "an ideal text," this extensive survey for engineers and engineering students provides coverage of defects in nonmetals, emphasizing point defects and point-defect ... (Read More)
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| Doodle Yourself Smart… Physics: Over 100 Doodles and Problems to Solve
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Sonya Newland.
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| Publisher: Thunder Bay Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781607104391. Daedalus Item Code: 29574 |
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| You don't have to be an artist or a genius to find your inner Einstein with this visual trivia and quiz book, presented like an engineer's notebook. Improve your grasp of basic physics and also ... (Read More)
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| The End of Illness
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David B. Agus, M.D.
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| Publisher: Free Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781451610192. Daedalus Item Code: 29679 |
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| Can we live robustly until our last breath? Do we have to suffer from debilitating conditions and sickness? Is it possible to add more vibrant years to our lives? David Agus tackles these fundamental ... (Read More)
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| An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment
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Patricia Fara.
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| Publisher: Icon. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781840464597. Daedalus Item Code: 73700 |
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| "The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was fascinated by scientific experiments," writes Patricia Fara in the Introduction to this tale of the strange birth of electrical science, and its emergence from a ... (Read More)
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| Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
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Thor Hanson.
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| Publisher: Basic Books. Format: as is, hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780465020133. Daedalus Item Code: 30252 |
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| Feathers are an evolutionary marvel—aerodynamic, insulating, and beautiful—that first appeared more than 100 million years ago. But what are feathers, exactly? How did they evolve? And what do they ... (Read More)
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