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What Evolution Is
Ernst Mayr
Perseus
$26.00 / $20.80

A compelling and highly readable explanation of evolution, by the grand old man of evolutionary biology and one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.


The Future of Ideas
Lawrence Lessig
Random House
$30.00 / $24.00

"This book is the Silent Spring of ideas. Lawrence Lessig is telling a prophetic story of how the media-corporate complex is fencing off American culture in the name of intellectual property. His indictment is clear and shocking: our cultural patrimony is being stolen. Lessig is sounding the alarm." -Michael Wolff


Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries
Steven Weinberg
Harvard Univ. Press
$26.00 / $20.80

Each of these essays, which span fifteen years, struggles in one way or another with the necessity of facing up to the discovery that the laws of nature are impersonal, with no hint of a special status for human beings.


The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity
Amir Aczel
Pocket Books, pb
$15.00 / $12.00

From the end of the 19th century until his death, one of history's most brilliant mathematicians languished in an asylum. The Mystery of the Aleph tells the story of Georg Cantor (1845-1918), a Russian-born German who created set theory, the concept of infinite numbers, and the "continuum hypothesis," which challenged the very foundations of mathematics.


Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being
George Lakoff and Rafael Nuñez
Perseus, pb
$20.00 / $16.00

Renowned linguist George Lakoff pairs with psychologist Rafael Nuñez in the first book to provide a serious study of the cognitive science of mathematical ideas. "Adds body heat to the cold and beautiful abstractions of mathematics." -The American Scholar "A groundbreaking book."-Science News


The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism and Environment
Richard Lewontin
Harvard Univ. Press, pb
$15.00 / $12.00

One of our most brilliant evolutionary biologists, Richard Lewontin, has also been a leading critic of those-scientists and non-scientists alike-who would misuse the science to which he has contributed so much. In The Triple Helix, Lewontin the scientist and Lewontin the critic come together to provide a concise, accessible account of what his work has taught him about biology and about its relevance to human affairs.


An Intimate Look at the Night Sky
Chet Raymo
Walker & Co.
$26.00 / $20.80

Both a unique star guide and a challenge to the imagination, this book presents twenty-four beautiful star maps created specifically for this book, revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the year on a clear night. On another level, Boston Globe columnist Chet Raymo's elegant essays on the heavens blend science and history, mythology and religion.


Smithsonian Institution Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
David Burnie and Don E. Wilson
DK Publishing
$50.00 / $40.00

Featuring over 3,000 full-color photographs, profiles on over 2,000 species, and up-to-date information authenticated by internationally acclaimed zoologists, this is truly a magnificent and comprehensive guide.


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