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Miss Leavitt's Stars, by George Johnson
In: Science Books
By: Mike Perricone
An unsung heroine of astronomy finally receives well-deserved credit for her tireless work and momentous results. more...
Way of the Whitetail, Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III
In: Science Books
By: Brenda Layman
Leonard Lee Rue III's book, "Way of the Whitetail," (Voyageur Press, 2000) is an amazing source of information about North American Deer. more...
Lone Questioners of the Universe
In: Science Books
By: Mike Perricone
Before "industrialized" science, scientists worked on their own to pose questions to the universe, and they persisted until the universe gave them an answer. more...
"Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming"
In: Science Books
By: Sara E. Lewis
Anthony D. Barnosky explains that climate change is changing nature fundamentally and that we are headed toward an extinction phase that will include our species. more...
Einstein's Errors Were in a Class by Themselves
In: Science Books
By: Mike Perricone
Physics professor and author Hans Ohanian says Einstein's work was fraught with errors in the details, but his thinking was still decades ahead of all his contemporaries. more...
The Game Artist's Guide to Maya – Book Review
In: Computer Books
By: Nicolas McGregor
Learn how to model, texture, rig and animate game art in Autodesk Maya with Michael McKinley's excellent guide to 3D modeling. more...
In Search of the Multiverse – John Gribbin
In: Science Books
By: Martin P Wilson
John Gribbin provides a masterful and readable explanation of thinking on multiple universes or dimensions. The Multiverse is a key to current cosmological science. more...
Quantum Theory, A Very Short Introduction
In: Science Books
By: Linda Gentile
Quantum theory is one of the more esoteric sciences, still not fully understood. This Very Short Introduction provides background, history and theory to quantum physics. more...
A Slow Death by NHK-TV "Tokaimura Accident" Crew
In: Science/Tech Books (general)
By: Philip McIntosh
In 1999, two workers created an unshielded nuclear reactor in Tokaimura Japan. A TV news crew chronicled the treatment and inevitable death of one of them. more...
Book Details Northwest Regional Natural History
In: Science/Tech Books (general)
By: Linda McDonnell
Author Stephen Whitney offers a comprehensive look at the land from Southeastern Alaska to Northern California, through Oregon and Washington to Western Montana. more...
Review of $20 Per Gallon By Christopher Steiner
In: Science Books
By: Molly Markey
Christopher Steiner suggests that much more expensive petroleum products, especially gasoline, will aid the growth of public transit and healthy urban neighborhoods. more...
In: Science Books
By: Martha R. Gore
The SharpBrain Guide to Brain Fitness provides insights into the brain training revolution as well as emerging discoveries and trends in the science of brain function. more...
In: Science Books
By: Martha R. Gore
Eating the Sun by author Oliver Morton explains how, where there is greenery, photosynthesis is working to make oxygen, release energy and create living matter. more...
In: Science Books
By: Martha R. Gore
Fixing Climate takes an unconventional approach to the problem of global warming and offers a possible solution. It provides a glimmer of hope for the future. more...
