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From Where Comes the Universe?: A Layman's Guide to the Physics of Empty Space
Dennis Morris
Format: Paperback
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This book is a non-mathematical description of our present understanding of the nature of empty space and time. It is written to be easily understood by the intelligent lay person.After centuries with only little advance in our understanding of the physics of empty space, there have been... |
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Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scientific Truth
Jim Baggott - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed science author Jim Baggot, a pointed critique of modern theoretical physics. In this stunning new volume, Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics: super-symmetric particles,super strings,... |
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Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles
Dan Ariely - Harper Perennial
Format: Print book
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Three-time New York Timesbestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendaryThe New Yorkercartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journaladvice column, Ask Ariely.Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized the way we think... |
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Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals
Christopher J. Preston - ?The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons about how to share a planet.The news about wildlife is dire - more than 900 species have been wiped off the planet since industrialization. Against this bleak backdrop, however, there are also... |
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End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
Peter Turchin - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for America's civil strife and its possible endgames. Peter Turchin, one of the most interesting social scientists of our age, has infused the study... |
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On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the giant 1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog comes an equally smart, delightful, and startling exploration of how we perceive and discover our world. Alexandra Horowitzs brilliant On Looking Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinaryto... |
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Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
Charles Seife - Viking Adult; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author of Zero shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-and shapes-our daily lives. According to MSNBC, having a child makes you stupid. You actually lose IQ points. Good Morning America has announced that natural blondes will be extinct within two hundred years.... |
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