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The Taste of Sweet: Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite Treats
Joanne Chen Crown Crown
Dismissed as déclassé by gourmands, blamed for the scourge of obesity, and yet loved by all, the taste of sweet has long been at the center of both controversy and celebration. For anyone who has ever felt conflicted about a cupcake, this is a book...
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Complexities: Social Studies of Knowledge Practices (Science and Cultural Theory)
Duke University Press Duke University Press
Although much recent social science and humanities work has been a revolt against simplification, this volume explores the contrast between simplicity and complexity to reveal that this dichotomy, itself, is too simplistic. John Law and Annemarie...
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Controversies in Science & Technology Volume 2: From Climate to Chromosomes
Karen Cloud-hansen Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Mary Ann Liebert, Inc
This NEW volume of the Controversies in Science and Technology series explores five of the most controversial scientific issues facing our world today. This collection of informative and engaging essays addresses stem cell research, information...
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A Many-Colored Glass: Reflections on the Place of Life in the Universe (Page Barbour Lectures)
Freeman J. Dyson University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press
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The Best of Technology Writing 2007 (Best of Technology Writing)
University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press
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Science Literacy for the Twenty-First Century
Prometheus Books Prometheus Books
"SCIENCE LITERACY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY deals with a topic of great importance to our future and the essays in this book present a concise overview of the problems faced by today's society. The authors, who are scientists, educators, and...
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Let Them Eat Flax: 70 All-New Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Food & Life
Dr. Joe Schwarcz Ecw Press Ecw Press
By asking questions such as Is your orange juice pasteurized? or Did the lady who whipped up the icing on your cake wear false fingernails? this book sorts hokum from genuine science when it comes to food safety. Investigating everything from...
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Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
Galileo Galilei Kessinger Publishing, LLC Kessinger Publishing, LLC
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have...
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Principia (On the Shoulders of Giants)
Sir Isaac Newton Running Press Running Press
Establishing the laws of universal gravity and the fundamental laws of motion, Newton's momentous 1687 essay stands as one of the most important works in physics, and it revolutionized the way scientists investigate and prove their theories. In ...
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I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier: Essays on Science, Scientists, and Humanity
Max F. Perutz Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Max Perutz is an extraordinary scientist. After training in chemistry at the University of Vienna during the 1930s, he went to Cambridge and became fascinated by biochemistry just as that discipline was becoming ripe for conquest by scientific...
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