Science & Math

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyo...

Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely apprec...

professor Kompressor visits walter's family, offering a remedy for the dog's digestive disorder: special food that must be mixed in his Kompressatron. unf...

Peter F. Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management have changed and will continue to change our basic assumptions about the practices and princi...

Describes different kinds of bridges, their history, design, construction, and effects on populations, environmental dilemmas, safety, and more. Children's...

Learn all about germs when Ms. Frizzle's class takes another exciting field trip! Ms. Frizzle takes her class on amazing field trips in the Magic School Bu...

Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to reade...

Are you OK? It's probably the most important question you'll ever have to answer. Because right now—whether you're aware of it or not—all the relationships ...

When Ben Hewitt And His Wife Bought A Sprawling Acreage Of Field And Forest In Northern Vermont, The Landscape Easily Allowed Them To Envision The Self-sust...

The landmark New York Times best seller that reveals how the explosion of sugar in our diets has created an obesity epidemic, and what we can do to save our...

Starting With The Wild Plants That Were Central To Our Original Diet, Investigative Journalist Robinson Reveals The Nutritional History Of Our Fruits And Ve...

The Author Describes Her Mormon Upbringing, Juxtaposing These Reminiscences With Discussions Of The Flooding Of A Wildlife Bird Sanctuary And Its Effect On ...

As a stamp-collecting boy always fascinated by remote places, Nobel Prize-winningphysicist Richard Feynman was particularly taken by the diamond-shaped sta...

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview to the field of paleontology—the study of human evolution by analyzing fossil remains. It includes the ...

"The best introduction to logic you will find."—Martin Gardner Publishers Weekly In this compact, fluently written survey leavened with humor, New Jersey m...

The New York Times Bestselling Freakonomics Was A Worldwide Sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt And Stephen J. Dubner Return With Superfreakonomics, And Fans A...

This compact atlas provides medical, dental, allied health, and biology students with an outstanding collection of histology images for all of the major tis...

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green o...

When Celebrated Neuropsychologist Paul Broks's Wife Died Of Cancer, It Sparked A Journey Of Grief And Reflection That Traced A Lifelong Attempt To Understan...

From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, a timely and eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must wo...

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things is a valuable resource for transforming ordinary objects into the extraordinary. With over 80 solutions and bonus applicati...

The authors have done an outstanding job with this UML book. The definitions of the terms are the best I have seen. The organization and material in the en...

The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" think...

Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology continues to set the standard for short-course A&P texts with an enhanced media package and new "active lea...

applied Use Case Driven Object Modeling With Uml: An Annotated E-commerce Example Provides A Practical, Hands-on Guide To Putting Use Case Methods To Work...

Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Engineering & Transportation Engineering Civil & Environ...

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGY surveys the statistical techniques commonly used in the behavioral and social sciences, especially psychology and educati...

The Heartwarming And Unforgettable Story Of A Family In The Making And The Wondrously Neurotic Dog Who Taught Them What Really Matters In Life John And Jenn...

More than 60 of the most-asked questions about Creation, Evolution, and the Book of Genesis Answered! Not only does it answer your own questions, but equips...

The original Visible Learning research concluded that one of the most important influencers of student achievement is how teachers think about learning and...

Millions Of People Visit Xkcd.com Each Week To Read Randall Munroe's Iconic Webcomic. His Stick-figure Drawings About Science, Technology, Language, And Lov...

National Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book Winner Of The American Association For The Advancement Of Science/subaru Science Books & Film Prize Fo...

Structure And Function. -- Growth And Cell Division. -- Membrane Bioenergetics: The Proton Potential. -- Electron Transport. -- Photosynthesis. -- The Regul...

Only an elementary knowledge of math is needed to enjoy this entertaining compilation of brain-teasers. It includes a mixture of old and new riddles coverin...

The efficient use of statistics can transform excellent research into dynamic, persuasive scholarship. To demystify the process of calculating data, Simpl...

In a group of essays, letters, and speeches, Einstein relates his views on politics, religion, morality, and the place of science in the modern worldCategor...

Making PCR is the fascinating, behind-the-scenes account of the invention of one of the most significant biotech discoveries in our time—the polymerase c...

The Brain Has Long Been A Source Of Fascination. In 1819, The Radical Thinker And Surgeon William Lawrence Put It Like This: It Is Strongly Suspected That A...

Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those...

The study and application of spatial information systems have been developed primarily from the use of computers in the geosciences. These systems have the ...

A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger presents a clear and effective approach to helping children and adults alike understand and deal c...

Does the mind reflect or dictate what the body sees and feels? What is the language of emotion? Is memory a function of our imaginations? Are we all just ...

In her surprising, entertaining and persuasive new book, award-winning author and psychologist Susan Pinker shows how face-to-face contact is crucial for l...

A 2000 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE Ancient diseases encoded in the DNA of humans wait like sleeping dragons to wake and infect again—or so molecular biologist Ka...

Children:The Challenge gives the key to parents who seek to build trust and love in their families, and raise happier, healthier, and better behaved childr...

From the beloved TV disciplinarian and bestselling author of Supernanny comesan amazingly simple five-step program to help parents tame tantrums, prevent b...

This colorful textbook explains how the biological and nonbiological systems of the Earth function in synchrony. It walks through the stages of Earth's his...

A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. Publishers Weekly...