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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Time Traveler In Search of Dinosaurs and Ancient Mammals from Montana to Mongolia
Book SynopsisPalaeontologist Michael Novacek is an authority on patterns of evolution and on the relationships among extinct and extant organisms. This book is his account of how a boyhood passion for dinosaurs became a lifelong commitment to vanguard science.
£22.06
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Best Science Writing Online 2012 by The
Book SynopsisShowcasing more than fifty online essays from 2011, this book can change the way we think about science - from fluids to fungi, poisons to pirates. It provides a comprehensive look at the fascinating, innovative, and trailblazing scientific achievements and breakthroughs of 2011, along with fresh takes on favourite topics.
£20.67
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Spooky Action at a Distance
Book SynopsisPhysicists have discovered a phenomenon that operates outside the confines of space and time: nonlocality - the ability of two particles to act in harmony no matter how far apart they may be. If space isn't what we thought it was, then what is it? In Spooky Action at a Distance, the journalist George Musser sets out to answer that question.
£11.39
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. The Physics of Golf
Book SynopsisThis revised and expanded bestseller includes a new chapter on putting, a new appendix on the fundamental physics covered in the book, increased coverage of modern club design, and an updated reference section. As in the previous book, most of the mathematics is relegated to a technical appendix. The first edition of this book was enthusiastically received by the both the science press in Physics Today, IEEE Spectrum, and Nature and the golf world in American Golf Pro and Golf Week.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "… Gives new insights and precise views into the forces and torques developed in the downswing.... Thank you, Dr. Jorgensen...We will all treasure your book." American Golf Pro "The heart of golfer Ted Jorgensen's delightful book lies in his analysis of the swing of the golf club and how, armed with insights from that analysis, you, he and I might all swing the club better and play better golf . . . [The book] is designed to be accessible to the casual reader while satisfying the critical student. But first word or last, for anyone who has swung a golf club, the book is fun to read." Physics Today (BOB ADAIR, AUTHOR OF PHYSICS OF BASEBALL)Table of ContentsChapter 1- The Secret of Golf is in the Swing//Chapter 2- The First look at the golf stroke//Chapter 3- A second look at the golf stroke//Chapter 4- Variations on Parameters brings new Understanding of the Golf Swing//Chapter 5- The energy of the swing//Chapter 6- Producing power with precision//Chapter 7- Developing your own golf stroke//Chapter 8- The aerodynamics of golf//Chapter 9- When the clubhead meets the ball//Chapter 10- The Harry Vardon swing//Chapter 11- The matching of clubs//Chapter 12- The flexibility of shafts//Chapter 13- Examining the handicap system//Chapter 14- On short putts//References//Technical Appendices//Index
£28.49
W. W. Norton & Company Rosalind Franklin and DNA
Book SynopsisRosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.
£17.00
W. W. Norton & Company The Eureka Effect
Book Synopsis"Perkins' style is engaging—not for eggheads only—and the brainteasers are entertaining and surprisingly fresh."—Chicago Tribune
£19.00
W. W. Norton & Company The Future of Spacetime
Book SynopsisWhere the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.Trade Review"This is story making that lifts the human spirit out of our sometimes petty terrestrial concerns and places us among the stars." -- Scientific AmericanTable of ContentsChronology protection, Stephen W. Hawking; Can we change the past?, Igor Novikov; Speculations about the future, Kip S. Thorne; on the popularization of science, Timothy Ferris; The physicist as novelist, Alan Lightman.
£17.00
W. W. Norton & Company Einsteins Clocks Poincares Maps Empires of Time
Book Synopsis"More than a history of science; it is a tour de force in the genre."—New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"Galison provides a unique and enlightening view on the origin of time as we know it in the modern age." -- American Scientist"An easy-reading but penetrating book. [Galison] brings the story of time to life as a story of wires and rails, precision maps, and imperial ambitions, as well as a story of physics and philosophy." -- Science"This is how twentieth-century science really began....Engaging, original, and absolutely brilliant." -- James Gleick
£20.42
W. W. Norton & Company No Two Alike
Book Synopsis"A display of scientific courage and imagination." —William Saletan, New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"As she did in The Nurture Assumption, independent scholar Harris makes waves again with a new theory of personality to explain why no two people are alike." -- Kirkus Reviews"This is an absolute stunner of a popular science book. The author does a brilliant job of demolishing the academic psychology establishment, by questioning a fundamental assumption that was made without properly checking it—that nurture would influence personality. She does all this in a very personal, human fashion, with as much reference to the way traditional crime fiction works as to scientific research." -- Martin O'Brien - Popular Science"No Two Alike is another firecracker of a book by the woman who forced the world to rethink how we became who we are. Harris's scholarship and the persuasiveness of her arguments make this book mandatory reading for psychologists; her style, humor, and storytelling skills make it exhilarating reading for everyone." -- Steven Pinker, author of Rationality and The Better Angels of Our Nature
£19.95
W. W. Norton & Company Vaccine The Controversial Story of Medicines Greatest Lifesaver
Book Synopsis"A timely, fair-minded and crisply written account."—New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"This is a well-researched portrayal of immunisation, from the earliest pioneers to an arm of preventive medicine now thoroughly entangled in politics, commerce and public relations." New Scientist "For those interested in the politics and debate of compulsory vaccination, and the personalities involved in all sides of the fight, Vaccine is a good read." Nature "One of the joys of Allen's well-researched but never boring 500-page history is that he pricks both camps, taking a critical look at both the anti-vaccinists' championing of pseudo-science and the medical establishment's repeated tendency to downplay the genuine dangers of vaccine side-effects." The Guardian "A fascinating, meticulously researched history of vaccination which is admirable for its even-handedness." The Independent"
£25.65
WW Norton & Co Natural Acts
Book SynopsisDavid Quammen is simply the best natural essayist working today.--Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard
£19.99
WW Norton & Co Brain Bugs
Book Synopsis“Excellent. . . . [Buonomano] reveals the intricate limitations and blessings of the most complex device in the known universe.”—The AtlanticTrade Review"[An] intriguing take on behavioral economics, marketing and human foibles." -- Kirkus Reviews"An ingenious idea, and Buonomano has fully delivered on its promise. . . . A remarkably accessible and engaging introduction to the neuroscience of the human condition." -- Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape"A great book, filled with nuggets about how the brain works—and falters—and even some suggestions on how to put it to better use." -- Joseph LeDoux, author of The Emotional Brain
£20.00
Penguin Publishing Group Extreme Cosmos A Guided Tour of the Fastest Brightest Hottest Heaviest Oldest and Most Amazing Aspects of Our Universe
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£14.24
Penguin Random House Group The Creative Brain
Book SynopsisThe former editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Psychiatry explores the mysteries of creative genius, using evidence from both arts and the sciences for a fascinating investigation.
£21.47
Penguin Random House Group Euclid In The Rainforest
£21.47
Penguin Random House Group The Theory Of Almost Everything
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£16.15
Penguin Random House Group Your Brain Is Almost Perfect
Book SynopsisA fascinating introduction to the science of decision making.
£20.89
Basic Books Quantum Mechanics The Theoretical Minimum
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, a DIY introduction to the math and science of quantum mechanics. First he taught you classical mechanics. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind has teamed up with data engineer Art Friedman to present the theory and associated mathematics of the strange world of quantum mechanics. In this follow-up to the New York Times best-selling The Theoretical Minimum, Susskind and Friedman provide a lively introduction to this famously difficult field, which attempts to understand the behavior of sub-atomic objects through mathematical abstractions. Unlike other popularizations that shy away from quantum mechanics' weirdness, Quantum Mechanics embraces the utter strangeness of quantum logic. The authors offer crystal-clear explanations of the principles of quantum states, uncertainty and time dependence, entanglement, and particle and wave states, among other topics, and each chapter includes
£15.99
Hachette Book Group USA Where Does the Weirdness Go Why Quantum Mechanics Is Strange but Not as Strange as You Think
Book Synopsis"Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching--but less understood--than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the sub-atomic world, where quantum effects"Table of Contents* Introduction Act I: Mechanical Failure * The Mystery of The Other Glove * In Which Things Are Exactly What They Are Seen To Be * Block That Metaphor! * Learning Through Repetition * Coin Tossing and Weather Forecasting * Not Just Electrons * Enter the Photon * So Photons Are Really Real, Then? * Particle or Wave? * One Photon at a Time * Learning to Live With Uncertainty * Is It or Isnt It? * Which Way Did the Photon Go? * No, but Really, What Happened? * How To Make Money From Quantum Mechanics * The importance of Being Rigorous * The Chronic Poor Health of Schrdingers Cat * Psychophysics quest ce que cest? Intermission: A Largely Philosophical Interlude * Does the Moon Really Exist? * The Fatal Blow? * A New Spin on the Puzzle * In Which Einstein is Caught in a Self-Contradiction * Whose Reality Is the Real Reality? * In Which Niels Bohr Is Obscure, Even By His Own Standards * And How Many Universities Did You Say Youd Be Needing? * Indeterminacy as Illusion * In Which Seeming Virtues Are Displayed as Faults * What Does Determinism Mean Anyway? * You Can Push it Around, but You Cant Get Rid of It Act II: Putting Reality To the Test * A New Angle on EPR * Fun With Algebra * And The Answer Is... * In Which Reality, Once Changed, Can Never Be Changed Back * The Possibility of Simultaneity * Not At All What Einstein Wanted Act III: Making Measurements * An Engineer, a Physicist, and a Philosopher... * The One True Paradox * At a Loss for Words * Can a Quantum Superposition Be Seen? * Like Peas in a Box * More than You Really Wanted to Know About Dried Peas * A Brief Digression About Time * The Defining Difference * At Last, the Quantum Cat * The Ghost of Schrdingers Cat * In Which Einsteins Moon is Restored * What Have We Learned? * The Last (or First) Mystery * Will We Ever Understand Quantum Mechanics?
£20.42
Cambridge University Press A Clone of Your Own
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£21.54
Random House USA Inc A Brief History of Time
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£24.00
Faber & Faber The Social Function of Science
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£20.00
£14.30
Random House USA Inc A Natural History of the Senses
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£16.15
HarperCollins How Do They Do That
£13.29
Duckworth Books Cosmosapiens Human Evolution from the Origin of
Book SynopsisJohn Hands's extraordinarily ambitious cosmological quest brings together our scientific knowledge and evaluates the theories and evidence about the origin and evolution of matter, life, consciousness, and humankind.Trade Review'An audacious tour of all that science can teach us about the origin and evolution of humanity in the universe, start to finish. It's encyclopedic sweep can be read straight through or browsed in parts of special interest' Edward O. Wilson'A substantial, sceptical survey of the current state of scientific knowledge of about the most basic questions... An invaluable, encyclopedic achievement' A.N. Wilson, Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year'Lucid and intelligible to the non-specialists... a book of astonishing ambition and scope' Tim Crane, Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year'Audacious, ambitious, and philosophically completist study... a thoughtful treatise for the eternally curious' Publishers Weekly (starred review)'From dark energy to the selfish gene, Hands looks at how we know what we know - and what we don't. An overview of current thought on this ever fascinating subject' Observer'This is a truly exceptional piece of work' Tim Crane, Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge'A magisterial, persuasive and thought provoking survey of the horizons of modern science' Dr James Le Fanu, author of The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine'Even in cases where one might disagree, the arguments are thought-provoking' Paul Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Princeton University'John Hands has done a remarkable job of disentangling the many topics that are long overdue for reinterpretation. The enormous effort he has made to cover so many evolutionary questions is heroic... A major accomplishment' Professor James Shapiro, author of Evolution: A View From The 21st Century'A game-changer. In the tradition of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, this lucidly written, penetrating analysis challenges us to rethink many things we take for granted about ourselves, our society, and our universe. It will become a classic' Peter Dreier, E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College'A work as bold, broad, and challenging as this will no doubt tweak the bias any one of us may have regarding a particular event, but, then, so did Darwin's On the Origin of Species' Jeffrey Schwartz, Professor of Physical Anthropology and of The History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh'This book is an intellectual tour-de-force... highly recommended for anyone wishing to get a deeper insight into the fundamental but typically arcane theories that purport to explain where we and the universe that surrounds us are coming from' Professor Francis Heylighen, Evolution, Complexity and Cognition Group, Free University of Brussels'Any conventional Darwinist (and I am one of them) will find a lot to take exception to: but disagreement is the fuel of progress and if you enjoy an argument this is the book for you' Professor Steve Jones, author of The Language of the Genes'An audacious and admirable book... written with engaging style, and the strongest scientific ideas across a swathe of fields in physics and biology are presented lucidly' Larry Steinman, Professor of Neurological Sciences, Stanford University'Hands's voyage of inquiry will not only educate you, it will also surprise' Derek Shearer, Director, McKinnon Center for Global Affairs, Los Angeles'A fine book... brave, very wide ranging, synoptic' Professor Stuart Kauffman, author of At Home in the Universe'Makes us realise how much we don't know. From this book we get that big picture' Professor David Knight, author of The Making of Modern Science
£15.29
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Civilization And The Limpet
Book SynopsisWritten during a long sea voyage from England through the Mediterranean, Civilization and the Limpet unveils many fascinating phenomena of undersea life. Wells captures with exquisite detail how limpets, like bees, navigate by the stars how the brainless sea urchin makes a myriad of critical survival decisions every day how deserted islands teem with an incredible abundance of animal life and why deep-diving whales never get the bends. Elegant and finely crafted, Civilization and the Limpet will enlighten, amuse, and awe anyone interested in the natural world.
£14.24
Simon & Schuster The Double Helix A Personal Account of the
Book SynopsisOne of the two discoverers of DNA recalls the lively scientific quest that led to this breakthrough, from the long hours in the lab, to the after-hours socializing, to the financial struggles that almost sank their project. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
£16.19
Simon & Schuster Circles Fifty Round Trips Through History Technology Science Culture
Table of ContentsContentsForeword1. A BIT OF A FLUTTER2. SATISFIED CUSTOMERS3. FOLIES DE GRANDEUR4. A LOT OF BALONEY5. IMPRESSIONS6. MAKING YOUR MARK7. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND8. SWEET DREAMS9. WAVING THE FLAG10. THE SILK CIRCUIT11. OUT OF GAS12. ORDINARY BUFFOONS13. BREAKFAST THOUGHTS14. STONES AND BONES15. IS THIS ESSAY NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT?16. SHOWTIME17. COOL STUFF18. REVOLUTIONARY MATTERS19. DON'T FORGET THIS ONE20. TAKE TWO ACRONYMS21. THE BUCK STARTS HERE22. HEALTHY BLOOMS23. AND NOW THE WEATHER24. ON TRACK25. IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?26. TURKISH DELIGHT27. SHEER POETRY28. LUCKY HE MISSED29. CHEERS30. WHAT'S IN A NAME?31. FEATHERED FRIENDS32. SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLE33. HEAVY STUFF34. TICK TOCK35. REBELLIOUS AFFAIRS36. LOCAL COLOR37. DOES THIS TAKE YOU BACK?38. OOPS39. TEA, ANYONE?40. A LIGHT LITTLE NUMBER41. LEND ME YOUR EAR42. ENTENTE CORDIALE43. ZZZZZZZ44. A FEW NOTES45. SOUND IDEAS46. OR MAYBE NOT47. A MATTER OF DEGREE48. ROOM WITH (HALF) A VIEW49. VARIOUS, UNREQUITED50. THE O ZONESelect Bibliography
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Brick Tower Press The New Dinosaurs
Book SynopsisA FANTASTIC NEW VIEW OF A LOST ERA. Here are dinosaurs as you've never seen them before in a dramatically expanded new edition of the book that started the renaissance in dinosaur books. Here are dinosaurs that are swift, stunning, scary and stupendous, presented in a lavish format. Using the latest paleontological research, THE NEW DINOSAURS presents a scientifically accurate look at the way dinosaurs lived: how they moved, ate, dueled, drank and mated. From ten-ton brontosaurus to thirty-foot hadrosaurus, here is a story more fantastic than fantasy itself! THE DINOSAURSA FANTASTIC NEW VIEW OF A LOST ERA, by William Stout, with narration by the late William Service, is considered to be a classic in illustrated naturalist books. Featured in LIFE magazine, it helped spark the worldwide interest in dinosaurs that culminated in Jurrasic Park.
£23.43
St Martin's Press Beyond Human Living with Robots and Cyborgs
Book SynopsisWould your body work better with some artificial parts? Will you live longer, perhaps a lot longer, than you now expect. This book treats the landscape of human self-change and robotic development as poles of the same phenomenon. It tells about the accumulation of small scientific advances that add up to something large and challenging.
£9.99
Augsburg Fortress Publishers The Garden of God
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£18.99
Henry Holt & Company Inc The Mold in Dr Floreys Coat The Story of the Penicillin Miracle
Book SynopsisThe author of Life and Death on 10 West chronicles the fascinating true story of the Oxford scientists who discovered penicillin by experimenting on mold, creating a family of drugs that would eradicate some of the worst diseases in human history. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
£19.93
Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. Group Theory in the Bedroom and Other Mathematical Diversions
£18.89
Vanderbilt University Press The Shark and the Jellyfish
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£69.00
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Towers of Atlantis Evidence not Fantasy
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Sky Books Music of Time
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£19.94
Rose Circle Publications Time Slip Phenomena
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Palgrave Macmillan Masters of the Planet
Book Synopsis50,000 years ago - merely a blip in evolutionary time - our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species. Yet something about our species separated it from the pack, and led to its survival while the rest became extinct. So just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become Masters of the Planet?Trade Review"...succinct and masterful ...Tattersall takes us from 6 million years ago in Africa's Rift Valley to the present day. On the way, he brilliantly describes humanity's cousins and rivals, from apes to the other hominins that competed with H. sapiens as, tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors made the cognitive leap to symbolic thought...' - Nature "...an authoritative snapshot of the ongoing struggle to understand our evolutionary past...Tattersall does an excellent job of showing how we can sketch the story of our origins from the new precious fossil remains, while at the same time not glossing over our ignorance of such crucial details." -Stephen Cave, The Financial Times "Tattersall is no slouch in the storytelling department, but his narrative emphasizes the necessarily fragmentary nature of the fossil record and the provisional nature of what we can safely conclude from it ...[His] account highlights the major advances in paleoanthropology that have been made in the last decade or two." - Natural History magazine "An efficient survey of 7 million years of evolutionary development and two centuries of evolutionary thought ... In deft combinations of authority and caution, expertise and wit, Tattersall invites the lay reader to the party. Throughout, he remains grounded in the salient details culled from archaeology, anatomy, genetics, primatology, nutrition and social science." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer "Asuperb overview of how our species developed (a long process) and how we grew smart enough to dominate the planet ... Keeping a critical eye on the evidence and a skeptical one on theories, Tattersall confirms his status among world anthropologists by delivering a superior popular explanation of human origins." - Kirkus Reviews starred review "A concise history of how humans became humans ... Tattersall moves through the complex fossil records effortlessly and with a welcome sense of wonder. He also consistently conveys a deep knowledge of his subject ... Tattersall's combination of erudition and a conversational style make this is an excellent primer on human evolution." - Publishers Weekly "This is a book I will be recommending to anyone who wants a good overview of evolution. This book puts the new discoveries in their proper sequence and perspective. It is an excellent work." -Jean Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and the rest of Earth's Children books "We all think we know the story: first we evolved to walk upright, then use tools, then agriculture, language, and us - - an inexorable linear progression from ape to human. But Ian Tattersall introduces us to several different human-like precursors, all alive at the same time, as recently as 50,000 years ago - just barely before the period we humans chauvinistically refer to as 'history'. So it's no longer straightforward: beasts like us emerged several times within the past hundred thousand years, some of them distinct species. Some were the first to think like we do: in symbols and abstractions; those were our forebears. But while they were alive, these multiple different humanoids may have known about each other; interacted; fought; lived together or apart; possibly even bred. It turns out that our lineage is anything but linear; Tattersall demolishes the versions we were once taught, and lays out the remarkable new history of our diverse origins for the first time." - Richard Granger, author of Big Brain "Are you ready for a 3.5 billion year stroll down the path of life's origins to the present. Ian Tattersall takes you by the hand and covers the highlights like few are capable of doing. The continuities and discontinuities reveal insights on why we humans are the masters of the planet. A must read." - Mike Gazzaniga, author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique "This [book] is excellent ... Among other things, and very importantly, it is a very good read." - Colin Tudge, author of The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor "For almost 40 years, Ian Tattersall has been one of our leaders in the field of human evolution. Mastersof the Planet is a stunning culmination of a career in science: a brilliant and engaging account that illuminates and inspires. Read Tattersall and you will not see yourself, let alone our entire species, in the same way again." - Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish "This is a book full of wisdom: the distillation of a lifetime's experience combined with finely honed critical faculties. Tattersall is a captivating and surefooted guide through the ranks of hominids, over several million years, in search of the origins of our uniquely symbolic mind. He ranges widely across evidence from DNA sequences and molecular forensics to skeletal morphology and ancient artifacts, never shirking the telling detail, never lacking a finely judged opinion, yet always making the science beautifully clear. The best guide to human origins that I have read." - Nick Lane, author of Life Ascending and Oxygen "A guide for the perplexed student of human origins...Tattersall weaves a history of palaeoanthropology into the text, showing that though fossils may provide the bulk of the evidence for human origins, few of the details are set in stone." - New Scientist
£18.60
Palgrave Macmillan Riveted
Book SynopsisWhy do some things pass under the radar, while others capture our attention? From art to religion, sport to supersistion Riverted is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the scientific and evolutionary underpinnings of why we find things compelling.
£28.39
Palgrave MacMillan Us Searching for Sasquatch Crackpots Eggheads and Cryptozoology Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Book SynopsisThe first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt them—and their place in the history of science.Trade Review'Using the career of anthropologist Gordon 'Grover' Sanders Krantz as a focal point, Regal explores the work and lives of the professional scientists ('eggheads') and amateur naturalists ('crackpots') who considered the possibility of Sasquatch and other 'manlike monsters' to be anomalous primates, as opposed to relics of regional folklore. Recommended.' CHOICE 'This excellent and fascinating book is not just about scientists searching for monsters, but others, called 'amateur naturalists' that are looking and doing field work as well. This book is a rare and insightful look by an academic who writes and thinks well.' Bigfoot Times 'This is a book not about Sasquatch, but about the men who spent their lives searching for it. Brian Regal's fast-moving narrative uncovers the complex relationships within and between the amateur enthusiasts and the small number of professional scientists who took the monster seriously. Regal opens a window onto the psychology and sociology of monster-hunting and has provided a valuable case study in the relationship between science and popular culture.' Peter Bowler, Professor of History of Science, School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast 'Searching for tangible evidence of elusive monsters has a long tradition among naturalists, highly trained scientists, adventurers, and charlatans. In this fascinating book, Brian Regal explores the many sides to 'monster-hunting,' or cryptobiology, through a case study of anthropologist Gordon 'Grover' Krantz's search for Sasquatch. Regal has skillfully used Krantz's career to raise a number of significant issues for the history of science, most important, what is the nature of evidence in science itself and how is its legitimacy negotiated.' Garland E. Allen, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis 'The Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Minnesota Iceman take a back seat in this lively and engaging book which shows us that far more interesting, surprising, and bizarre than these mythical monsters may be are the many naturalists, both amateur and professional, who strove to make a legitimate science out of their study.' Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Professor, History of Science, University of Florida 'A unique and remarkable work that highlights the people involved in the search for unknown primates. A fount of information on many characters about whom I knew little or nothing. Brian Regal has created a valuable, historic and highly readable tome.' Richard Freeman, Zoological Director, Centre for Fortean Zoology, UK 'Sasquatch has always been a creature of the margins half-human, half-beast; authentic and plastic; science and nonsense. In this incisive and often funny book, Brian Regal shows how the beast also stood between professional scientists and amateurs, and how debates about Sasquatch were simultaneously attempts to define the complicated relationship between these two groups.' Joshua Blu Buhs, author of Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a LegendTable of ContentsChasing Monsters Crackpots and Eggheads The Snowmen Bigfoot, the Anti-Krantz, and the Iceman The Life of Grover Krantz Suits and Ladders The Problems of Evidence A Life with Monsters
£104.49
St. Martin's Publishing Group How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi
£17.20
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Getting Science Wrong
Book SynopsisWhen Galileo dropped cannon-balls from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, he did more than overturn centuries of scientific orthodoxy. At a stroke, he established a new conception of the scientific method based upon careful experimentation and rigorous observation and also laid the groundwork for an ongoing conflict between the critical open-mindedness of science and the recalcitrant dogmatism of religion that would continue to the modern day.The problem is that Galileo never performed his most celebrated experiment in Pisa. In fact, he rarely conducted any experiments at all. The Church publicly celebrated his work, and Galileo enjoyed patronage from the great and the powerful; his ecclesiastical difficulties only began when disgruntled colleagues launched a campaign to discredit their academic rival. But what does this tell us about modern science if its own foundation myth turns out to be nothing more than political propaganda?Getting Science Wrong discTrade Review[So] beautifully, passionately written, in such an engaging, subjective manner, that it deserves a secure place on the library shelf, where it’s sure to influence, inspire, even transform the outlier student. Where else would you find a philosophy of science text that dared quote at length from Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1938 novel Nausea? Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. * CHOICE *Paul Dicken takes us on a romp through the history and philosophy of science. This is a fun and accessible resource for anyone who wants to think more carefully about how science works. -- Kevin Elliott, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, USAIt is very readable ... [and] the book’s message is an important one and should serve as a great springboard for further discussion and exploration of the literature, or perhaps even as an introductory read to coursework. * The Inquisitive Biologist *Table of ContentsList of figures Introduction 1. Learning from our mistakes 2. A matter of trial and error 3. Images of science 4. 88.6 percent of all statistics are all made up 5. Living in different worlds 6. The bankruptcy of science 7. Deus ex machina Epilogue Dramatis Personae Notes Bibliography Index
£999.99
Hachette Book Group USA Roving Mars
£18.89
Free Press The Language of God A Scientist Presents Evidence
Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......
£15.11
Ants At Work
Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1 The rhythms of the landscape2 The growth of an ant society3 Food and the foreign relations of ant societies4 A forest of ant colonies5 In the society of ants6 Networks of ant paths7 Success without management8 Complex systemsEpilogue: Lessons from the antsNotesIndex
£12.19
Simon & Schuster Plague
£15.00
AuthorHouse Understanding The Jet Stream Clash Of The Titans
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