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Physics of the Impossible
Physics of the Impossible
Written by Michio Kaku
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307278821
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Physics of the Impossible
A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
Written by Michio Kaku


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $15.95

Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships—the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku takes an informed, serious, and often surprising look at what... Read more >
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The Talent Code
The Talent Code
Written by Daniel Coyle
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553806847
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The Talent Code
Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
Written by Daniel Coyle


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $25.00

What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople—and everyone else—with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.

Whether you’re coaching soccer or teaching a child to play... Read more >
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The Drunkard's Walk
The Drunkard's Walk
Written by Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307275172
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The Drunkard's Walk
How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Written by Leonard Mlodinow


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.00

With the born storyteller's command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls are less reliable than we believe.

By showing us the true nature... Read more >
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The Female Brain
The Female Brain
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767920100
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The Female Brain

Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $14.95

Why are women more verbal than men? Why do women remember details of fights that men can’t remember at all? Why do women tend to form deeper bonds with their female friends than men do with their male counterparts? These and other questions have stumped both sexes throughout the ages.

Now... Read more >
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A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780553380163
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A Brief History of Time
The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition
Written by Stephen Hawking


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1998
Price: $18.00

A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, was a landmark volume in science writing and in world-wide acclaim and popularity, with more than 9 million copies in print globally. The original edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe... Read more >
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Hyperspace
Hyperspace
Written by Michio Kaku
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385477055
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Hyperspace
A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens ion
Written by Michio Kaku


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1995
Price: $16.00

The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for. Read more >
Your Inner Fish
Your Inner Fish
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307277459
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Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $13.95

Details on a Major New Discovery included in a New Afterword

Why do we look the way we do? Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. By examining fossils and DNA, he... Read more >
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Antarctica 2041
Antarctica 2041
Written by Robert Swan and Gil Reavill
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780767931755
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Antarctica 2041
My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness
Written by Robert Swan and Gil Reavill


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $24.99

Adventurer turned environmentalist Robert Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041the year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for reviewand the many steps that can be taken to avoid environmental calamity.

In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was not high in his... Read more >
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The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780385479561
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The Hot Zone
A Terrifying True Story
Written by Richard Preston


Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: July 20, 1995
Price: $7.99

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this... Read more >
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Demon-Haunted World
Demon-Haunted World
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345409461
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Demon-Haunted World

Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan


Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: February 25, 1997
Price: $17.00

"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 informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing."

*The... Read more >
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