Coast: Our Island Story

Hardcover | 320 pages | BBC Books | Science - Geography; Nature; Travel - Essays & Travelogues
978-1-84990-036-2 (1-84990-036-1)

November 23, 2010 | $48.50

Archives of the Universe

eBook | 720 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Science - Astronomy
978-0-307-51323-6 (0-307-51323-8)

November 17, 2010 | $26.95



An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe.

From Aristotle's proof that...

The Great Work

eBook | 256 pages | Three Rivers Press | History - Civilization; Science - Ecology
978-0-307-43419-7 (0-307-43419-2)

November 17, 2010 | $21.00



Thomas Berry is one of the most eminent cultural historians of our time. Here he presents the culmination of his ideas and urges us to move from being a disrupting force on the Earth to a benign presence. This transition is the Great Work -- the most necessary and most ennobling...

Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber

eBook | 256 pages | Three Rivers Press | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry - Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology
978-0-307-54252-6 (0-307-54252-1)

November 17, 2010 | $13.00



In Poe’s Heart and the Mountain Climber, neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author Richard Restak takes an in-depth look at the science of anxiety, offering a fresh perspective and a straightforward approach to exploring and understanding our anxiety before it paralyzes us. In clear, accessible language, Restak addresses such pivotal questions as:

• How...

Soul: God, Self and New Cosmology

eBook | 320 pages | Doubleday | Science - Cosmology
978-0-307-87463-4 (0-307-87463-X)

November 17, 2010 | $28.00



The Scientists and Theologians who play parts in Soul: God, Self and the New Cosmology:

•Stephen Hawking
•Matthew Fox
•Ilya Prigogine
•Paul Davies
•John Polkinghorne
•David Griffin
•John Rodwell
•David Schramm
•Rowan Williams
•Brian Swimme
•Alan Guth
•Steven Weinberg
•Frank Tipler
•Arnold Mandell
•Roger Penrose
•Danah Zohar
•Thomas Berry


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Whoosh Boom Splat

eBook | 160 pages | Three Rivers Press | Science - Applied Sciences
978-0-307-49876-2 (0-307-49876-X)

November 17, 2010 | $18.95



These are the homemade machines that you’ve dreamed of building, from the high-voltage Night Lighter 36 spud gun to the Jam Jar Jet, the Marshmallow Shooter, and the Yagua Blowgun. Including detailed diagrams and supply lists, Gurstelle’s simple, step-by-step instructions help workshop warriors at any skill level achieve impressively powerful results...

Sizing Up the Universe

Hardcover | 240 pages | National Geographic | Science - Astronomy; Science - Astrophysics & Space Science
978-1-4262-0651-1 (1-4262-0651-8)

November 16, 2010 | $40.00



Sizing Up the Universe reveals an ingenious new way to envision the outsize proportions of space, based on the work of Princeton University professors Richard Gott and Robert Vanderbei. Using scaled maps, object comparisons, and beautiful space photographs, it demonstrates the actual size of objects in the cosmos —from Buz Aldrin's...

Biocidal

Hardcover | 288 pages | Beacon Press | Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Medical - Toxicology; Science - Biochemistry
978-0-8070-0612-2 (0-8070-0612-2)

November 9, 2010 | $



The first full account of the scientific and political dynamics of global PCB contamination, and its threat to human health and the environment
 
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were first manufactured in 1920 for the electronics industry. This highly toxic group of substances was then put to widespread military and domestic use, and were...

Once Before Time

Hardcover | 320 pages | Knopf | Science - Physics; Science - Cosmology; Science - Relativity
978-0-307-27285-0 (0-307-27285-0)

November 9, 2010 | $33.00



In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old postdoc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a combination of Einstein’s theory of gravity and quantum mechanics—to create a simple model of the universe. Loop quantum cosmology, or LQC, was born, and with it, a theory that managed...

Once Before Time

eBook | 320 pages | Knopf | Science - Physics; Science - Cosmology; Science - Relativity
978-0-307-59425-9 (0-307-59425-4)

November 9, 2010 | $33.00



In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old postdoc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a combination of Einstein’s theory of gravity and quantum mechanics—to create a simple model of the universe. Loop quantum cosmology, or LQC, was born, and with it, a theory that managed...

Once Before Time

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Science - Physics
978-0-307-87589-1 (0-307-87589-X)

November 9, 2010 | $24.00



In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old postdoc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a combination of Einstein’s theory of gravity and quantum mechanics—to create a simple model of the universe. Loop quantum cosmology, or LQC, was born, and with it, a theory that managed...

Self Comes to Mind

Hardcover | 336 pages | Pantheon | Science - Human Physiology; Medical - Neuroscience
978-0-307-37875-0 (0-307-37875-6)

November 9, 2010 | $34.00



One of the most important and original neuroscientists at work today tackles a question that has confounded neurologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and psychologists for centuries: how consciousness is created.
 
Antonio Damasio has spent the past thirty years studying and writing about how the brain operates, and his work has garnered acclaim...

Dr. Joe's Brain Sparks

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Doubleday Canada | Science
978-0-385-66930-6 (0-385-66930-5)

November 2, 2010 | $22.95

Dr. Joe's Brain Sparks

eBook | 304 pages | Doubleday Canada | Science
978-0-385-66931-3 (0-385-66931-3)

November 2, 2010 | $22.95

The Master Switch

Hardcover | 336 pages | Knopf | Business & Economics - Business Communication; Science; Current Affairs
978-0-307-26993-5 (0-307-26993-0)

November 2, 2010 | $31.00



A secret history of the industrial wars behind the rise and fall of the twentieth century’s great information empires—Hollywood, the broadcast networks, and AT&T—asking one big question: Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information?

Most consider the Internet Age to be a moment of unprecedented freedom...