W. W. Norton & Company, September 2015. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and.....
Vintage, January 2009. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the "fish with hands," tells a "compelling scientific adventure story that will change forever how you understand what it means to be human" (Oliver Sacks). By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us.....
Heinemann, January 1980. Trade Paperback. A very good copy with no dust jacket.
Chartwell Books, August 2010. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. From the award-winning Web site visited by more than 2.5 million people every month comes the hardcover reference guide How Stuff Works. This book is a definitive guide to the inner workings of everyday items.....
W.W. Norton & Co., April 2009. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In ?Bonk, ?the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can.....
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2011. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule, Mary Roach takes.....
W.W. Norton & Co., April 2009. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. In ?Bonk, ?the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas.....
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2013. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in.....
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2022. Trade Paperback. A new copy. "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in.....
Oxford University Press, August 1996. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. Chaotic dynamics (known popularly as chaos theory or, more simply, chaos) is among the most fascinating new fields in modern science, revolutionizing our understanding of order and pattern in nature. Symmetry, a traditional and highly developed area of mathematics.....
Knopf, October 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still.....
Knopf, October 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still.....
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. Decades of research document plants' impressive abilities: they communicate with each other, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is that although plants may not have brains, their internal workings reveal a system not unlike.....
Ballantine Books, March 1997. Trade Paperback. A new copy. "A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought." ; *Los Angeles Times "POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of.....
W. W. Norton & Company, February 2018. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that "can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist" (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic.....
Macmillan Pub Ltd, 2003. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Walker & Company, October 1995. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout.....
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap.....
National Geographic, September 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. This enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible and fun than Neil.....
Scientific American Books, Inc., 1983. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Yellowing discoloration along the jacket spine.
N/A, May 1985. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
W H Freeman & Co, 1988. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Scientific American Books - W. H. Freeman & Co., June 1983. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Scientific American Library, 1984. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Scientific American Books - W. H. Freeman & Co., 1984. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.