Category: Nature and Science

A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational gifts of animals; from whales and lobsters to birds and beetles--and many more

Publisher's note: Supernavigators was published in the UK under the title Incredible Journeys.

In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where scientists are unraveling how creatures as various as butterflies, birds, crustaceans, fish, reptiles, and even people find their way.

Weaving interviews with leading expert...
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The Witness of the Stars

By: Bullinger

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Kregel: January 1984

Seller ID: 76909

ISBN: 0825422450

Condition: Used - Very Good

An in-depth study of the constellations and principal stars as they pertain to prophetic truth. Includes more than 40 charts and diagrams.
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Collins Dictionary of Science (Science Defined and Explained)

By: Collins

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Harper-Collins: January-2005

Seller ID: 148

ISBN: 000783814X

Condition: Used - Very Good

North America: A World in One Continent

By: Cordey, Huw

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Running Press: April 2013

Seller ID: 302843

ISBN: 0762448423

Condition: Used - Very Good

The North American continent stretches over 9.5 million square miles, and is home to more than 500 million people, who share it with hundreds of thousands of species of mammals, birds, insects, and plants--many of them extraordinary, unforgettable, and unique. With 150,000 miles of coastline, North America also has the longest and most abundant shores of any continent on Earth.

In the stunning seven-part series from Discovery Channel, renowned nature producer Huw Cordey travels from the Arctic to the Tropics, revealing the wonders of the most dynamic continent on Earth--from the s...
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The Ultimate Planets (Book and CD)

By: Donald Goldsmith

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club: June-1997

Seller ID: 113740

ISBN: 0965589307

Condition: Used - Very Good

Water Runs Through This Book

By: Flood, Nancy Bo

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing: August 2015

Seller ID: 332619

ISBN: 1936218135

Condition: Used - Very Good

Winner of:
2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA)

Through photographs, verse and narration, this book celebrates the most essential ingredient to life: water. Author and educator, Nancy Bo Flood and award-winning photographer, Jan Sonnenmair, combine imagination and information to explore this ever-changing and mysterious element. Water Runs Through This Book teaches how water runs through all aspects of our lives. Including everyday tips to help conserve, it will inspire children and adults to value water resources and to become better global citizens.
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The Story of Science: Newton at the Center

By: Hakim, Joy

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Smithsonian Books: October 2005

Seller ID: 336640

ISBN: 1588341615

Condition: Used - Very Good

In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe--to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and Earth's place in the universe set the stage for modern physics, astronomy, mathematics, and chemistry.

In the three-book The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientific thought fro...
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The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way

By: Hakim, Joy

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Smithsonian Books: May 2004

Seller ID: 336641

ISBN: 1588341607

Condition: Used - Very Good

Readers will travel back in time to ancient Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. They will meet the world's first astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists and explore the lives and ideas of such famous people as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Brahmagupta, al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Ptolemy, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Hakim will introduce them to Aristotle--one of the greatest philosophers of all time--whose scientific ideas dominated much of the world for eighteen centuries.

In the three-book The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientif...
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The Illustrated Brief History of Time, Updated and Expanded Edition

By: Hawking, Stephen William

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Bantam: October 1996

Seller ID: 339684

ISBN: 0553103741

Condition: Used - Very Good

In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific writing. It has become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies. The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawkin's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, includi...
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

By: Kuhn, Thomas S.

Price: $5.50

Publisher: University of Chicago Press: April 2012

Seller ID: 336475

ISBN: 0226458121

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were--and still are. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that kind of book. When it was first published in 1962, it was a landmark event in the history and philosophy of science. Fifty years later, it still has many lessons to teach.

With The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn challenged long-standing li...
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Science and Society: The John C. Polanyi Nobel Laureates Lectures

By: Martin Moskovits (Editor)

Price: $5.50

Publisher: House Of Anansi: October-1999

Seller ID: 100643

ISBN: 0887841708

Condition: Used - Very Good

Deep Sky Observer's Guide

By: Neil Bone

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Firefly Books: March-2005

Seller ID: 123643

ISBN: 1554070244

Condition: Used - Very Good

'Deep Sky' refers to the universe beyond our own solar system. Using binoculars or telescopes, any sky-gazer can become a deep sky observer. Deep Sky Observer's Guide looks beyond individual stars to target:

Star clusters
Double Stars
Nebulae
Galaxies.

The Deep Sky Observer's Guide introduces the basics of observing and explains what equipment is required. A chapter is devoted to each type of deep sky target. There are more than 200 such objects featured, with 126 color illustrations and star-finder charts.

The ...
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$Image for Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730$

Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730

By: Newton, Sir Isaac,Cohen, I. Bernard,Einstein, Albert,Whittaker, Sir Edmund

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Dover Publications: May 2012

Seller ID: 331098

ISBN: 0486602052

Condition: Used - Very Good

"Recommended to all scientists." -- Journal of Royal Naval Scientific Service
"The publishers do us a service by issuing this reprint." -- The Institute of Physics
"An underpinning for the entire edifice of physics." -- Scientific American
A comprehensive survey of eighteenth-century knowledge about all aspects of light, Opticks also offers countless scientific insights by its distinguished author. One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, this volume will impress readers with its surprisingly modern perspectives.
In language that ...
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (The Facts on File Science Dictionary Series)

By: Steinberg, Mark L.,Cosloy, Sharon D.

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Checkmark Books: December 2000

Seller ID: 343072

ISBN: 0816042756

Condition: Used - Very Good

Defines more than 1900 terms, and serves the research needs of both the student and the advanced researcher.
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Spurious Correlations

By: Vigen, Tyler

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Hachette Books: May 2015

Seller ID: 337021

ISBN: 0316339431

Condition: Used - Very Good

"Spurious Correlations ... is the most fun you'll ever have with graphs."--Bustle

Military intelligence analyst and Harvard Law student Tyler Vigen illustrates the golden rule that "correlation does not equal causation" through hilarious graphs inspired by his viral website.
Is there a correlation between Nic Cage films and swimming pool accidents? What about beef consumption and people getting struck by lightning? Absolutely not. But that hasn't stopped millions of people from going to tylervigen.com and asking, "Wait, what?" Vigen has designed so...
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The World of Physics: A Small Library of the Literature of Physics from Antiquity to the Present (3 Volumes)

By: Weaver, Jefferson Hane

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.: January 1987

Seller ID: 348918

ISBN: 0671642162

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

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Into the Porcupine Cave and Other Odysseys: Adventures of an Occasional Naturalist

By: William Warner

Price: $4.50

Publisher: National Geographic: June-2000

Seller ID: 59468

ISBN: 0792276884

Condition: Used - Very Good

Presents a lively collection of ten provocative and profoundly affecting natural history essays and travel narratives from best-selling nature writer William Warner. Original.
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