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Creatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea's Monsters and the World They Live In
Erich Hoyt · Firefly Books; Second Edition, Updated and Expanded edition
Format: Hardcover
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Praise for the first edition More than a picture book ... Hoyts elegant writing provides both the historical background for deep-sea exploration and an ecological perspective on life in the oceans depths. -- American Scientist A magnificent bestiary ... and a reminder of how little... |
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Algebra I Workbook For Dummies
Mary Jane Sterling · For Dummies
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
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The grade-saving Algebra I companion, with hundreds of additional practice problems online Algebra I Workbook For Dummies is your solution to the Algebra brain-block. With hundreds of practice and example problems mapped to the typical high school Algebra class, you'll crack the code in no time!... |
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Peterson Field Guide to Finding Mammals in North America
Vladimir Dinets · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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Peterson The best-selling field guides of all time To see a fog shrew, should you go to Muir Woods National Monument? If you're planning to visit Yellowstone National Park, what animals can you expect to see? When should a photographer visit to get a shot of a gray fox? A mammal... |
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Beyond Test Scores: A Better Way to Measure School Quality
Jack Schneider · Harvard University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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When it comes to sizing up America's public schools, test scores are the go-to metric of state policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the "best" schools. Yet ample research indicates that standardized tests are a poor way to measure a school's... |
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A Magical World: Superstition and Science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
DEREK K WILSON · Pegasus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A rich and multi-faceted history of heroes and villains interwoven with the profound changes in human knowledge that took place between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.Spanning some of the most vibrant and fascinating eras in European history, Cambridge historian Derek Wilson reveals... |
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Drugs Unlimited: The Web Revolution That's Changing How the World Gets High
Mike Power · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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The very first thing ever bought or sold on the Internet was marijuana, when Stanford and MIT students used ARPANET to cut a deal in the early ’70s. Today, you can order any conceivable pill or powder with the click of a mouse. In Drugs Unlimited, Mike Power tells the tale of drugs... |
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Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds?
Hilary Rose · Polity
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation. With its promise to cure... |
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Snakemaster: Wildlife Adventures with the World’s Most Dangerous Reptiles
Austin Stevens · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Known as the original "Snakemaster" from his various television shows, Austin Stevens is one of the most famous herpetologists in the world. From his show Austin Stevens: Snakemaster on Animal Planet to his many appearances in the media, Stevens is known as an incredibly smart,... |
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DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution
James D Watson · Knopf
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
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The definitive insider's history of the genetic revolution--significantly updated to reflect the discoveries of the last decade. James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts the greatest scientific journey of our time, from... |
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Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Redefining Contemporary Art
Arthur I Miller · W W Norton
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover
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A dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. In recent decades, an exciting new art movement has emerged in which artists utilize and illuminate the latest advances in science. Some of their provocative creations -- a live rabbit implanted with the fluorescent gene... |
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How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
Benedict Carey · Random House
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today - and how we can apply it to our own lives. From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness,... |
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Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Mike Massimino · Crown Archetype
Pages: 313
Format: Print book
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Click Here For the Autographed Copy
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket that s about to go from zero to 17, 500 miles per hour? Or to look back on the earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night?... |
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The Stress Gene : The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle
Daniel P Keating · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Why are we the way we are? Why do some of us find it impossible to calm a hair-trigger temper or to shake chronic anxiety? The debate has always been divided between nature and nurture, but as psychology professor Daniel Keating demonstrates in Born Anxious, new science points to a third... |
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