Earthquakes and Geological Discovery (Scientific ...
Exceptionally Interesting: This book explained everything and more about the things I ever wanted to know about eaarthquakes. I've picked this book up for my research on eathquakes, and believe me this book had everything. The facts are well presented [... more]
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Genes and the Biology of Cancer (Scientific American ...
Excelent, deserves to be updated and reprinted: An excelent short biology book on cancer, written by two of the worlds leading experts. There are very few up-to-date books on the biology of cancer. Even though a dacade old, this is the best place to [... more]
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Life at Small Scale: The Behavior of Microbes ...
Amazon.com Review: Life at Small Scale is an astonishing reminder of the wonders of a world that's too small to see with the naked eye. Packed with stunning color photographs and illustrations, the book describes the composition and behavior of a variety [... more]
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Viruses (Scientific American Library)
Good overview: This reference provides an easy to read overview of viruses. It starts with a chapter describing cells and the steps a virus must accomplish in its replicative cycle. Chapters then follow on bacteriophages and their contribution to our [... more]
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Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest (Scientific ...
Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest: A beautifull book. Anyone with an interest in the wonder and connectivness of the rainforest should read this book. Dr.Terborgh illistrates beautifully the importance of each living part of the forest. From the [... more]
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Cycles of Life: Civilization and the Biosphere ...
The background to the "Greenhouse Effect": This book gives the reader the background to consider the "Greenhouse Effect" and all its ramifications in a serious way. Very good reading and very thought provoking. Fascinating: I found [... more]
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Atmosphere, Climate, and Change (Scientific American ...
Amazon.com Review: Thomas Graedel and Paul Crutzen's Atmosphere, Climate, and Change provides a useful overview of how Earth's weather systems work and how natural events such as the explosion of Mount Pinatubo and human-caused events such as the upsurge [... more]
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Mathematics: The Science of Patterns: The Search for ...
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Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany ...
Excellent introduction to a fascinating field: Balick and Cox's book provides an excellent introductory text for the field of ethnobotany. It covers a wide range of material, including medical ethnobotany, the origins of foods and indigenous stewardship [... more]
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Exploring Biomechanics: Animals in Motion
The wonder of animal movement .. with superb illustrations: Ever wonder why chickens have both dark and white meat? Ever wonder if a horse ever has all four legs off the ground? Ever wonder how a cat and a rhinoceroses are similar? If you answered yes, [... more]
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Perception
Many insights into sight , interpretation and comprehension: This is a great work on something rarely considered - how do we perceive the physical world? When you think about it, the very act itself is incredible - almost magical. Cells that were [... more]
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Extinction (Scientific American Library)
Extinctions examined without resort to comets or meteorites: "Extinction" was published in 1987, after the discovery of the iridium layer at the K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary) Boundary but before the Chicxulub impact crater (first reported and [... more]
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