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...
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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...
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eBook.
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...
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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...
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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 2041—
the year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for review—
and 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...
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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...
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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...
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