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How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies Best Price: $4.67 Daniel H Wilson has a very unique style of writing. His first two books How To Survive a Robot... | Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions Best Price: $4.49 Fantastic book. Great for Grand Kids. Kids always have questions and now they have answers! Who... | There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings Best Price: $5.54 This is by far the best beginners book on electronics that I have ever read. The book uses... | What Einstein Told His Barber: More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions Best Price: $5.98 As would be expected from the title of the book, What Einstein Told His Barber will not saddle... | Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe (Uncle John Presents) Best Price: $4.58 This is an excellant book to use either as a reference for school or to read for fun (or both).... |
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The Science of Supervillains Best Price: $4.91 I am a student of science and a big fan of sci-fi and comic book superheroes. This book is the... | The Odd Brain: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Brains Explained Best Price: $1.27 Do kleptomaniacs have a legitimate excuse to steal? Can excessive TV watching physically... | Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask Best Price: $0.97 I bought this book for my 14 year old nephew. The content looked interesting and entertaining. | Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman Part physicist, part prankster, part musician, part teacher, part genius, part story teller,... | Can You Drill a Hole Through Your Head and Survive?: 180 Fascinating Questions and Amazing Answers About Science, Health and Nature Best Price: $1.14 First off let me just point out that this book is exactly the same book as How Slow Can you... |
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The Physics of the Buffyverse Best Price: $7.49 You actually might learn a few usable theories,concepts and principles while reading this book... | The Odd Body: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Bodies Explained Best Price: $2.88 "The Odd Body" is on of the most fascinating books I have read so far. It is
not one... | The Space Child's Mother Goose Best Price: $11.67 Probable-Possible, my black hen
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She doesn't lay eggs in the... | The Best of Annals of Improbable Research Best Price: $15.81 As a scientist and technical professional I couldn't put this book down. I have kept up with the... | Did Dinosaurs Eat Pizza?: Mysteries Science Hasn't Solved Best Price: $5.94 Have you ever seen a dinosaur in your backyard? Of course not. But where did they go? ... |
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Egg and Ego: An Almost True Story of Life in The Biology Lab Best Price: $38.09 As an undergraduate studying biology and hoping to pursue a career in research I found this book... | The Firmament of Time Best Price: $8.91 Loren Eiseley is a man of great thoughts and words and here is at his best considering the... | Science Made Stupid My copy of this book is worn, tattered and well-loved. I am even using it as a pedagogical tool... | Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas Best Price: $16.35 Arrived on time and perfect condition.It uses easy language for serious subject, entertaining... | The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research Best Price: $1.95 Coming to me after my admiration for The Journal of Irreproducible Results, and Annals of... |
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The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless Best Price: $6.44 Barrow is one of my favorite authors, and his lucid explanation of fascinating topics is always... | Anti Gravity: Allegedly Humorous Writing from Scientific American Best Price: $0.45 Fast-reading, funny prose on science, pop culture, politics, and life. | Chalk Up Another One: The Best of Sidney Harris After working all day, and sometimes all night, at the university, I like to read humorous works... | Parallel Botany Leo Lionni created a baffling, even maddening, encyclopedic compendium that describes,... | Miracle Under the Oaks: The Revival of Nature in America Best Price: $14.00 reads like a novel and yet informs the reader in the complexities of the northern Illinois... |
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Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science Best Price: $2.50 These clever riddle-rhymes cover everything from dinosaurs to gravity. The illustrations... | Absolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes This is just a collection of jokes, anecdotes, limericks & riddles revealing the funny side... | The Ig Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research Best Price: $0.74 This is another collection of what can only be described as very unique scientific research. The... | To Know a Fly Title: To Know A Fly
Author: Vincent G. Dethier
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Twenty Years Before the Blackboard: The Lessons and Humor of a Mathematics Teacher (Spectrum) Best Price: $34.95 The book is definitely for the math expert who enjoys teaching both the subject and the... | A Briefer History of Time Best Price: $14.95 It is a very rare occurance for a book to come out that will make you laugh out loud as well as... | Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science Best Price: $5.00 ... it would be necessary to invent him.
It's not just that his comics are really funny. They... | Dignifying Science Best Price: $7.45 This well-meant companion volume to the author's _Two Fisted Science_ is, unfortunately, not... | 365 Simple Science Experiments I would have given this 2.5 stars if possible. This review applies to all the books in this... |
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The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results Best Price: $19.95 If you want to get a good laugh at scientific studies on almost anything, read this book! ... | From Personal Ads to Cloning Labs: More Science Cartoons from Sidney Harris Best Price: $49.99 'Science' magazine is one of the world's two premier outlets for the best in refereed general... | Science Magic in the Bathroom: Amazing Tricks with Ordinary Stuff (Robinson, Richard, Science Magic Series.) Best Price: $0.83 With a wave of the washcloth, turn bath time into your very own magic show... Make... | Science Magic in the Bedroom: Amazing Tricks with Ordinary Stuff (Science Magic) Best Price: $2.66 From now on, the only eye rubbing you?ll do will be a result of the dazzling magical illusions... | Melville and Repose: The Rhetoric of Humor in the American Renaissance Best Price: $65.00 This is an extraordinary effort--one of the most thoughtful and innovative analyses of... |
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"You Want Proof? I'll Give You Proof!": More Cartoons From Sidney Harris Best Price: $5.95 There's the Poet Laureate of the United States, that profound artist who can capture the... | Take Me to Your Liter: Science and Math Jokes Best Price: $10.84 | Beating Murphy's Law Best Price: $29.00 This is the sort of book that continually makes you stop and go, "hmmmm... I wouldn't have... | Stroke a Martian and 99 Other Things to Do Before You Die: Plus 5 to Do Afterwards Best Price: $0.99 A catalog of life-enhancing projects and activities Here is the best science has to offer the... | It Came from Beneath the Bed! Best Price: $2.34 I thought this book was hilarious I read it to my mother while she was sick and she also enjoyed... |
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On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript Best Price: $34.68 NORA LUKAN: An amazing insight into academicism that sheds light on the scholarships, for... | A stress analysis of a strapless evening gown and other essays for a scientific age | How Does a Bee Make Honey & Other Curious Facts Best Price: $5.00 | The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems: Enlightenment to Romanticism Best Price: $22.47 Everything Bill Perez says is true. This book is a classic in entomology. I couldn't put it... | How to become extinct,: By Will Cuppy |
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Two-Fisted Science Best Price: $70.53 I'm not sure if it is entirely fair for me to give a review of this book, since I was one of the... | Buzzwords: A Scientist Muses on Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Best Price: $1.70 Author May R. Berenbaum is head of the Entomology Dept. at U of Illinois and is a distinguished... | What's So Funny About Science?: Cartoons Best Price: $44.30 Cartoonists are truly a breed apart from the rest of us. Not only must they possess a high... | The Scientific Eye: Exploring the Marvels of Science | How to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True Best Price: $0.34 I thought this was an excellent book!
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The Solar Cat Book The Solar Cat Book is a great introduction to solar energy using cats as a model system.... | Our Living Multiverse: A Book of Genesis in 0+7 Chapters Best Price: $1.00 While this is a good book, it is little more than a re-issue of the author's previous book... | Petit Point: A Candid Portrait on the Aberrations of Science Best Price: $13.87 This is collection of very short vignettes, sketching with a somewhat acid pen the life and work... | | |