Life Sciences
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The Science of Weed: An Indispensable Guide to Cannabis
$39.95 Add to cartA witty, engaging, in-depth, and evidence-based look at how cannabis affects our brains.
Pot, weed, ganja, chronic: whatever you call it, cannabis can profoundly affect the human body and brain. In The
- Author: Pearlson, Godfrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1421449951
- Language: English
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Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We Know
$29.95 Add to cartHow scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontology
Our understanding of dinosaur behavior has long been hampered by the inevitable lack of evidence from animals that- Author: Hone, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 069121591X
- Language: English
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Thinking Like a Wolf: Lessons from the Yellowstone Packs
$27.95 Add to cartBook Five in the Award-Winning “Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone” series
“Rick’s writing is so vivid, so powerful, that I feel I have been right there with him among the wolves of Yellowstone.”–Jane Gooda- Series: The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone
- Author: McIntyre, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1778401252
- Language: English
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Have a Good Trip: Exploring the Magic Mushroom Experience
$28.99 Add to cartFrom a much-loved expert and popular science writer comes this straight-from-the-trenches report on how and why folks from all walks of life are using magic mushrooms to enhance their lives.
Interest- Author: Bone, Eugenia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1250885655
- Language: English
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The Extended Selfish Gene
$41.99 Read moreThe Selfish Gene is a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. In it Professor Dawkins articulates a gene’s eye view of evolution – a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of informati… [more below]
- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198788789
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of the Mind: How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind.
Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? Wh- Author: Sigman, Mariano
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0316549622
- Language: English
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How Insects Work: An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of Form and Function – From Antennae to Wings
$18.95 Read moreHow Insects Work goes beyond the typical field guide to show us not only what insects look like but why. Arguably the most successful land animals–still going strong after five mass extinctions–inse… [more below]
- Series: How Nature Works
- Author: Taylor, Marianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1615196498
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
$17.95 Read moreA leading scientist describes his life, his gender transition, his scientific work, and his advocacy for gender equality in science.
Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Barres, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0262539543
- Language: English
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Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World
$27.00 Add to cartFew issues have revealed deeper divisions in our society than the debate between creationism and evolution, between religion and science. Yet from the fray, Reverend Michael Dowd has emerged as a reco… [more below]
- Author: Dowd, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0452295343
- Language: English
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National Geographic the Photo Ark Vanishing: The World’s Most Vulnerable Animals
$40.00 Read moreCelebrated National Geographic photojournalist Joel Sartore continues his Photo Ark quest, photographing species around the world that are escaping extinction thanks to human efforts.
Joel Sartore’s q- Series: The Photo Ark
- Author: Sartore, Joel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1426220596
- Language: English
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Genomics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartGenomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism’s complete genetic makeup has changed the way science … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Archibald, John M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0198786204
- Language: English
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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
$8.95 Add to cartMy heart always sinks within me when I hear the good housewife, of every class, say, ‘I assure you the bed has been well slept in, ‘ and I can only hope it is not true. What? Is the bed already satura
- Series: Dover Books on Biology
- Author: Nightingale, Florence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 1969
- ISBN10: 048622340X
- Language: English
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Genesis and the Big Bang Theory: The Discovery of Harmony Between Modern Science and the Bible
$17.00 Read moreA ground-breaking book that takes on skeptics from both sides of the cosmological debate, arguing that science and the Bible are not at odds concerning the origin of the universe.
The culmination of a- Author: Schroeder, Gerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0553354132
- Language: English
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Sustainability: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$18.95 Add to cartWhile politicians, entrepreneurs, and even school children could tell you that sustainability is an important and nearly universal value, many of them, and many of us, may struggle to define the term,… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Thompson, Paul B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0190883235
- Language: English
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
$19.00 Add to cartIf the conscious mind–the part you consider to be you–is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates- Author: Eagleman, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0307389928
- Language: English
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Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales
$17.95 Read moreJohn Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly style, he explores the unive
- Series: Princeton Science Library #142
- Author: Bonner, John Tyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0691254400
- Language: English
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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
$19.99 Read moreAs seen on PBS’s American Spring Live, one of America’s great nature-writers explores the magic and science of feathers
Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They d- Author: Hanson, Thor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0465028780
- Language: English
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Northern California Animal Tracks
$10.95 Add to cartConcise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying aspects. A perfect guide for teac… [more below]
- Series: Animal Tracks
- Author: Sheldon, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1774510332
- Language: English
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Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates
$50.00 Read moreWild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates tells the story of the long-distance migrations that elk, mule deer, moose, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, bison, and mountain goats make each spring and fall … [more below]
- Author: Kauffman, Matthew J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 19 2018
- ISBN10: 0870719432
- Language: English
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The Nation of Plants
$17.99 Read moreIn this playful yet informative manifesto, a leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants–and by extension, humans–rests.
Even if they behave as th- Author: Mancuso, Stefano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1635421926
- Language: English
