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Dinosaurs Without Bones: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by their Trace Fossils
Anthony J. Martin · Pegasus Books
Pages: 460
Format: Hardcover
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CSI meets Jurassic Park in a fascinating, revelatory look at dinosaurs and their world through the million-year-old clues they left behind What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a165-million year history... |
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The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
Craig Nelson · Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Men and the award-winning biographer of Thomas Paine comes the first complete history of the Atomic Age, a brilliant, magisterial account of the men and women who uncovered the secrets of the nucleus, brought its power to America, and ignited... |
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How to Live in Space: Everything You Need to Know for the Not-So-Distant Future
Colin Stuart · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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An amusing and informative illustrated guide to life beyond our own planet that covers everything from training for and living in space to the future of space travel and tourism
Now that suborbital space tourism is predicted to become a billion-dollar industry in the next ten years... |
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The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson · Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award Finalist. How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, Why? In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most... |
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The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
Elizabeth Tasker · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty years ago, the search for planets--and life--outside the solar system was a job restricted to science fiction writers. It is now one of the most rapidly growing fields in astronomy, with thousands of these "exoplanets" discovered so far. The detection of these worlds... |
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Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies
Mark Zegarelli · For Dummies
Pages: 312
Format: Print book
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Master the fundamentals first for a smoother ride through math Basic Math & Pre-Algebra Workbook For Dummies is your ticket to finally getting a handle on math! Designed to help you strengthen your weak spots and pinpoint problem areas, this book provides hundreds of practice problems... |
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The Secret History of Kindness: Learning from How Dogs Learn
Melissa Holbrook Pierson · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate, surprising look at man's best friend and what the leading philosophies of dog training teach us about ourselves.Years back, Melissa Holbrook Pierson brought home a border collie named Mercy, without a clue of how to get her to behave. Stunned after hiring a trainer whose... |
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American Alligator: Ancient Predator in the Modern World
Kelby Ouchley · University Press of Florida
Format: Print book
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“From prehistoric relatives to post-endangered status, Ouchley provides a comprehensive review of the alligator, an iconic southern creature.”—Michael K. Steinberg, author of Stalking the Ghost Bird “The conservation of the American alligator is one of history’s... |
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Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies
Sara Lewis · Princeton University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us, fireflies remain shrouded in mystery: How do fireflies make their light? What are they saying with their flashing? And what do fireflies look for in a mate? In Silent Sparks, noted biologist and firefly... |
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Idiot's Guides: Algebra I
Carolyn Wheater · Alpha
Format: Print book
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Starting with the very basics and reinforcing concepts with practice and tips along the way, Idiot's Guides: Algebra I makes a complex subject easier to grasp and helps students and adult learners clear the hurdle that can stand between them and their academic goals. Special sidebars... |
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Seeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs
MARK LYNAS · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s--working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement--he would descend on trial sites of genetically modified crops at night and hack them to pieces. Two decades later, most people around the world--from... |
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A Piece of the Sun: The Quest for Fusion Energy
Daniel Clery · Overlook Hardcover
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Publishers WeeklyFor the past 60 years, the development of controlled atomic fusion has been the holy grail for physicists and alternative-energy advocates. Clery, a theoretical physicist and European news editor of Science magazine, introduces readers to the problems inherent in this quest... |
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