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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Jim Holt · Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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2012 New York Times Top 10 Book of the YearSlate.com 2012 Staff Pick In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times. Whether framed philosophically as “Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?”... |
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Dolphin Mysteries: Unlocking the Secrets of Communication
Kathleen M. Dudzinski · Yale University Press; First Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Dolphins have fascinated humans for millennia, giving rise to an abundance of stories and myths about them, yet the actual details of their lives in the sea have remained elusive. In this enthralling book, Kathleen M. Dudzinski and Toni Frohoff take us into the dolphins aquatic world to witness... |
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Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles
George G. Szpiro · Dutton Adult; 1ST edition
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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With a reclusive and eccentric hero, dramatic turns, and a million-dollar payoff, Poincaré’s Prize is the stuff of great fiction. Amazingly, the story unveiled in it is true. In the world of math, the Poincaré Conjecture was a holy grail. Decade after decade the theorem... |
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Wonders Beyond Numbers: A Brief History of All Things Mathematical
Johnny Ball · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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In this book, Johnny Ball tells one of the most important stories in world history - the story of mathematics. By introducing us to the major characters and leading us through many historical twists and turns, Johnny slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built up a knowledge and understanding... |
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Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
PAUL EHRLICH · Stanford University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral... |
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Violent Earth
Robert Dinwiddie · DK ADULT
Format: Hardcover
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A spectacular reference book for the entire family, Violent Earth is an authoritative, stimulating, and visually arresting exploration of the dramatic forces that are constantly shaping our planet often without warning and with devastating results. Using powerful photography, specially... |
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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
Marlene Zuk · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today. We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football -- or did we? Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern... |
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Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project
Spencer Wells · National Geographic
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Science tells us we're all related—one vast family sharing a common ancestor who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago. But countless questions remain about our great journey from the birthplace of Homo sapiens to the ends of the Earth. How did we end up where we are? When did we get there?... |
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In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
Ian Stewart · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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In In Pursuit of the Unknown, celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart uses a handful of mathematical equations to explore the vitally important connections between math and human progress. We often overlook the historical link between mathematics and technological advances, says Stewart—but... |
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Catching Breath: The Making and Unmaking of Tuberculosis
KATHRYN LOUGHEED · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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With more than a million victims every year--more than any other disease, including malaria--and antibiotic resistance now found in every country worldwide, tuberculosis is once again proving itself to be one of the smartest killers that humanity has ever faced. But it's hardly surprising... |
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Vagina: A New Biography
Naomi Wolf · Ecco; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of our bestselling and most respected cultural critics, Naomi Wolf, acclaimed author of The Beauty Myth and The End of America, brings us an astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vagina—and, consequently, how we understand... |
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All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room
Erma Bombeck · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 207
Format: Book
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Identifying the likenesses between animals in the wild and human beings, another humorous reflection of the ridiculous side of life pokes fun at nutrition, talk shows, childbirth, and more. 500,000 first printing. $300,000 ad/promo. |
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