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It Ain't Necessarily So : The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions
Richard C. Lewontin
Paperback - $24.95
It Ain't Necessarily So combines sharp criticism of scientific claims with lucid expositions of the state of current scientific knowledge. Among the subjects discussed are heredity, natural selection, and genetic determinism.
Living with the Genie : Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery
Alan Lightman
Paperback - $54.95
"A group of remarkably penetrating, frank, and expert scientists, techno-wizards, activists, and writers raise provocative questions about what is gained and what is lost in a world enthralled by technology in this wonderfully soulful forum on life i ...
The Best American Science Writing
Alan Lightman
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Today's most prominent thinkers provide enlightening insight into some of themost important and cutting-edge topics in the field in this acclaimed series.320 pp.
Dazzle Gradually : Reflections on the Nature of Nature
Lynn Margulis
Paperback - $39.95
The sometimes-dry topics of evolution and ecology come alive in this new collection of essaysmany never before anthologized. Learn how technology may be a sort of second nature, how the systemic human fungus Candida albicans can lead to cravings for ...
Mind, Life, and Universe : Conversations with Great Scientists of Our Time
Lynn Margulis
Paperback - $35.95
Nearly 40 of the world's most esteemed scientists discuss the big questions that drive their illustrious careers. Frank and often irreverent, the men and women assembled here reveal a hidden world of intellectual interests, verve, and humor.
The Universe and Its Life
Alfred A. Maske
Paperback - $29.95
Did the Universe originate with the Big Bang? Did the ancient civilizations have visitors from outer space? These and other fascinating questions are explained in this exhaustive work that connects various spheres of knowledge from physics to religio ...
Entropy and the Magic Flute
Harold J. Morowitz
Hardcover - $117.95
Harold Morowitz has long been regarded highly both as an eminent scientist and as an accomplished science writer. The essays in The Wine of Life, his first collection, were hailed by C.P. Snow as "some of the wisest, wittiest and best informed that I ...
Entropy and the Magic Flute
Harold J. Morowitz
Paperback - $65.95
An appealing mix of brief reflections on everything from litmus paper to the hippopotamus--from the acclaimed author of Mayonnaise and the Origin of Life. Here are over 40 light, graceful essays in which one of our wisest experimental biologists comm ...
Cross-Pollinations : The Marriage of Science and Poetry
Gary Paul Nabhan
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A pioneering ethnobotanist, Gary Paul Nabhan credits the arts with sparking unlikely scientific breakthroughs and believes that such "cross-pollination" engenders new forms of expression that are essential to discovery. In this highly readable book, ...