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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...
By: Philip McIntosh
As the subtitle (The Many Lives of Amphetamine) suggests, "On Speed" is an account of the discovery, marketing, and varied uses of a relatively simple yet powerful drug. more...
Strand – An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris
By: Sheila Gaquin
Bonnie Henderson's detective work has uncovered fascinating stories of debris washed up on just one mile of Oregon coastline, from rubber duckies to minkie whales. more...
Charles Darwin by Tim M. Berra
By: Philip McIntosh
This well-illustrated biography of Charles Darwin focuses on the naturalist's personal life as well as his scientific achievements. It is brief but effective. more...
By: Thomas Alan Gray
Abigail "Gaie" Ailing, Mark Nelson, Sally Silverstone were sealed for two years inside a full-size terrarium, Biosphere 2. Details of their daily life and challenges. more...
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