In 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know author Loanne Baker describes, in a sequence of 50 clear and concise essays, the discovery significance and functioning of the laws, principles and theories that govern the workings of our physical universe. New, very hard to find book. Our price $49.95.
Humankind enters the 21st century more aware than ever before of the interconnectedness of life on Earth. It's a philosophy that pervades many of the branches of modern science and technology and is reflected in the solutions scientiats now seek to everyday problems and log-term dilemmas. A Guide to Modern Science explores and evaluates their search. The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continuous flight from wonder. - Albert Einstein. New hardcover. 2002.
Of all the remarkable scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code both for its technical brilliance and for its implications for our future. A Life Decoded is the triumphant memoir from J. Craig Venter, one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in science today. Venter tells of his rise from uninspired student to a brilliant scientific mind who announced that he would decode the human genome years earlier and more chaeply than the government sponsored Human Genome project - a prediction he fulfilled in 2001. New softcover. 2007.
A respected marine biology expert and artist traces the evolutionary path of sea life from the first microbes to the finless and jawless life forms that evolved into modern sharks, whales, penguins, seals, and humans. Writing for general readers with an interest in science, Ellis explains how some animals, having emerged from the sea and adapted to life on land, returned to the sea and again adapted to aquatic existence. Ellis depicts some of these fascinating creatures<-->such as the , a prehistoric shark with spiral saw teeth<-->in his detailed black and white illustrations. He explains that the source of our conception of many of these animals comes from a mixture of fossil records and conjecture. Suggested price $22.50. Our price $3.95. Save 82%.
During the late 1960s, while M. G. Lord was becoming a teenager in Southern California and her mother was dying of cancer, Lord’s father disappeared into his work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, building the space probes of the Mariner Mars 69 mission. Remembering her pain at her father’s absence, Lord revisits her past, remembering her own youthful, eccentric fascination with science and space exploration, as a way of understanding the ethos of rocket science. Astro Turf is the brilliant result of her journey of discovery. Suggested price $18.00. Our price $5.95. Save 67%.
1979 used paperback in very good condition. Page ends tanned, crease on bottom of cover. For book description search "ISBN 0345288238" on any internet web search engine.
