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Jeff's View : On Science and Scientists
Gottfried Schatz
Hardcover - $38.95
Jeff??'s Views provide witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into the life of a modern scientist. From starting off to letting go, Gottfried (???Jeff???) Schatz leads us through the trials and triumphs of scientific life. With his tongue fir ...
The Fly in the Ointment : 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life
Joe Schwarcz
Paperback - $26.95
This entertaining examination of everyday science from the fanciful to the factual covers topics ranging from pesticides and environmental estrogens to lipsticks and garlic.
I'm Working on That : A Trek from Science Fiction to Science Fact
William Shatner
Paperback - $23.95
Cultural icon and original Star Trek captain Shatner crisscrosses the U.S.--from MIT to Cal Tech--in search of the countless scientists and inventors who make fictional science real.
Science Friction : Where the Known Meets the Unknown
Michael Shermer
Paperback - $27.95
In each of these 14 essays, the author, a psychologist and science historian, explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown.
The Science of Good and Evil : Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
Michael Shermer
Paperback - $27.95
Psychologist and science historian Shermer explores how humans evolved from social primates to moral primates, how and why morality motivates the human animal, and how the foundation of moral principles can be built upon empirical evidence.
New Conceptions in Science : With a Foreword on the Relations of Science and Progress
Carl Snyder
Hardcover - $75.95
New Conceptions in Science : With a Foreword on the Relations of Science and Progress
Carl Snyder
Paperback - $53.95
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional ...
The Best American Science Writing 2004
Dava Sobel
Paperback - $23.95
From the bestselling author of "Longitude" and "Galileo's Daughter" comes thefifth in an annual series dedicated to collecting the best science writing ofthe year from the most prominent thinkers on current topics in science today.288 pp.
Three Essays on Haeckel and Karma
Rudolf Steiner
Paperback - $42.95
Contains three essays written by Rudolf Steiner entitled The Working of Karma; Haeckel and His Opponents (1900); and Haeckel, "The Riddle of the Universe" and Theosophy, which was originally delivered as a lecture.