Essays & Commentary Books


Phage And the Origins of Molecular Biology, The Centennial EditionPhage And the Origins of Molecular Biology, The Centennial Edition
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This hugely influential book, published in 1966 as a 60th birthday tribute to Max Delbr?ck, is...
The Pari Dialogues, Volume I: Essays in Science, Religion, Society and the Arts (Pari Dialogues)The Pari Dialogues, Volume I: Essays in Science, Religion, Society and the Arts (Pari Dialogues)
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Topics include the role of belief in the lives of scientists, and the connections and proper...
De Maquinas y Seres VivosDe Maquinas y Seres Vivos
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The book presents a "new" (1974) concept called Autopoiesis (auto=self;...
The Merely Personal: Observations on Science and ScientistsThe Merely Personal: Observations on Science and Scientists
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This book is a collection of essays written in the style of the New Yorker magazine. Personal...
Adventures in the Wild: Tales from Biologists of the Natural StateAdventures in the Wild: Tales from Biologists of the Natural State
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The true tales in this collection will take readers from the chicken houses of Arkansas to the...


The Best American Science Writing 2001 (Best American Science Writing)The Best American Science Writing 2001 (Best American Science Writing)
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Even though astronomer Timothy Ferris edited this collection of 2001 science articles, the...
The Fermi SolutionThe Fermi Solution
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Professor von Baeyer deserves credit for more than just making physics understandable(a physics...
Darwin's Audubon: Science And The Liberal ImaginationDarwin's Audubon: Science And The Liberal Imagination
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Don't get me wrong. I'm sure if I was a doctor, biologist, or chemist of sorts, I might have...
Inside Story: DNA to RNA to ProteinInside Story: DNA to RNA to Protein
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A collection of reprinted articles from the review journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences...
The Best of Technology Writing 2008The Best of Technology Writing 2008
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The Best of Technology Writing 2008 proves that technology writing is a bona fide literary...


Science Literacy for the Twenty-First CenturyScience Literacy for the Twenty-First Century
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"SCIENCE LITERACY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY deals with a topic of great importance to...
The Origins of the Future: Ten Questions for the Next Ten YearsThe Origins of the Future: Ten Questions for the Next Ten Years
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Reading John Gribbin's book it is obvious the man is a genius. However one probably has to be a...
Boxed Set Of Pleasure Of Finding Things Out & Meaning Of It AllBoxed Set Of Pleasure Of Finding Things Out & Meaning Of It All
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This is a great book to read on airplanes, or at leisure. Each short work is fascinating, and I...
Reflections on Life: Science, Religion, Truth, Ethics, Success, SocietyReflections on Life: Science, Religion, Truth, Ethics, Success, Society
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Power (Darwin College Lectures)Power (Darwin College Lectures)
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From the secrets of the universe to the healing powers of music, this book draws on the passions...

Controversies in Science & Technology Volume 2: From Climate to ChromosomesControversies in Science & Technology Volume 2: From Climate to Chromosomes
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This NEW volume of the Controversies in Science and Technology series explores five of the most...
It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern ScienceIt Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science
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This is very much a mixed bag. There are many interesting anecdotes and lots of biographical...
The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told!The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told!
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I found this to be a fun read, and not a very difficult one for somebody who is not a science...
We Can Sleep Later : Alfred D. Hershey and the Origins of Molecular BiologyWe Can Sleep Later : Alfred D. Hershey and the Origins of Molecular Biology
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An absorbing portrait of the pioneering molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that...
Uncommon Sense: Understanding Nature's Truths Across Time And CultureUncommon Sense: Understanding Nature's Truths Across Time And Culture
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Disputes over religion and science, such as the divide between teaching "intelligent...

A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and SocietyA Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society
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With the release of "Genes, Girls, and Gamow", this earlier book has suddenly been...
Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of  The Heavens (Hellenistic Culture and Society)Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of The Heavens (Hellenistic Culture and Society)
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At some time around 200 A.D., the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of...
More Self than Self: At Autism's EdgeMore Self than Self: At Autism's Edge
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Author Henry Kong?s More Self than Self: At Autism?s Edge will take you on a captivating...
Evolutionary Theory and Victorian Culture (Control of Nature)Evolutionary Theory and Victorian Culture (Control of Nature)
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I recently completed this book as part of science/politics course. The reason that I gave it...
We Can Build You: Transplantation, Stem Cells, and the Future of Our Bodies: First in a series of articles on the 21st Century biomedical revolutionWe Can Build You: Transplantation, Stem Cells, and the Future of Our Bodies: First in a series of articles on the 21st Century biomedical revolution
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In WE CAN BUILD YOU, varying angles of biological issues (and tissues) were brought forth with...

Physics and Probability: Essays in Honor of Edwin T. JaynesPhysics and Probability: Essays in Honor of Edwin T. Jaynes
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The pioneering work of Edwin T. Jaynes in the field of statistical physics, quantum optics, and...
Science without Laws: Model Systems, Cases, Exemplary Narratives (Science and Cultural Theory)Science without Laws: Model Systems, Cases, Exemplary Narratives (Science and Cultural Theory)
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Physicists regularly invoke universal laws, such as those of motion and electromagnetism, to...
Great Waters: An Atlantic PassageGreat Waters: An Atlantic Passage
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In "Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage" Deborah Cramer not only takes the reader along...
Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
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This collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science defends integrative pluralism as...
Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists (Candid Science)Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists (Candid Science)
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During his six-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief of The Chemical Intelligencer, István...

Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology (Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology)Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology (Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology)
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This book addresses a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology to...
Entropy and the Magic FluteEntropy and the Magic Flute
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Harold Morowitz has long been regarded highly both as an eminent scientist and as an...
The Science of Extraterrestrials: UFOs Explained at Last.The Science of Extraterrestrials: UFOs Explained at Last.
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In The Science of Extraterrestrials, Eric Julien attempts to apply the latest findings in...
The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the UniverseThe Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe
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For 37 years now Mr Reymo is walking the same one-mile path between his house in North Easton,...
The Great Betrayal: Fraud in ScienceThe Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science
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Judson has done an excellent job in exposing intellectual fraud in general ,as well as...

Nanovision: Engineering the FutureNanovision: Engineering the Future
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The dawning era of nanotechnology promises to transform life as we know it. Visionary scientists...
The Internet: Brave New World? (Debating Matters)The Internet: Brave New World? (Debating Matters)
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How much is the Internet changing the world? In this text, contrasting approaches to this...
La Tabla Rasa, el Buen Salvaje y el Fantasma en la MaquinaLa Tabla Rasa, el Buen Salvaje y el Fantasma en la Maquina
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Esta publicaci?n NO es la traducci?n del libro del mismo t?tulo. Es, m?s bien, la transcripci?n...
From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. ChandrasekharFrom White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar
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From White Dwarfs to Black Holes chronicles the extraordinarily productive scientific career of...
New Methuselahs: Can We Cheat Death Long Enough to Live Forever?: One in a series of articles on the 21st Century biomedical revolutionNew Methuselahs: Can We Cheat Death Long Enough to Live Forever?: One in a series of articles on the 21st Century biomedical revolution
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This thought provoking piece is more of summary than a direct dive into data about anti-aging...

The Way of All Flesh: The Romance of RuinsThe Way of All Flesh: The Romance of Ruins
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My only semi-negative comment about this book is that if you're a person who expects/requires an...
The Genie in the Bottle: 64 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday LifeThe Genie in the Bottle: 64 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life
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This book contains more than five dozen articles each describing some chemical substance, how it...
Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural AdversariesFacing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries
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One probably cannot but be impressed by the honors received by the author, and they appear well...
El Leviathan y La Bomba de VacioEl Leviathan y La Bomba de Vacio
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Walking the Shores of Cape CodWalking the Shores of Cape Cod
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One of the pleasures I savor in reading a good book is to think about friends who might also...

Imagination and Rigor: Essays on Eduardo R. Caianiello's Scientific HeritageImagination and Rigor: Essays on Eduardo R. Caianiello's Scientific Heritage
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The aim of this volume of scientific essays is twofold. On the one hand, by remembering the...
Presos de La Tecnologia: Por Que Los Productos Tecnologicos Nos Vuelven Locos y Como Podemos Recuperar La CorduraPresos de La Tecnologia: Por Que Los Productos Tecnologicos Nos Vuelven Locos y Como Podemos Recuperar La Cordura
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Historia: Empiricism and Erudition in Early Modern Europe (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)Historia: Empiricism and Erudition in Early Modern Europe (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
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The early modern genre of historia connected the study of nature and the study of culture from...
Albert Einstein - Chief Engineer of the Universe: One Hundred Authors for EinsteinAlbert Einstein - Chief Engineer of the Universe: One Hundred Authors for Einstein
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In 1905, Albert Einstein published five scientific articles that fundamentally changed the...
Candid Science: Conversations with Famous ChemistsCandid Science: Conversations with Famous Chemists
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In this book, 36 famous chemists, including 18 Nobel laureates, tell about their lives in...

Intuicion Y Razon / Intuition and ReasoningIntuicion Y Razon / Intuition and Reasoning
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What's Past is Prologue: The Personal Stories of Women in Science at the Vanderbilt University School of MedicineWhat's Past is Prologue: The Personal Stories of Women in Science at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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In this era of our hunger for all things "reality", this book truly stands out as an...
Colonization Of Mucosal SurfacesColonization Of Mucosal Surfaces
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Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. Covers the complex ecosystems which are the...
El nuevo humanismo: Y las fronteras de la cienciaEl nuevo humanismo: Y las fronteras de la ciencia
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Some of the top scientists of today—the geographer Jared Diamond, the linguist Steven...
Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming (Science and Cultural Theory)Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming (Science and Cultural Theory)
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In The Mangle of Practice (1995), the renowned sociologist of science Andrew Pickering argued...

Penetrating the Tungsten Barrier: A Survival Guide for Female Scientists and EngineersPenetrating the Tungsten Barrier: A Survival Guide for Female Scientists and Engineers
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I thourouly enjoyed reading "Penetrating the Tungsten Barrier". The writing is...
    
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