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BANKS(Subject); O'Brian, Patrick Joseph Banks: A Life 1997 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130895. ISBN #0226616282 / 9780226616285. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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BANKS(Subject); O'Brian, Patrick Joseph Banks: A Life 1997 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130895. ISBN #0226616282 / 9780226616285. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. Published to rave reviews, it reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and establishes itself as a classic of exploration. "It is in his description of that arduous three-year voyage on the ship Endeavor that Mr. O'Brian is at his most brilliant. . . . He makes us understand what life within this wooden world was like, with its 94 male souls, two dogs, a cat and a goat." Linda Colley, New York Times "An absorbing, finely written overview, meant for the general reader, of a major figure in the history of natural science." Frank Stewart, Los Angeles Times " This book is the definitive biography of an extraordinary subject." Robert Taylor, Boston Globe "His skill at narrative and his extensive knowledge of the maritime history . . . give him a definite leg up in telling this . . . story." Tom Clark, San Francisco Chronicle
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BATESON; Bateson, Mary Catherine Full Circles, Overlapping Lives: Culture and Generation in Transition Random House Inc 2000 hard cover. First Edition. first edition. remainder mark.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or436356. ISBN #0375501010 / 9780375501012. (keywords: WOMEN PSYCHOLOGY IDENTITY INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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BELL, Graham; Waite, Helen E. Make a Joyful Sound Macrae Smith 1961 hard cover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or352690. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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BELL; Eber, Dorothy Harley Genius at Work: Images of Alexander Graham Bell Viking Press 1982 Hard Cover. Book: Clean text. B&W photos.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or619564. ISBN #0670273899 / 9780670273898. (keywords: LIFE STORY INVENTORS SCIENTIST TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION DISCOVERY) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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BORN(Subject); Born, Max My Life and My Views hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1059175. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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COBLENTZ; Coblentz, William Weber From the Life of a Researcher Philosophical Library 1951 hard cover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or522394. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DA VINCI, LEONARDO(Subject); Nuland, Sherwin Leonardo da Vinci (Penguin Lives) Viking Adult 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or843377. ISBN #0670893919 / 9780670893911. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DA VINCI, LEONARDO(Subject); Nuland, Sherwin Leonardo da Vinci (Penguin Lives) Viking Adult 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or843377. ISBN #0670893919 / 9780670893911. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A distinguished chronicler of the human body and spirit interprets a Renaissance genius The enigma of the Mona Lisa's smile is not less than the enigma of her creator's life force."In Leonardo da Vinci , Sherwin Nuland whose own work Time has called "awe-inspiring" completes his twenty-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo's insatiable curiosity? How could he be, in the same moment, as naive as a child and as profound as a sage? Nuland finds clues in his subject's art, relationships, and scientific studies--as well as in the manuscripts spotlighted by their sale at auction to Bill Gates. Nuland detects the siren voice that lured the great artist so often into the arms of science--his fascination with anatomy, first as the basis for his paintings and then as the crucial component in his aim to systematize all knowledge of nature. Scholarly and passionate, Nuland's Leonardo da Vinci takes us deep into the first truly modern, empirical mind, one that was centuries ahead of its time.
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DA VINCI, LEONARDO;(Subject); Atalay, Bulent Math and the Mona Lisa Smithsonian/Collins 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134844. ISBN #0060851198 / 9780060851194. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DA VINCI, LEONARDO;(Subject); Atalay, Bulent Math and the Mona Lisa Smithsonian/Collins 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134844. ISBN #0060851198 / 9780060851194. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Nature of Genius Leonardo da Vinci was one of history's true geniuses, equally brilliant as an artist, scientist, and mathematician. Readers of The Da Vinci Code were given a glimpse of the mysterious connections between math, science, and Leonardo's art. Math and the Mona Lisa picks up where The Da Vinci Code left off, illuminating Leonardo's life and work to uncover connections that, until now, have been known only to scholars. Following Leonardo's own unique model, Atalay searches for the internal dynamics of art and science, revealing to us the deep unity of the two cultures. He provides a broad overview of the development of science from the dawn of civilization to today's quantum mechanics. From this base of information, Atalay offers a fascinating view into Leonardo's restless intellect and modus operandi, allowing us to see the source of his ideas and to appreciate his art from a new perspective. William D. Phillips, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1997, writes of the author, "Atalay is indeed a modern renaissance man, and he invites us to tap the power of synthesis that is Leonardo's model."
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DARWIN, CHARLES; Moore, Ruth Charles Darwin; a Great Life in Brief Alfred A Knopt 1955 hard cover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or528785. (keywords: SCIENCE BIOGRAPHY) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DAWKINS, RICHARD(Subject); Dawkins, Richard An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist Ecco 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1139457. ISBN #0062225790 / 9780062225795. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DAWKINS, RICHARD(Subject); Dawkins, Richard An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist Ecco 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1139457. ISBN #0062225790 / 9780062225795. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary With the 2006 publication of The God Delusion , the name Richard Dawkins became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, impolite" debate San Francisco Chronicle . his first memoir offers a more personal view. His first book, The Selfish Gene , caused a seismic shift in the study of biology by proffering the gene-centered view of evolution. It was also in this book that Dawkins coined the term meme , a unit of cultural evolution, which has itself become a mainstay in contemporary culture. In An Appetite for Wonder , Richard Dawkins shares a rare view into his early life, his intellectual awakening at Oxford, and his path to writing The Selfish Gene . He paints a vivid picture of his idyllic childhood in colonial Africa, peppered with sketches of his colorful ancestors, charming parents, and the peculiarities of colonial life right after World War II. At boarding school, despite a near-religious encounter with an Elvis record, he began his career as a skeptic by refusing to kneel for prayer in chapel. Despite some inspired teaching throughout primary and secondary school, it was only when he got to Oxford that his intellectual curiosity took full flight. Arriving at Oxford in 1959, when undergraduates "left Elvis behind" for Bach or the Modern Jazz Quartet, Dawkins began to study zoology and was introduced to some of the university's legendary mentors as well as its tutorial system. It's to this unique educational system that Dawkins credits his awakening, as it invited young people to become scholars by encouraging them to pose rigorous questions and scour the library for the latest research rather than textbook "teaching to" any kind of test. His career as a fellow and lecturer at Oxford took an unexpected turn when, in 1973, a serious strike in Britain caused prolonged electricity cuts, and he was forced to pause his computer-based research. Provoked by the then widespread misunderstanding of natural selection known as "group selection" and inspired by the work of William Hamilton, Robert Trivers, and John Maynard Smith, he began to write a book he called, jokingly, "my bestseller." It was, of course, The Selfish Gene . Here, for the first time, is an intimate memoir of the childhood and intellectual development of the evolutionary biologist and world-famous atheist, and the story of how he came to write what is widely held to be one of the most important books of the twentieth century.
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DE KRUIF, Paul Sweeping Wind: a Memoir Harcourt, Brace and World 1962 hard cover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Small tear to dust jacket.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or414136. (keywords: Bacteriology Rhea Barbarin Science Biography Popular Writing Arrowsmith Literary) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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De Santillana, Giorgio Crime of Galileo University of Chicago Press 1955 Hard Cover. Book: Clean text. DJ: Sm. pieces missing.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or544140. (keywords: HISTORY INQUISITION RELIGIOUS POLITICAL OPPRESION CONFLICT) (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DJERASSI(Subject); Djerassi, Carl Pill, Pygmy Chimps, And Degas' Horse: The Remarkable Autobiography Of The Award-Winning Scientist Who Synthesized The Birth-Control Pill 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138786. ISBN #0465057594 / 9780465057597. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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DJERASSI(Subject); Djerassi, Carl Pill, Pygmy Chimps, And Degas' Horse: The Remarkable Autobiography Of The Award-Winning Scientist Who Synthesized The Birth-Control Pill 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138786. ISBN #0465057594 / 9780465057597. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The inventor of the pill and antihistamines describes how he synthesized cortisone and the pill at the age of twenty-eight, and chronicles his career and his metamorphosis into a socially conscious scientist. 15,000 first printing. 25,000 ad promo.
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EDISON(Subject); Israel, Paul Edison: A Life of Invention John Wiley & Sons 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102097. ISBN #0471362700 / 9780471362708. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
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EDISON(Subject); Israel, Paul Edison: A Life of Invention John Wiley & Sons 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102097. ISBN #0471362700 / 9780471362708. (filed under: Science Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor."-New Scientist "Remarkable."-Nature "An authoritative look into Edison's working methods, here leavened by enough personal detail to give the achievements shape."-Publishers Weekly "Highly recommended." "Israel's book should go a long way toward taking Edison out of the shadows and placing him in the proper light."-Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Exhaustively researched, with strong emphasis on Edison's methods and achievements."-Kirkus Reviews The conventional story of Thomas Edison reads more like myth than history: With only three months of formal education, a hardworking young man overcomes the odds and becomes one of the greatest inventors in history. But the portrait that emerges from Edison: A Life of Invention reveals a man of genius and astonishing foresight whose career was actually a product of his fast-changing era. In this peerless biography, Paul Israel exposes for the first time the man behind the inventions, expertly situating his subject within a thoroughly realized portrait of a burgeoning country on the brink of massive change. Informed by Israel's unprecedented access to workshop diaries, notebooks, letters, and more than five million pages of archives, this definitive biography brings fresh insights to a singularly influential and triumphant career in science.
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