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Miss Leavitt's Stars, by George Johnson
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
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
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"
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
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...
In Search of the Multiverse – John Gribbin
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
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...
Review of $20 Per Gallon By Christopher Steiner
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to Build a Dinosaur by Jack Horner
By: Philip McIntosh
The chicken is the closest thing to a dinosaur living on Earth today. Can a chicken embryo be made to develop into something akin to a dinosaur? Jack Horner thinks so. more...
The Georgian Star by Michael D. Lemonick
By: Philip McIntosh
If having a telescope named after you is the ultimate honor in astronomy, then William and Caroline Herschel have been shorted. Together they made many contributions. more...
A Force of Nature by Richard Reeves
By: Philip McIntosh
Early in the 20th century, it was accepted that matter was composed of atoms. But what exactly was an atom? Ernest Rutherford would have something to say about that. more...
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